Workforce & Transformation Lead Midwife

Job summary

Our Maternity Service at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust (UHDB) are on a journey of improvement. As a service we strive to improve the experience for our expectant's mothers and their families through listening to our service users with our Trust board who have made significant investment in the maternity services financially and support of staff and service development.

The Maternity Services works in partnership with the Local Maternity and Neonatal Systems (LMNS) to drive the national maternity agenda forward to improve the safety and quality of our services.

We are excited to offer the role of Workforce and Transformation Lead Midwife working cross site. We are looking for an enthusiastic and passionate midwife who wants to make a difference, by leading with compassion, implementing quality improvement initiatives and continuing to develop high quality services.

As a visible and compassionate leader, you will work in close collaboration with your colleagues, providing senior management cover, and working together to lead on delivery of the maternity and wider Trust agenda.

The post holder has a specific responsibility to support the promotion of high standards of care and embed patient safety. This will be through effective translation of learning from incidents and embedding this at a service level.

The post holder will participate in the senior manager on call rota.

Main duties of the job

Your role will play a key part in improving the service we provide to the families who use our services at UHDB alongside our vision of maternity transformation. Responsible for implementing a strategic approach to nursing and midwifery workforce planning and service transformation. The post holder will interpret national policy and professional standards and apply these to inform and lead the development of local strategies and policy.

Specifically, the role's areas of responsibility are :

• Understand and monitor current and future predicted vacancies for registered and unregistered nursing and midwifery staff within maternity.
• Have oversight of the global majority workforce to ensure equity in experience and equal opportunity for career progression through the Workforce Race Equality Standards.
• To contribute to the development and review of the Trusts' and CNO Workforce Strategy, paying specific attention to the factors that will empower and motivate the workforce and enhance patient care, both within and outside the organisation.
• Work with the practice development team and retention midwives to develop a shared vision and project plan for fostering an environment that encourages learning and sustains the personal and professional development of staff through career conversations, coaching, career development initiatives and support.

Closing date of applications: 7 October 2025

Date of interview: 21 October 2025

About us

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Address

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton

Uttoxeter Road

Derby

DE22 3NE

Employer's website

https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Address

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton

Uttoxeter Road

Derby

DE22 3NE

Employer's website

https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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