At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead and support midwifery teams to ensure top-notch patient care and safety.
- Company: Join a dedicated team within the Clinical Delivery and Family Services Division.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, professional development, and the chance to make a real difference.
- Other info: Opportunity for impactful leadership in a supportive and dynamic environment.
- Why this job: Be a key player in transforming maternity services and enhancing patient experiences.
- Qualifications: Registered Midwife with leadership experience or management qualifications.
The predicted salary is between 85557 - 85557 £ per year.
We are currently supporting the appointment of an interim Head of Midwifery for an initial period of 4 months; this is whilst the permanent recruitment is undertaken by the Trust. A key member of the senior leadership team within the Clinical Delivery and Family Services Division, working collaboratively with the Director of Maternity Services to provide guidance, support and leadership to all midwifery and nursing staff to ensure patient safety, service quality and excellent patient experience is consistently maintained.
Key Responsibilities:
- Accountable for ensuring the management and leadership of the midwifery and nursing teams, holding matrons, ward and departmental leaders and clinical practitioners to account to ensure the organisational performance indicators and regulatory standards and quality indicators are monitored, and appropriate action is taken according to results.
- Provides professional, strategic, and operational leadership across the maternity service to ensure optimum standards of care and service are delivered through effective management of human, financial and physical resources.
- Focus on the provision of responsive, compassionate, visible leadership for wards and departments within maternity and a range of services which are both hospital and community based.
- Acts as a strong patient advocate ensuring that a culture of continuous improvement and learning is supported to drive quality care delivery across the division and facilitate the development of clinical practice to ensure excellent care.
- To deputise for the Director of Midwifery as required.
- Be part of the senior midwifery team on-call requirement providing senior cover for maternity services.
Person Specification:
- Registered Midwife with a Management qualification or equivalent experience in leadership qualification or evidence of working toward this.
- A clear understanding of leadership and team dynamics, including what factors make a successful organisation.
- Highly developed leadership skills, including demonstrable transformational style.
- Strong relationship development and management skills with senior management, peers, and senior clinical colleagues.
- Thorough understanding of current national agenda around maternity services.
- A clear understanding of and commitment to the current and changing agenda within the NHS.
Please contact me directly to discuss the role, or email your CV via the application process on this advert.
Head of Midwifery in Portsmouth employer: Linea
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