Midwifery Director

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals; Sheffield; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an exceptional Midwifery Director to provide visible, compassionate leadership across Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Neonatology Care Group. The role shapes the future of maternity services, champions clinical excellence and ensures women, babies and families remain at the heart of every decision.

We are looking for an accomplished, values-led leader with credibility to inspire at all levels.

Qualifications

• Registered Midwife with significant experience
• Evidence of Continuous Professional Development
• Registered Nurse

Responsibilities

• Lead improvements in quality, safety and patient experience across Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Neonatology Care Group.
• Champion engagement with women, families and diverse communities to shape services.
• Influence at Board level, navigate complex issues and build cross-team partnerships.
• Oversee professional practice development and governance aligned with national standards.

Job description

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.

Job overview

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (STH) is one of the largest and most respected NHS organisations in the country, employing over 20,000 colleagues and providing local, regional and specialist services to more than two million people across South Yorkshire and beyond. With a strong reputation for clinical excellence, teaching, research and innovation, we are committed to delivering outstanding care and improving outcomes for the communities we serve.

Our maternity, gynaecology and neonatal services are central to this ambition. As home to one of the UK's largest maternity centres, supporting around 5,700 births each year, we provide a comprehensive range of services, including specialist regional tertiary care. Building on significant progress in recent years, we are now focused on sustaining improvements, strengthening our positive culture and taking the quality, safety and experience of our services to the next level.

We are seeking an exceptional Midwifery Director to provide visible, compassionate and influential professional leadership across our Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Neonatology Care Group. As the Trust's senior professional leader for midwifery, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our services, championing clinical excellence, strengthening professional practice and ensuring that women, babies and families remain at the heart of everything we do.

Main duties of the job

Working in close partnership with clinical, operational and professional colleagues, you will drive improvements in quality, safety, workforce development and patient experience, while fostering a culture of openness, learning and continuous improvement. You will champion meaningful engagement with women, families and our diverse communities, ensuring their voices help shape the services we provide.

We are looking for an accomplished, values-led and collaborative midwifery leader with the professional credibility, strategic perspective and personal qualities to inspire confidence at every level. Approachable, authentic and highly visible, you will combine a genuine connection to frontline services with the ability to influence at Board level, navigate complexity and build effective partnerships across professional and organisational boundaries.

Working for our organisation

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its employees. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This is a compelling opportunity to make a lasting difference within a major teaching hospital Trust. Joining a committed and supportive leadership team, you will build on strong foundations, influence the next chapter of service development and help deliver our ambition for consistently safe, inclusive and outstanding care for women, babies and families across Sheffield and the wider region.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Registered Midwife with significant experience
• Evidence of Continuous Professional Development
• Registered Nurse

Experience

• Extensive post registration experience working effectively in a relevant multi-professional acute environment.
• Significant experience at a senior level in a large acute setting including effectively managing staff budgets and high quality patient centred services.
• Previous experience of managing midwifery in a complex environment, including understanding and applying relevant national standards.
• An expert understanding of the statutory framework governing midwives.
• An expert awareness of the national and local context affecting midwifery and maternity services and the delivery of care.
• A detailed awareness and an understanding of the clinical governance agenda.
• Evidence of a commitment to Evidence Based Practice.
• Experience at Midwifery Director Level.
• Recent evidence of participation on national or regional groups dealing with NHS strategic issues.
• Evidence of relevant management development and ability to manage change effectively
• Evidence of relevant professional development and experience of contributing to, and effectively implementing nursing / midwifery strategy.

Skills

• A strong focus on developing excellence in the planning and delivery of maternity care.
• Proven professional and personal leadership skills with an emphasis on engagement and delivery.
• Ability to communicate very complex sensitive and contentious information to a range of colleagues and in a variety of media.

Please note that in order to comply with the UK Government’s rules on Skilled Worker sponsorship, any applicants who do not meet the eligibility requirements or concessions on salary thresholds under the Skilled Worker visa will not be eligible to receive sponsorship from the Trust. Please keep this in mind when submitting your application. Further details on these concessions, and who qualifies for them, can be found here .

The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community.

Job Share applicants are welcome for all full time posts unless indicated but cannot be guaranteed. In addition for Fixed Term Contracts, internal secondments may be considered, please seek the approval of your current line manager before applying for the position.

All employment with the Trust is subject to a number of NHS Employment Checks being met to a satisfactory standard including verification of identity, eligibility to work in the United Kingdom, references and qualifications in addition to professional registration, a disclosure and barring records check and occupational health check if these are deemed to be a requirement for the position to be undertaken.

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Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.