Job summary
The Director of Midwifery is the most senior midwife in the organisation, and will be a leader and advocate for safe, high quality maternity care, managing the strategic and operational delivery of maternity services locally.
The Director of Midwifery at CUH is a key position, accountable to the Chief Nurse for the strategic planning of maternity services and the day to day delivery of high standards of provision of midwifery care, the provision of strategic, professional leadership and advice, and acting as both an advocate for women and the expert voice of the profession. The role will have a prime focus on the delivery of high standards of women-centred care across integrated care pathways and services in the Rosie Hospital and the local community.
The role involves working in partnership with other organisations across the Integrated Care System, and the post holder will develop and maintain a network of mutually beneficial relationships with the Regional Chief Midwife, CCGs, maternity providers, Public Health England, Health Education England, Care Quality Commission, the Royal Colleges and other key stakeholders. This is with the aim of taking forward national policies for women across the ICS and developing and enacting a long-term strategic vision that enables high quality care and sustainable services contributing to the delivery of improved outcomes and improved family experiences.
Main duties of the job
Demonstrate a highly visible, authoritative, compassionate and transformational leadership style, underpinned by the CUH values.
Be pivotal in ensuring safe, timely and compassionate care.
Be the professional lead and act as a role model for all Trust midwives at all times
Be an active member of the Corporate Nursing, Midwifery and AHP team.
Be the professional lead on all matters relating to midwifery and maternity practice and provide advice to the Chief Nurse, Divisional Directors, Head of Midwifery, Clinical Leads and Management Executive.
Lead strategic and innovative midwifery developments across the organisation and contribute to a system wide approach to delivering maternity transformation.
Work in partnership with other organisations in the provision and planning of universal health services, taking forward national policies for women and babies to develop a long-term strategic vision that enables high quality and sustainable services.
Work alongside the maternity divisional triumvirate and guide the Head of Midwifery on delivery of midwifery and maternity development programmes, midwifery and nurse staffing, including recruitment and retention, workforce planning, staff experience, ensuring delivery of high quality services.
About us
Come Nurse with us...
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the country. It comprises Addenbrooke's Hospital and the Rosie Hospital. We provide accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge and regional and national specialist services. It's a great place to nurse, work and live.
You will work on a vibrant hospital campus with a friendly community feel; we have excellent facilities to practise your skills and abilities to support your career pathway and development. Our values of Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent support the delivery of outstanding care. We have a fully electronic patient record system that is improving health-care quality; this is transforming services, improving patient safety and clinical outcomes.
Why choose Cambridge University Hospitals?
o Our values and reputation for outstanding careo Opportunities to experience a range of specialitieso Career and development opportunitieso Preceptorship and mentoring programmes delivered by a dedicated clinical education support teamo Research experience and opportunitieso Lovely location and quality of life
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
If you require sponsorship for a Visa to work in the UK, to avoid disappointment, please check you are not applying from a Red list country - Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
This vacancy will close at midnight on 12 January 2025
Interviews are due to be held on 27 January 2025
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only caf, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
If you require sponsorship for a Visa to work in the UK, to avoid disappointment, please check you are not applying from a Red list country - Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
This vacancy will close at midnight on 12 January 2025
Interviews are due to be held on 27 January 2025
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only caf, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First level registered midwife with NMC registration.
- Qualified to Masters level or equivalent.
- Relevant experience at senior level.
- Evidence of strong and recent commitment to continuous development.
- Management training or evidence of equivalent competence.
- Education/mentorship qualification.
Desirable
- Post graduate management qualification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Extensive senior clinical and management experience.
- Experience of representing Trusts at regional and national level.
- Head of Midwifery experience - broad range of clinical midwifery experience acquired through significant practice at a senior level.
- Significant experience of leading clinical teams and professional agendas.
- A broad and highly developed understanding of nursing and midwifery policy and its implications for the workforce and future health care delivery.
- Detailed knowledge of NHS practices, policies and procedures and experience of implementing new policies across multiple services.
- Demonstrable experience of working successfully across functional boundaries at a strategic level.
- Experience of working across other NHS organisations (or beyond) for benchmarking purposes or to identify best practice/areas for improvement.
- Experience of successfully managing many services in a complex organisation, including people and budgetary management.
- Demonstrable experience of overseeing Trust wide initiatives, leading successful change management, service redesign processes, leading cost improvement programmes.
- Experience of developing successful networks and delivering innovation.
- A demonstrative track record of delivering initiatives to improve quality of care.
- Interpreting legislation.
- Delivering reports and recommendations.
- Designing and delivering training.
- Experience of providing clinical advice to, and liaising with, managers and staff at all levels, including working with executive directors and senior clinicians.
- An in-depth understanding of the risk and governance agenda with an ability to lead the Trust clinical governance agenda at divisional level.
- Can demonstrate the successful implementation of a range of clinical governance initiatives across multiple services.
- Leadership of multi-disciplinary teams.
- Understanding diversity and equality issues and how they impact and translate at divisional and Trust level.
Desirable
- Evidence of engaging in research activities.
- Published and experienced in presenting to a wide variety of audiences.
Skills
Essential
- Evidence of an understanding/principles of the midwifery workforce profile and strategic workforce planning.
- Highly developed analytical and problem solving skills, capable of interpreting and evaluating complex, multi-faceted information, ability to summarise complex information, ability to make judgements and advise on the best course of action.
- Ability to present highly complex/ controversial information to a wide range of audiences, with differing levels of understanding, in a suitable format and with appropriate explanation.
