Chief Midwife LMNS

Job description

Job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

Working within the overall ICS strategic objectives, devise, implement and monitor the strategy which will set out a core set of principles describing how Maternity, neonatal and paediatric services can be best involved and embedded into the transformation work programmes within the ICS.

Exploring the approach to developing an integrated, flexible, Maternity, neonatal and paediatric workforce that can deliver high quality and sustainable health and care services at ICS/ ICP & neighbourhood levels.

Coproducing the functions of clinical and professional leadership that should be undertaken at system level and describe how these would be delivered.

Ensuring visible Midwifery leadership at ICS system, regional and national level.

Provide expert advice and strategic system leadership to the ICS Programme Leads, Care Professionals Board and ICPs to support the development of an integrated, flexible, Maternity, neonatal and paediatric workforce that can deliver high quality and sustainable, integrated at scale, across a local system.

Maintain a good knowledge of emerging policies from government departments to assist in the thinking and definition of the strategy discussions.

Clinical lead for the Local Maternity and Neonatal system.

Informing the ICS & Programme Leads on how the Maternity, neonatal and paediatric workforce will support the delivery of the Long-Term Plan and the transformational workstreams, understanding and unlocking the barriers that will increase opportunities for effective service delivery.

Develop and support transformation within the Maternity, neonatal and paediatric models of care and pathways.

The role will support a culture across LMNS that is supportive, inclusive and enables all voices across the membership to be valued ,listened to.

Provide leadership for safeguarding agenda across LMNS in conjunction with system Named /designated professionals

Contribute to the review and development of existing information management systems and contribute to the development of an integrated approach to project management.

The Director of Midwifery will deputise for the ICS CNO at National, Regional and ICS levels.

The job description and person specification are an outline of the tasks, responsibilities and outcomes required of the role. The job holder will carry out any other duties as may reasonably be required by their line manager.

The job description and person specification may be reviewed on an ongoing basis in accordance with the changing needs of the ICS.

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Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to masters level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area)
• Member of a relevant professional body Registered Midwife with NMC

Experience

Essential

• Proven and significant leadership experience at senior level in midwifery services. Significant evidence of continued professional development. Demonstrated expertise in a Healthcare environment in a senior role. Significant management experience at senior level in the NHS or other public healthcare related industry. Significant experience and understanding of proven implementation of project management methodologies. Proven Board level experience of leading and delivering complex change and strategy development programmes in a politically sensitive and complex environment.

Desirable

• Experience of working in LMNS programmes

Skills

Essential

• Ability to analyse highly complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources. Demonstrated capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making. Ability to analyse numerical and written data, assess options and draw appropriate initiatives.

Communication Skills

Essential

• Dynamic personality and the ability to build trusted stakeholder relationships and wide support networks in a political context like the NHS in BLMK ICB

Planning Skills

Essential

• Leadership, vision, strategic thinking and planning with highly developed political skills

Management Skills

Essential

• Experience in leading a major change initiative with entrepreneurialism in a challenging organisational environment
• Experience of creating a new team and motivating and inspiring staff to work together to achieve a common objective

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board

Address

BLMK ICB

Bedfordshire

SG17 5XF

Employer's website

https://bedfordshirelutonandmiltonkeynes.icb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)