Head of Midwifery and Nursing

Integrated Care System; Rotherham; On-site; GBP 74,000 - 86,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking an experienced Head of Midwifery and Nursing to lead their maternity and gynaecology services. The role focuses on delivering high-quality care and working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to ensure safe and effective patient experiences. The successful candidate will embody the Trust's values and will play a pivotal role in improving service quality for women, babies, and families.

Qualifications

• Experience in clinical midwifery at a senior leadership level.
• Evidence of collaborative working within Local Maternity & Neonatal System.
• Proven record of leading change across organizations.

Responsibilities

• Oversee maternity and gynaecology services, ensuring compliance with clinical standards.
• Lead the management of complaints and improve women's experiences.
• Provide professional and clinical leadership to the maternity team.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical Governance

Safeguarding

Innovative Thinking

Education

Registered Midwife

Current NMC registration

Leadership Qualification

Registered Nurse

Professional Midwifery Advocate (PMA)

Job description

We are seeking an experienced and inspirational Head ofMidwifery and Nursing to provide operational leadership to our maternity andGynaecology services. This pivotal role will oversee the delivery of safe, effective, and high-quality care for women, babies, andfamilies. The successful candidate will work closely with multidisciplinaryteams, ensuring compliance with national standards and developingforward-thinking strategies to enhance service provision.

The Maternity Department at The Rotherham NHS FoundationTrust received a "Good" rating in all areas by the CQC in September2021.

The Trust's values focus on Ambition, Caring, and Together(ACT), ensuring that teams consistently act with integrity and pride inoffering healthcare to the local community.

We are seeking an experienced candidate who embodies thesevalues and demonstrates an innovative, collaborative, and personalised approachto care. The successful individual will lead our midwifery and gynaecologyservices, pursuing excellence in women's health, working as a key member of thesenior leadership team in Care Group 3.

Main duties of the job

The Head of Midwifery and Nursing will be a visible and professional role model for the maternity and nursing workforce with a strong focus on improving womens and families experiences of maternity and gynaecology services and provide overarching leadership in the management of complaints and womens experiences, including practice changes from lessons learned.

• The post holder has oversight responsibility for Maternity and Gynaecology services, in particular clinical governance, and safety issues, providing professional and line management support to the matrons.
• The post holder will ensure workforce tools are utilized to embed safe and effective staffing models across the service and clinical areas supporting the matrons to deliver this.
• The post holder will be responsible for maintaining clinical standards, benchmarking using Clinical Governance Frameworks and audit to ensure high quality care is provided and give assurance to the maternity directorate senior management team.
• The post holder will provide visible clinical and professional leadership for maternity working in partnership with the wider multidisciplinary team.
• Ensure National A- EQUIP, Professional Midwifery Advocate (PMA) and PNA model is well established and effective.
• Take the lead for safeguarding within Maternity and Gynaecology Services

About us

The RotherhamNHS Foundation Trust (TRFT) is a combined acute and community Trust serving ourlocal population of around 270,000 people. Our vision is to always act theright way and be proud to provide exceptional healthcare to the communities ofRotherham

As a Trust weare on a journey to excellence and our people and culture are at the heart ofeverything we do for patients. In the latest NHS Staff Survey, we are thesecond most improved Trust in England for would you recommend the Trust as aplace to work?, and were one of the most improved for staff engagementoverall

But dont justtake our word for it each year hundreds of colleagues receive nominations forour Excellence and Proud awards, showcasing our brilliant people andrecognising their achievements. Our people make a difference to the lives ofpatients every day and we are proud of the improvements we are making

All of our colleagues are key to our journey, and we are continuing to improveour services by upholding the Trusts values of Ambitious, Caring and Together.If you are passionate about making a difference, then please apply to join uson our journey to excellence

Certificates of Sponsorship

For individuals who may require sponsorship under the skilled worker or health & care visa route please use the link below to check your eligibility. Check if you need a UK visa - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) band 2 roles are no longer eligible for sponsorship

From the 09 April 2025 we cannot sponsor band 3 entry level roles

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specificationfor the full details about the role and the responsibilities.

Person Specification

Experience

• Broad range of clinical midwifery experience acquired through significant recent practice at a senior leadership level.
• Evidence of Local Maternity & Neonatal System (LMNS) collaborative working
• Proven record of leading and effectively managing change across organisations
• Evidence of leadership development
• Published in professional journals
• Presentations at local regional and national events
• Contribution to scholarly activities and publications.
• Experience of supporting midwifery and nursing teams with research projects and professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Registered Midwife
• Current NMC registration
• Leadership Qualification
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
• Registered Nurse
• Professional Midwifery Advocate (PMA)

Knowledge

• Expert knowledge of Midwifery and Safeguarding.
• Ability to innovate and drive improvement; leading on the development of evidence based policies and guidance to improve the quality and continuity in patient care.
• Sound knowledge of NHS agenda and National Policy, and an understanding how this translates to Maternity and Neonatal Services.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£74,290 to £85,601 a yearPro rata/per annum