- Ability to influence, persuade and motivate others.
- Ability to collaborate constructively with all key stakeholders (internal and external) and to create the conditions for successful partnership working.
- Ability to provide a clear vision for change which is a source of inspiration and motivation for others. Skilled in all aspects of managing change, including supporting staff.
- Ability to monitor and act to improve and deliver performance and establish high levels of quality and to hold others to account for delivery.
- Highly skilled in identifying opportunities for partnership working, managing on-going stakeholder relationships and providing support to others in this area.
- Highly developed leadership and influencing skills with the ability to enthuse, motivate and involve individuals and teams.
- Be able to articulate the evolving strategy and vision for the future of nursing and be able to demonstrate the opportunities this will provide.
- Sound political judgement and astuteness in understanding and working with diverse groups and common sense in knowing when to "brief up the line".
- An in-depth understanding of workforce, education, standards and research issues within the NHS.
- Able to set and lead the nursing and midwifery agenda.
- A strong commitment to openness, honesty and integrity.
- Highly developed communication skills to resolve complex, high-impact situations in highly complex environments.
- High level of work organisations, self-motivation, drive for performance and improvement and flexibility in approach.
- Expert knowledge of the Care Quality Commission and NMC requirements.
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Committed to continuous service development and quality improvement.
- Highly self-motivated.
- Reliable and supportive.
- Awareness and respect for colleagues, patients and relatives cultural, religious and emotional needs and beliefs.
- Political acumen.
- Be prepared to work across sites as and when required.
- Professional appearance and behaviour.
- Good previous attendance record.
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of kind, safe and excellent.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First level registered midwife with NMC registration.
- Qualified to Masters level or equivalent.
- Relevant experience at senior level.
- Evidence of strong and recent commitment to continuous development.
- Management training or evidence of equivalent competence.
- Education/mentorship qualification.
Desirable
- Post graduate management qualification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Extensive senior clinical and management experience.
- Experience of representing Trusts at regional and national level.
- Head of Midwifery experience - broad range of clinical midwifery experience acquired through significant practice at a senior level.
- Significant experience of leading clinical teams and professional agendas.
- A broad and highly developed understanding of nursing and midwifery policy and its implications for the workforce and future health care delivery.
- Detailed knowledge of NHS practices, policies and procedures and experience of implementing new policies across multiple services.
- Demonstrable experience of working successfully across functional boundaries at a strategic level.
- Experience of working across other NHS organisations (or beyond) for benchmarking purposes or to identify best practice/areas for improvement.
- Experience of successfully managing many services in a complex organisation, including people and budgetary management.
- Demonstrable experience of overseeing Trust wide initiatives, leading successful change management, service redesign processes, leading cost improvement programmes.
- Experience of developing successful networks and delivering innovation.
- A demonstrative track record of delivering initiatives to improve quality of care.
- Interpreting legislation.
- Delivering reports and recommendations.
- Designing and delivering training.
- Experience of providing clinical advice to, and liaising with, managers and staff at all levels, including working with executive directors and senior clinicians.
- An in-depth understanding of the risk and governance agenda with an ability to lead the Trust clinical governance agenda at divisional level.
- Can demonstrate the successful implementation of a range of clinical governance initiatives across multiple services.
- Leadership of multi-disciplinary teams.
- Understanding diversity and equality issues and how they impact and translate at divisional and Trust level.
Desirable
- Evidence of engaging in research activities.
- Published and experienced in presenting to a wide variety of audiences.
Skills
Essential
- Evidence of an understanding/principles of the midwifery workforce profile and strategic workforce planning.
- Highly developed analytical and problem solving skills, capable of interpreting and evaluating complex, multi-faceted information, ability to summarise complex information, ability to make judgements and advise on the best course of action.
- Ability to present highly complex/ controversial information to a wide range of audiences, with differing levels of understanding, in a suitable format and with appropriate explanation.
- Ability to influence, persuade and motivate others.
- Ability to collaborate constructively with all key stakeholders (internal and external) and to create the conditions for successful partnership working.
- Ability to provide a clear vision for change which is a source of inspiration and motivation for others. Skilled in all aspects of managing change, including supporting staff.
- Ability to monitor and act to improve and deliver performance and establish high levels of quality and to hold others to account for delivery.
- Highly skilled in identifying opportunities for partnership working, managing on-going stakeholder relationships and providing support to others in this area.
- Highly developed leadership and influencing skills with the ability to enthuse, motivate and involve individuals and teams.
- Be able to articulate the evolving strategy and vision for the future of nursing and be able to demonstrate the opportunities this will provide.
- Sound political judgement and astuteness in understanding and working with diverse groups and common sense in knowing when to "brief up the line".
- An in-depth understanding of workforce, education, standards and research issues within the NHS.
- Able to set and lead the nursing and midwifery agenda.
- A strong commitment to openness, honesty and integrity.
- Highly developed communication skills to resolve complex, high-impact situations in highly complex environments.
- High level of work organisations, self-motivation, drive for performance and improvement and flexibility in approach.
- Expert knowledge of the Care Quality Commission and NMC requirements.
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Committed to continuous service development and quality improvement.
- Highly self-motivated.
- Reliable and supportive.
- Awareness and respect for colleagues, patients and relatives cultural, religious and emotional needs and beliefs.
- Political acumen.
- Be prepared to work across sites as and when required.
- Professional appearance and behaviour.
- Good previous attendance record.
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of kind, safe and excellent.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).