Employer: NHS England
Employer type: NHS
Site: Wellington House
Town: London
Salary: £113,557 - £129,443 per annum (inclusive of London Weighting)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 04/02/2025 23:59
Deputy Chief Midwifery Officer
NHS AfC: Band 9
Our Organisation
The NHS is building a culture that is positive, compassionate and inclusive – and we all have our part to play.
As employers, we are committed to protecting and promoting the physical and mental health and wellbeing of all our colleagues. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution and supports us to be an Employer of Choice, while helping our colleagues to deliver high-quality services for our patients and communities.
As a flexible employer, we want to support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients, and you. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part-time, hybrid working, or another flexible pattern.
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to join the national team as 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 focused 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 the commissioning and provision of safer, personalised, and more equitable maternity services.
* Clinical leadership of the strategy and delivery of the Maternity and Neonatal Programme (MNP), and long-term workforce plan.
* Supporting the development, growth, and value of the midwifery and the support staff workforce, including leadership capacity and capability across the NHS in England.
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 a senior level with a proven track record of change leadership and delivery. You will have created a positive workplace culture, built relationships, and worked with service users to improve services and tackled inequalities in maternity care.
Working for our organisation
In April 2023, NHS England, NHS Digital, and Health Education England merged to create a new, single organisation to lead the NHS in England.
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You can find further details about the job in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
Person specification
Values and behaviours
* Championing women and families at all times, particularly in relation to matters relating to equality, personalisation of care, and the importance of hearing service user voices in our work.
Skills
* Influencing and negotiating skills across departmental and organisational boundaries.
Experience
* Operating at a senior level in a politically sensitive environment.
* Clinical leadership at system, Board, and team levels.
* Delivery of large and/or high-profile programmes.
Qualifications
* Current UK NMC Midwifery qualification and registration without sanction.
* Educated to Masters level or equivalent experience of working at a senior level in a specialist area.
Our commitments to you
We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We strive to ensure our people feel trusted, valued, and empowered.
We welcome applications from disabled candidates. If you meet all the essential criteria, you will be guaranteed an interview.
If applying for this role on a secondment basis, please make sure you have obtained prior agreement from your current line manager to apply for this position.
Please note that we currently do not accept applications via recruitment agencies.
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