Head of Midwifery | Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 03 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £74,290 - £85,601 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 06 July 2025 |
| Location: | Norwich, NR4 7UY |
| Company: | Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7252563/234-25-W0276 |
Summary
The Maternity and Jenny Lind Children’s Hospital Care Group is based at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital. We have 50 Obstetric beds, a new Triage/BSOT’s area, and 13 delivery rooms, and a 4 bedded Midwifery Led Birthing Unit. We have a combined bed base 42 Intensive, High dependency, Transitional care and Special Care Cots within their Neonatal Intensive Care Service.
The community maternity service spans 1,200 square miles covering both city and rural geography. We have seven community midwifery teams providing antenatal and postnatal care from small, dedicated midwifery and support teams.
We are currently fully staffed within our midwifery establishment and are working towards the full establishment of maternity care support workers.
The Maternity Unit at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital provides care for approximately 5,000 deliveries and 5800 pregnancy bookings annually, caring for women and families with complex health as well as an outstanding midwifery led birthing unit for low-risk care. The service provides a homebirth service with a dedicated Homebirth Service Team.
The service was rated GOOD by CQC in 2024, with the inspection team identifying no Should Do’s and only three Must Do’s.
• Strong leadership of a fully established midwifery team
• Strategic oversight of new group model framework
• Oversight and leadership of all aspects of the maternity department.
• Professional expert in all aspects of midwifery/maternity care.
• Strong networking with local and regional Trusts.
• Line responsibility for the matrons
Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!
The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.
We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity.
We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:
• Flexible working hours
• Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
• Multi Faith prayer room at NNUH Colney Lane site
• Discounted gym memberships
• Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
• Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
• Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH Colney Lane site
• Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
• On-site Nursery at NNUH Colney Lane
• On-site cafes offering staff discounts at NNUH Colney Lane
• Support in career development
• Flexible staff bank
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics
• The partnership with the Chief of Service for Obstetrics and the Operational Manager is key. The team will report direct to the triumvirate.
• To work with the Divisional Nurse & Midwifery Director, COD, DOD, Deputy DOD, and HoN in providing strong, clear visionary leadership to across Women and Children’s Division through team working to ensure effective midwifery/nursing/AHP management and delivery of the service.
• To be responsible for compliance, continuous improvement, and monitoring of quality standards.
• Lead the development of the strategy for maternity services and ensure the staff are fully engaged and supported in operational, governance and performance matters.
• Contribute to the NNUH’s strategic aims and ensure the achievement of strategic objectives/deliverables.
• Lead responsibility for developing and contributing to the midwifery/ nursing/AHP elements of the Business Plan, including workforce, skills, financial and capacity/service improvement plans as part of the annual planning cycle.
• Financial responsibility for implementing services in line with the NNUH’s financial strategy and SOPs. This includes leading transformation through the cost improvement plan for maternity services.
• Responsible for contributing to and developing hospital wide NNUH policies and implementing within the requisite services.
• To be professionally accountable for the quality and safety of the midwifery and non-medical health professional services, and for maintaining professional standards and adherence to the NMC Code of Conduct and HPCC Code of Conduct.
• Ensure that the Women and Children’s Division meets the annual accountability agreements, corporate objectives, and delivery programmes for maternity services.
Please refer to the Job Description for the full specification of responsibilities and requirements for this post.
This advert closes on Monday 16 Jun 2025