Deputy Chief Midwifery Officer
NHS England
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Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join the national team as the Deputy Chief Midwifery Officer.
You will work with the Chief Midwifery Officer, her wider team, the Maternity and Neonatal programme team and Specialised Commissioning colleagues providing strategic leadership and professional guidance across all areas of maternity care and policy. Coupled with your clinical expertise and knowledge, you'll use your experience and skills to build excellent relationships with stakeholders across the health system to develop midwifery leadership to support a culture of safety, compassion and equity in maternity services and to realise the ambitions outlined in the Three Year Delivery Plan for Maternity and Neonatal Services.
We are focussed on collaborative, multi-disciplinary and compassionate working to deliver sustainable improvements across maternity and neonatal services.
Main duties of the job
Key responsibilities include;
- Providing strategic professional midwifery leadership and expert guidance on workforce, leadership and professional matters
- Clinical and strategic leadership for the delivery of the Three Year Delivery Plan for maternity and Neonatal Service
The successful candidate will hold current midwifery registration and be able to demonstrate a sophisticated understanding of current maternity policy, NHS systems and political acumen. You will be able to demonstrate significant successful leadership at senior level with a proven track record of change leadership and delivery. You will have created of positive workplace culture, built relationships and worked with service users to improve services and tackled inequalities in maternity care.
About us
In April 2023, NHS England, NHS Digital, and Health Education England merged to create a new, single organisation to lead the NHS in England. This new NHS England is designed to create a simpler, smaller, high performing, organisation that leads the NHS more effectively and is a better place to work. Speaking with one voice to the service.
The new NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
- Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
- Making the NHS agreat place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
- Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
- Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
- Delivering value for money.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/ .
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
Date posted
14 May 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 9
Salary
£99,891 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
990-S3-COR-S-1104-A
Job locations
Wellington House
133-155 Waterloo Road
London
SE1 8UG
Employer details
Employer name
NHS England
Address
Wellington House
133-155 Waterloo Road
London
SE1 8UG
Employer's website
https://www.england.nhs.uk/about/working-for/ (Opens in a new tab)
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