Role Summary
Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (Royal Devon) is looking for an inspirational, enthusiastic, driven and passionate senior midwife to take up the rewarding post of Head of Midwifery. The Head of Midwifery is a senior leadership role in which the post holder will have professional responsibility for gynaecology and maternity services, across Royal Devon University Healthcare settings, this includes responsibility for both North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford) and working at both of these Hospitals.
About the Role
For more information on the Job Description and Responsibilities please click the link below.
More detail about the role
Reporting to the Associate Director of Midwifery (ADOM) the post holder is responsible for ensuring optimum and effective management of the workforce, financial and physical resources and for providing expert professional advice on maternity and midwifery issues at Trust and system level.
The post holder will develop, maintain and provide assurance on clinical and operational governance systems and processes, specifically clinical risk management, CQC standards, clinical policy and procedure, clinical quality, health and safety, safeguarding, patient experience, complaint systems and resolution, incident reporting and resolution and contractual quality measures.
The Head of Midwifery will also work in collaboration with our external partners across the ICB, and maintain key stakeholder relationships with the Local Maternity and Neonatal System (LMNS), Maternity Voices Partnership (MVP), HEIs/HEE, and other service providers across Devon & Cornwall for the benefit of our service users.
As Head of Midwifery at Royal Devon, you will be joining a friendly, high performing organisation committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff and providing staff development and career progression. You will receive plenty of guidance and support as well as training and development opportunities.
We are looking for a high calibre individual with specialist professional knowledge of maternity and neonatal services, underpinned by strong communication, innovation and leadership skills, plus an enthusiasm to lead on service and strategy development in line with the Trust’s strategic objectives.
Working Pattern: 37.5 hours per week.
Interview Date: Tuesday 27th June 2023.
For further information please contact: Sally Bryant (Associate Director of Midwifery) on sally.bryant5@nhs.net
Preference will be given to staff with ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reserves the right to close vacancy when sufficient applications have been received.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.
About Us
Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford). Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within people’s own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).
Our state-of-the-art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world-class care to our local communities.
Our values are at the heart of everything we do, click here to find out more
It has never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as you will help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey.
Benefits
Looking after you is important to us.
We strive to help our staff create a healthy work-life balance through flexible working schemes and our family friendly policies.
If you are starting out in the NHS, you’ll start with 27 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 33 days plus bank holidays.
You will benefit from access to our own comprehensive occupational health services, including counselling, onsite wellbeing activities and groups.
We will work together to maintain a culture that develops and supports you and your team.
This might include funding for a care certificate, a degree or leadership qualifications. Or it might include days off to study, engage in CPD or rotational placements to help you hone your skills. Wherever you are heading in the NHS, we will help you get there.
Salary is not the only financial benefit
You will have access to an extensive range of staff discounts on shopping, fitness and leisure options and you can spread the cost of technology and home appliance purchases from major retailers. You will also have access to other benefits including:
- National discount services such as the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts.
- Salary sacrifice options including our OFSTED rated outstanding nursery onsite at Exeter
- Car lease schemes.
- The NHS Pension scheme (one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK).
- Cycle to work scheme
These are just a few of the benefits available – if the role is something you are interested in, we would love to hear from you.
