This is an exciting midwifery leadership role in the East of England Region supporting the Regional Chief Midwife. Working to realise the ambitions of the Maternity and Neonatal Long-Term Plan and key national maternity priorities, the postholder will work with key stakeholders across the health system to provide strategic leadership and professional guidance regionally. They will hold responsibility for the delivery of key objectives and support programmes of work relating to maternity policy, strategy and professional priorities and the delivery of high quality, safe and personalised health and care across the region. They will also deputise for the Regional Chief Midwife.
Working as part of a dynamic team engaging with colleagues, managers, senior staff and LMNS Leads across the region to support the provision of personalised, safe evidence based maternity care for all women across the East of England.
Our new operating model represents a strong shift to regional delivery supported by expert corporate teams. Local health systems are supported by our integrated regional teams who play a major leadership role in the geographies they manage.
There are five key responsibilities:
1) Support a defined portfolio ensuring that all workstreams are inclusive, diverse, and equitable.
2) Provide strategic professional midwifery leadership and guidance on the effective commissioning and provision of safer and personalised maternityservices.
3) Support the strategy and delivery of the Maternity and Neonatal three year plan, including the maternity commitments of the NHS Long TermPlan.
4) Lead on the safety and quality agenda with the implementation of national maternity review recommendations, to improve care and safety of maternity services across the region. This would include immediate and essential actions and be underpinned by recognised QI methodology and associated resources. Report into the regional perinatal safety surveillance steering group, regional Quality Committee or equivalent
5) To deputise for the regional Chief Midwife across all workstreams at regional and national level
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.
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Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
Improvingqualityandoutcomes
· Work in partnership with regional governance leads on quality assurance and risk management, to drive regional improvement of outcomes for women and babies and maternity service user experience.
· Lead the review and updates to the regional Nursing/Midwifery risk register on maternity matters.
· Provide credible leadership and take responsibility for engagement with national, regional and local clinical and quality improvement stakeholders to ensure quality and safety improvements to women’s and babies care are at the centre of service provision.
· Work with Public Health teams and training, workforce and education on health promotion, ill health prevention and education matters that improves the quality of maternity provision drawing on national and international best practice.
· On behalf of the Regional Chief Midwife, work in collaboration with the Regional Nursing, Midwifery and Medical Directors in each region to ensure a co-ordinated approach to overseeing and supporting Maternity services and Local Maternity Systems to improve quality, through the adoption of robust quality improvement methodologies.
· Develop positive working relationships with regional leads within key national bodies including the CQC, HEE and other professional bodies
· Responsible for preparing well written strategic reports/briefings as required in the field of research, quality and improvement to the Regional Chief Midwife as required.
· Maintain a good knowledge of emerging policies, research and identify best practice to assist maternity services to continuously improve
· Knowledge of social inclusion & health inequalities and can articulate the benefits of the WRES standards
· To work collaboratively across the NHS England matrix, including integrating the National Director’sportfolio.
Enablingpatientandpublicinvolvement
· Toactasachampionforpatientsandtheirinterestsand involvethe public and patients in the policy development and decision-making of NHS England
· To ensure all public and patient contact with the office is of the highest professional standard
· To embed patient and public involvement within NHS England at all levels of decision making
· To ensure all public and patient contact with the office is of the highest professional standard.
· To embed patient and public involvement within NHS England at all levels of decision making.
· To work closely and proactively with MVP chairs
Promotingequalityandreducinginequalities
· Toupholdorganisationalpoliciesandprinciplesonthepromotionofequality
· To create an inclusive working environment where diversity is valued, everyone can contribute, and everyday action ensure we meet our duty to uphold and promote equality
This advert closes on Sunday 14 Jul 2024
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