A Vacancy at St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
• Acting within the divisional structure the post holder will provide strong operational and professional leadership to maternity and gynaecology services, overseeing and directing service response to day-to-day site operational pressures, ensuring transformative, effective, and efficient delivery of Trust services.
• The post holder is professionally accountable to the Site Chief Nurse for supporting the delivery of the quality agenda and patient safety strategy and the Group Chief Nurse has overall accountability for maternity service.
• The role reports into the leadership of CWDT Division and supports the delivery of effective professional practice in accordance with statutory, professional, and clinical governance requirements.
• The post holder will support the Trust on all aspects of professional practice relating to Women's services and provide professional advice directly about maternity related matters and strategic development of services.
• There is a strong focus on the strategic delivery of high standards of care.
• The role involves working in close partnership with other organisations across the SW London and Surrey Heartlands LMNS, and wider engagement with the Integrated Care Boards, maternity providers, Public Health England, Health Education England, Care Quality Commission, the Regional Chief Midwife, Royal Colleges and other key stakeholders.
• The post holder will be accountable to the Chief Nurse and will play a key leadership role within the division.
• The post holder works closely alongside the Divisional Chair and Divisional Director of Operations (DDO) for the CWDT Division, taking the lead on midwifery and gynaecology development programmes, midwifery and nurse recruitment and retention, measuring and improving standards of care and the women’s experience.
• The post holder will ensure all aspects of clinical governance and risk are robustly and effectively managed.
• The postholder will be a Maternity Safety Champion.
• The post holder will contribute to and lead strategic and innovativemidwifery developments across SWL and Surrey Heartlands LocalMaternity System, including ongoing transformation work todeliver safety and the Better Births agenda.
St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).
After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.
Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role.
This advert closes on Wednesday 30 Oct 2024
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