National Maternity Improvement Advisor - Obstetrics | NHS England
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 23 Mehefin 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £105,385 - £121,271 pro rata |
| Oriau: | Rhan Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 23 Gorffennaf 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Nationally, SE1 8UG |
| Cwmni: | NHS England |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7238084/990-NUR-15264-E |
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Please note - This part time post is offered on a secondment basis to 31 October 2026.
We are seeking an Obstetrician for the role of National Maternity Improvement Advisor (NMIA). As an NMIA you will work in partnership with Trusts on the National Maternity Safety Support Programme who require additional support to improve their maternity services.
In line with national guidance, you will work with Perinatal teams to support the development needed to enable them to deliver sustainable outcomes and improvements to:
• Governance;
• Staff engagement;
• Increased responsiveness to women’s voices;
• Leadership;
• Quality and safety systems and processes;
• Workforce;
• Trust Board Oversight and Support;
• Estate.
This is an advisory, supportive and facilitative role, working closely with the senior and executive leadership teams of both the maternity service and the trust, but without cutting across the jurisdiction or responsibilities of their Boards.
This post is ideal for Obstetricians seeking to gain exposure to the national programme at a senior level, with further personal development of their clinical and management leadership skills.
MAIN DUTIES
• Ensure that every maternity service being supported has a well formulated, appropriate, and meaningful maternity safety and quality improvement plan developed and understood by all stakeholders.
• Ensure delivery of national maternity agendas, initiatives, and recommendations.
• Support a positive safety culture within the organisations through inclusive leadership and role modelling adaptive and compassionate leadership.
• Ensure appropriate oversight at all levels (Within the Trust, ICB and Region) and that systems/processes are in place to enable implementation of plans.
• Support and advise on key risks/issues associated with ensuring appropriate actions are taken to mitigate/respond to those risks.
• Support and advise on monitoring/establishing accountability on the overall progress of the plan to ensure completion within agreed timescales.
• Advise and guide to ensure efficiency/effectiveness in delivery of the plan and overarching improvements and activity, utilising proven quality improvement methods and tools.
• Ensure there is no destabilisation of business as usual. Identify areas of good practice that can be replicated and shared across the organisation and systems both regionally and nationally.
• Support and actively promote relationships with key stakeholders served by the maternity services.
• Be an active member of the Chief Midwifery Officer team, participating in key tasks as required.
The 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 a great 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.
If you are successful at interview, we will run an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) in the Electronic Staff Record system (ESR). This transfer gathers valuable information from a previous or current NHS employer to support the onboarding process, including; statutory and mandatory competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You will have the opportunity throughout the recruitment process to inform us if you do not consent.
You can find further details about the job, organisational structure, recruitment profile, expected outcomes and benefits information in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
Secondments
Applicants from within the NHS willbe offered on a secondment basis only, agreementshouldbeobtainedfromtheiremployerpriortosubmittingtheapplication.
This advert closes on Monday 7 Jul 2025