Job summary
Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.
Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.
Main duties of the job
Are you a strategic Registered Midwife ready to provide guidance and leadership to enhance patient safety, service quality, and exceptional patient experience? Do you advocate strongly for patients while driving quality care and fostering continuous improvement? If your answer is yes, we invite you to join us as our Head of Midwifery.
In this position, you will have the chance to advance the service by implementing innovative strategies that empower our workforce at all levels, aligning with staff development plans and departmental objectives. You will collaborate with the Head of Midwifery on the Isle of Wight during planned absences and engage in off-site work as part of a reciprocal arrangement.
Your role will involve cultivating a culture that engages staff and maximises their potential, ensuring they are motivated to consistently deliver optimal care while promoting effective teamwork to create a positive working environment.
You will work alongside the Director of Midwifery and the Specialty Triumvirate to develop an annual business plan aligned with commissioning intentions and organisational objectives, demonstrating effective group model collaboration with the Isle of Wight.
There is a requirement for the successful candidate to be a part of the senior midwifery team on-call requirements, providing out of hours and weekend senior cover for maternity services.
About us
The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.
We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veterans status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key responsibilities
- Accountable for the direct delivery of operational maternity services 24 hours per day, 365 days per year, in area of responsibility. Visible in clinical areas to promote high standards of care and support staff delivery and morale.
- Working with the Director of Midwifery to ensure appropriate clinical governance, risk management, and quality and safety arrangements are in place across services and ensure that systems are in place to monitor and manage risk. Ensure clinical audit informs quality improvement and development of practice. Ensure an effective evidence-based service. Learn from patient experience. Promote a positive safety culture. Facilitate an open Just Culture.
- In collaboration with the Maternity and Divisional Management team, be involved in the development of strategic and annual service plans for designated services and the supporting of specialty business plan and service wide cost improvements.
- Monitoring service performance against targets, developing and agreeing action plans to ensure that performance targets are met and contributing to monthly performance reports.
- In conjunction with the DoM and STL the postholder will be responsible for ensuring effective management of the midwifery and support worker workforce. Planning, recruitment and selection and career development within clinical services for area of responsibility.
- In conjunction with the Human Resource function, the postholder will be responsible for ensuring all nurses and midwives with line management responsibility are accountable for implementation and monitoring of personnel policies for the employment of staff.
- Collaborate with the Director of Midwifery & Maternity to ensure effective women and public involvement in the evaluation, review, and development of maternity services.
Please refer to the Job description for further details
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key responsibilities
- Accountable for the direct delivery of operational maternity services 24 hours per day, 365 days per year, in area of responsibility. Visible in clinical areas to promote high standards of care and support staff delivery and morale.
- Working with the Director of Midwifery to ensure appropriate clinical governance, risk management, and quality and safety arrangements are in place across services and ensure that systems are in place to monitor and manage risk. Ensure clinical audit informs quality improvement and development of practice. Ensure an effective evidence-based service. Learn from patient experience. Promote a positive safety culture. Facilitate an open Just Culture.
- In collaboration with the Maternity and Divisional Management team, be involved in the development of strategic and annual service plans for designated services and the supporting of specialty business plan and service wide cost improvements.
- Monitoring service performance against targets, developing and agreeing action plans to ensure that performance targets are met and contributing to monthly performance reports.
- In conjunction with the DoM and STL the postholder will be responsible for ensuring effective management of the midwifery and support worker workforce. Planning, recruitment and selection and career development within clinical services for area of responsibility.
- In conjunction with the Human Resource function, the postholder will be responsible for ensuring all nurses and midwives with line management responsibility are accountable for implementation and monitoring of personnel policies for the employment of staff.
- Collaborate with the Director of Midwifery & Maternity to ensure effective women and public involvement in the evaluation, review, and development of maternity services.
Please refer to the Job description for further details
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Midwife
- Master's degree or equivalent qualification/ experience
- Management qualification or equivalent experience in leadership qualification or evidence of working toward this.
- Post graduate qualification in a Health-related subject.
- Evidence of Continual Professional development
Desirable
- Experience and/or teaching qualification.
- Published work in a clinical or health care area.
- Mentoring/Coaching Qualification
Experience
Essential
- Significant post-registration experience
- Broad range of experiences in varied settings and roles
- Experience of leading and managing staff and clinical services
- Experience of successfully leading, changing, and managing services in a complex health organisational environment
- Evidence of effective delivery of complex projects
- Evidence of contribution to midwifery/strategy development and implementation
- Proven experience of quality improvement and clinical governance
- Experience of maternity contracting/commissioning processes
- Experience of leading cost improvement initiatives
- Work without direct supervision to achieve the objectives of the post.
- Working in an environment which demands high levels of energy, stamina and enthusiasm.
- Managing budgets within financial standing orders
- Workforce planning, recruitment, and selection of staff
- Working under pressure, prioritising work, and meeting deadlines
- Utilise a variety of advanced communication skills to communicate to a range of different audiences clearly and succinctly verbally, electronically and in writing.
- Being a highly credible leader who can command respect.
Desirable
- Recent and proven experience of operationally leading and managing complex services.
- Experience of budget Management
- Experience of service improvement and/or transformational change
- Experience of developing and implementing alternative models of care
- Experience of working/linking with academic organisations
- Experience of working across organisational boundaries
- Knowledge of modernisation tools and techniques
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Midwife
- Master's degree or equivalent qualification/ experience
- Management qualification or equivalent experience in leadership qualification or evidence of working toward this.
- Post graduate qualification in a Health-related subject.
- Evidence of Continual Professional development
Desirable
- Experience and/or teaching qualification.
- Published work in a clinical or health care area.
- Mentoring/Coaching Qualification
Experience
Essential
- Significant post-registration experience
- Broad range of experiences in varied settings and roles
- Experience of leading and managing staff and clinical services
- Experience of successfully leading, changing, and managing services in a complex health organisational environment
- Evidence of effective delivery of complex projects
- Evidence of contribution to midwifery/strategy development and implementation
- Proven experience of quality improvement and clinical governance
- Experience of maternity contracting/commissioning processes
- Experience of leading cost improvement initiatives
- Work without direct supervision to achieve the objectives of the post.
- Working in an environment which demands high levels of energy, stamina and enthusiasm.
- Managing budgets within financial standing orders
- Workforce planning, recruitment, and selection of staff
- Working under pressure, prioritising work, and meeting deadlines
- Utilise a variety of advanced communication skills to communicate to a range of different audiences clearly and succinctly verbally, electronically and in writing.
- Being a highly credible leader who can command respect.
Desirable
- Recent and proven experience of operationally leading and managing complex services.
- Experience of budget Management
- Experience of service improvement and/or transformational change
- Experience of developing and implementing alternative models of care
- Experience of working/linking with academic organisations
- Experience of working across organisational boundaries
- Knowledge of modernisation tools and techniques
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
