NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (468)
System Chief Midwife required to provide leadership to the Local Maternity and Neonatal System, driving system transformation in collaboration with Hertfordshire and West Essex Directors of Midwifery, Obstetric, and Neonatal leads. A system leader focused on delivery of the national 3-year strategy for maternity and neonatal services, supported by lived experience of women, partners, and their families.
Local Maternity Neonatal System leadership is central to leading and shaping maternity and neonatal services, developing a high-quality maternity system with services that are person-centred and reduce variation in quality while promoting an inclusive culture for maternity and neonatal care across Herts and West Essex.
This is an opportunity for a dynamic individual with a track record in leadership to play a key role in the system that leads to a culture where the delivery of safe, effective, high-quality, and inclusive care is paramount.
Main duties of the job
1. Lead on behalf of HWE LMNS, ICB Chief Nurse, ICS SRO for Maternity and Neonates, ICB Executive team, Director of Clinical Program, and the HWE Maternity and Neonatal Teams, Provider Trusts.
2. Lead on LMNS Priorities alongside Providers, Partners, Operational Delivery Network, and East of England region colleagues.
3. Undertake Chief Midwife Safeguarding leadership for HWE ICB system.
About us
NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (ICB) is the local NHS organisation that plans and oversees how NHS money is spent and ensures health services work well and are of high quality.
The ICB's role is to join up health and care services, improve health and wellbeing, and reduce health inequalities for the 1.5 million people who live in Hertfordshire and West Essex.
It's an exciting time for us, and we're looking for people who enjoy working in a fast-paced, vibrant environment that can help us achieve our aim.
So if you share our passion for people and want to make a positive change to their health and health services, then we want to hear from you.
Job responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the job description and person specification attached.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered Midwife with current registration with NMC.
* Educated to master's degree level or equivalent.
Knowledge and Experience
* Evidence of continuing professional development.
* Leadership, vision, strategic thinking, and planning with advanced political skills.
* Able to analyze both strategic and operational issues.
* Experience in leading major change.
* Senior management experience and experience of presenting and operating at sub-board level in a large health or care organization.
* Able to translate policy into strategy.
* Knowledge of legal and statutory obligations required for good governance.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, and as such, it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Salary: £105,385 to £121,271 a year pro rata plus fringe allowance.
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