Head of Midwifery
The closing date is 30 September 2025
Job summary
Our Maternity Service at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust (UHDB) are on a journey of improvement. As a service we strive to improve the experience for our expectant's mothers and their families through listening to our service users with our Trust board who have made significant investment in the maternity services financially and support of staff and service development.
The Maternity Services works in partnership with the Local Maternity and Neonatal Systems (LMNS) to drive the national maternity agenda forward to improve the safety and quality of our services.
We are excited to offer the role of Head of Midwifery working cross site. We are looking for an enthusiastic and passionate senior leader who wants to make a difference, by leading with compassion and a commitment to deliver on the key performance indicators and quality improvement initiatives to ensure a safe and responsive maternity service
As a visible and compassionate leader, you will work in close collaboration with your colleagues, providing senior management cover, and professional oversight, working together to lead on delivery of the maternity and wider Trust agenda.
The post holder has a specific responsibility to support the promotion of high standards of care and embed patient safety. This will be through effective translation of learning from incidents and embedding this at a service level.
The post holder will participate in the senior manager on call rota.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will work with the Midwifery and wider Divisional Management Team to provide professional and clinical leadership support to the division and service and provide oversight and assurance on the day-to-day delivery of high-quality standards of patient care across the hospital and community midwifery services.
Working as part of the Senior Maternity Leadership the post holder will play a significant role in leading the maternity transformational agenda, corporate agenda and providing leadership for professional, clinical, strategic and business direction in particular for Divisional transformation Patient Safety, Quality and Experience.
Providing visible and supportive leadership and acting as a role model for staff at all times, the post holder will be a key member of the Director of Midwifery's senior management team.
Closing date of applications: 30 September 2025
Date of interview: 14 October 2025
About us
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return we will offer:
- Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
- On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
- Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts:
- We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
- We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
- An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
- Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
- Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
- We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
- We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
- UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.
Details
Date posted
16 September 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8c
Salary
£76,965 to £88,682 a year pa
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
320-W&C-1086
Job locations
UHDB
Uttoxeter road
Derby
DE22 3NE
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Address
UHDB
Uttoxeter road
Derby
DE22 3NE
Employer's website
https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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