Head of Midwifery and Neonatal Services

The Great Western Hospitals NHS FT; Swindon; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a dynamic Head of Midwifery and Neonatal Services to provide strategic and operational leadership across our perinatal care delivery in Swindon. The role supports the Director of Midwifery and Neonatal Services, ensuring compliance with national strategy and continuous quality improvement.

With responsibility for governance, board reporting, and on-call senior management duties, the post holder will shape regional maternity and neonatal

Qualifications

• Experience leading maternity or neonatal services is essential.
• Strong strategic leadership and governance skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational leadership across perinatal services to drive quality and safety.
• Ensure delivery of high standards of care, patient experience and satisfaction; align with workforce and safety objectives.
• Develop and assure governance systems, CQC standards, clinical policies and incident reporting.

Skills

Leadership

Job description

Are you an experienced and passionate leader in perinatal services ready to take the next step in your career? Great Western Hospital is seeking a dynamic Head of Midwifery and Neonatal Services to provide operational leadership across our perinatal services.

With 3,800 births per year and an 18-cot Local Neonatal Unit, our service plays a vital role in delivering high-quality, safe, and compassionate care to families in Swindon and beyond. This role is crucial in supporting the Director of Midwifery and Neonatal Services, ensuring compliance with national strategy, and driving quality improvements. You will also work collaboratively with colleagues across the Bath, Swindon, and Wiltshire Maternity and Neonatal System, helping to shape the future of regional perinatal care.

If you're a strategic leader with a strong background in midwifery or neonatal services and a passion for service development, we'd love to hear from you.Join us and make a real impact on the future of maternity and neonatal care., This is a senior leadership role in which the post holder will be responsible for operational direction and provision of management of midwifery and Neonatal services.

They will ensure delivery of consistently high standards of care, patient experience and satisfaction, and ensure that divisional and corporate objectives in relation to the workforce, service delivery, quality improvement, clinical quality, safety, and leadership are carried out.

The responsibility includes covering for board assurance and quality committee reports and presenting them in the absence of the DoMN.The post holder will develop, maintain, and provide assurance on clinical and operational governance systems and processes, CQC standards, clinical policies and procedures, clinical quality, health and safety, patient experience, complaint systems and resolution, incident reporting and resolution, contractual quality measures and safeguarding.

The post holder will act as a key member of the Divisional Management Team contributing fully to the development delivery and achievement of the group's objectives with the ability to deputise for the Directorof Midwifery and Neonatal Services as required.

The post holder will participate in a senior manager on call rota for maternity and neonatal services.

We are proud to be part of BSW Hospitals Group - a formal partnership between Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. With a combined workforce of over 17, 600 colleagues, and budget of 1.6 billion the Group is united by a common purpose to deliver the best possible care to over 1 million people.

We are creating a health and care system that works with the people we care for, reducing the differences people currently face in access, experience and outcomes, improving the experience of our colleagues and tackling shared challenges like sustainability and finances. Every improvement we make across our Group will be guided by what creates the greatest benefit for our colleagues, our patients, our communities and our partners.