gesh Chief Midwifery Officer

Transformationunitgm; London; On-site; GBP 113,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London is seeking a Chief Midwifery Officer to oversee midwifery services across multiple hospitals. The successful candidate will provide professional advice, ensure quality standards, and lead strategic initiatives within maternity services. This role requires strong leadership, decision-making skills, and significant experience in midwifery management. Join a team dedicated to delivering compassionate and safe care to women and newborns.

Qualifications

• Significant management/leadership experience as a Head of Midwifery.
• Experience in leading clinical teams and professional agenda.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional midwifery advice to the Group Board of Executives.
• Lead on enhancing excellent culture and close working relationships.

Skills

Leadership

Decision-Making

Analytical Skills

Education

Degree in Nursing or Health Related Subject

Masters in a Health Related Subject

Job description

Employer St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site St George's Hospital Town Tooting Salary £113,557 - £129,443 pro rata per annum incl hcas Salary period Yearly Closing 28/05/2025 23:59

gesh Chief Midwifery Officer

Band 9

*The pay scales advertised have been confirmed by NHS England, we are awaiting confirmation of when these will be reflected. The new scales can be found here: Pay scales for 2024/25 | NHS Employers

Job overview

The gesh Director of Midwifery (GDoM) role is the most senior midwife across the Group and reports directly to the Group Chief Nursing Officer (GNCO) and will be their nominated Deputy for midwifery related matters They will provide professional midwifery advice to the Group Board of Executives, GCNO, Hospital Leadership teams and are accountable for the quality standards within maternity alongside the (GNCO) and site Chief Nursing Officers, ensuring that the corporate nursing responsibility for women and new born is discharged and that highquality,flexible,responsive,compassionateandsafe care is provided and that regulatory requirements are met.

Interview date: TBC

Main duties of the job

The post holder, as professional midwifery lead on the following, will advise the GCNO and Chief Executive (CEO), Hospital Executive teams and the Trust Board on all Midwifery aspects including:

· Maternity vision and strategy – Quality Improvement and Transformational plans

· HR, workforce, equality, training and development

· Quality, safety and governance

· Patient experience – collaboration with Maternity Voices Partnership

· Midwifery and professional standards

· CQC regulation and compliance

· Adherence to national guidance

The post holder willwork in collaborationwith key stakeholders to ensure the delivery of key safety, quality, performance, and governance plans,demonstratinghighlydevelopedleadershipandmanagerialskills.

Working for our organisation

St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey.Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical and Professional Leadership

· The post holder will be expected to demonstrate a highly visible, authoritative, compassionate and transformational leadership style.

· Ensure visibility of the role in the clinical areas through a programme of patient safety walk arounds and engagement with frontline staff, enabling review of quality indicators and performance in partnership with the respective site leadership teams.

· Provide expert clinical advice, interpretation of national policy and will work with associated agencies such as the Local Maternity and Neonatal Services (LMNS) in the Integrated Care system to deliver and assure policy.

· Lead aspects ofclinical integrationand clinical, financial and workforcegovernance in line with theTrustStrategy

· Establish effective, professional multidisciplinary relationships both within the Trust and with external partners.

· Maintain an up-to-date understanding of developments and changes in legislation, national policy and guidance that relate to all aspects of midwifery practice and ensure that senior Trust management are updated and informed of impact on Trust services.

· To lead on enhancing excellent culture and close working relationships between with multi-professional staff across the Group

· Support the GCNO to develop, implement and measure the impact of the Midwifery Strategy

· Provide strong and effective midwifery input into the development and implementation of the Trusts strategic direction and goals.

· Be responsible for midwifery workforce planning, ensuring the effective recruitment, retention and development of midwives and support staff working within maternity which will positively affect the Trust’s delivery of the maternity service and future plans.

· Lead and arbitrate, if necessary, on the development of the skills of the midwifery and support staff to ensure the level and distribution of competency necessary to meet with Trust’s needs and expectations and be the final arbiter.

Person specification

Experience

• Significant current/recent management/leadership experience as a Head of Midwifery/Senior Midwifery manager level within an acute NHS provider Trust or equivalent complex health care provider managing a number of services/department as part of a multidisciplinary management team.
• Significant Head of Midwifery experience and leading clinical teams and professional agenda
• Experience of taking action based on own interpretation of broad clinical and professional polices, ability to advise Divisional and Site Management teams on how these should be implemented with specific focus on Maternity services
• Evidence of leading the local implementation of Trust wide professional midwifery objectives
• Evidence of leading changes within MDTs which have led to improved productivity/quality and safety of patient experience
• Experience on call operational manager for a service or the organisation which has Type 1 Emergency Department/Maternity Delivery Suite.
• • A knowledge of health and social care structures ay national, regional and local level.

Qualifications

• NMC Registered Midwife
• Degree in Nursing or Health Related Subject
• Masters in a Health Related Subject or equivalent demonstrable experience supplements by specialist training, experience or short courses to doctorate level of equivalent
• Evidence of recent (last 2 years) continuing professional development relevant to post
• Post graduate Leadership/Management qualification training/development course (completed or on programme currently)
• Registered Nurse
• Professional Midwifery/Nursing Advocate

Skills

• Able to demonstrate effective leadership style, able to build confidence/motivate staff including the ability to encourage self-initiative, good practice and completion of projects within team environments
• Advanced decision-making skills with the ability to think, plan and deliver strategically
• Ability to analyse complex clinical issues/problems, identify necessary actions and make recommendations in order to follow these through
• Ability to think and plan strategically, tactically and creatively to prioritise work programmes in the face of competing demands
• Ability to write reports in short, changing timescales whilst subject to frequent interruptions requiring immediate responses
• Demonstrate sound judgement in the absence of clear guidelines or precedent, seeking advice as necessary from more senior management when appropriate
• Ability to inform national policy and guidance to inform decision making.
• Recognised qualification in leading change

We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the trust – being excellent, kind, responsible and respectful – and behave in a way that reflects these. More information on the vision and values of St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is attached below.

Please note that this vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient applicants are received. Please check your email regularly as all candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted and informed by email.

If you are appointed to the post, as part of your pre-employment check we will be required to verify your identity. The document/s you present for this purpose will be checked for their authenticity by scanning all known security features. These features will include:

- The machine readable zone
- An ultra violet image
- An infra red image

As part of your pre-employment checks, we will also be required to obtain satisfactory, written references. Please ensure that the referee details which you provide on your application form are correct. We require at least one written reference from your current or most recent line manager. We are only able to accept references from a professional work email address.

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You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Arlene Wellman Job title Group Chief Nursing Officer Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 0208725 1024

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