Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to lead maternity and womens
health across the integrated care system through coordinated programmes of work
and system transformation in order to improve the health of women/birthing
people and babies in Buckinghamshire,
Oxfordshire and Berkshire West.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a senior midwife with leadership experience
of operational maternity services, workforce planning, reducing health
inequalities, risk management and governance to:
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work collaboratively with quality, safeguarding,
patient safety and programme leads in the ICB; providers, wider system partners
and service users to enable delivery of the national maternity and neonatal
single delivery plan and the LMNS delivery and transformation programme.
-
work collaboratively with workforce leads in the
ICB and provider Directors/Heads of Midwifery to enable delivery of the NHSE
Long Term Workforce Plan.
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lead programmes of work in relation to improving
womens health linked with the National Womens Health Strategy, system wide
strategy and local initiatives.
For further
information please contact Julie Creffield at Julie.creffield@nhs.net or 07714775674
About us
NHS Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and
Berkshire West (BOB) Integrated Care Board is the statutory NHS organisation
responsible for planning and delivering health and care services for the
communities of Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West.
We work collaboratively with partner
organisations including local government, the voluntary, community and social
enterprise sector, and people and communities across the BOB Health and Care
Integrated Care System (ICS).
Our key priorities are to
increase healthy life expectancy and reduce health inequalities for the 1.7
million people who live in our communities.
We value and promote diversity
and are committed to equality of opportunity for all. We believe that the best
employers are those that reflect the communities they serve. We want to
increase the diversity of our NHS leadership and particularly encourage applications
from women, people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, LGBT
communities, younger candidates and from people with lived experience of
disability, who we know are all under-represented in these important roles.
Our Values are:
Respectful
we are inclusive
Impactful
we make a difference
Integrity
we are kind and fair
Leadership
we encourage leadership
Collaborative
we work together in a positive way
Job description
Job responsibilities
The postholder will:
Lead the Local Maternity and Neonatal System
(LMNS), together with the Director of Maternity, Women, Children and Young
People Services/Deputy SRO to improve the health of women/birthing people and
babies in Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and
Berkshire West, and ensure that work streams and programmes are planned and
carried out effectively.
Lead the
provision of an efficient, effective and high quality professional and
co-ordinated LMNS delivery and transformation programme, ensuring all
statutory, regulatory and NHS requirements related to the provision of services
are met. They will provide assurance and reports to BOB ICB and through
relevant Boards and committees across and external to the organisation.
Work collaboratively with quality, safeguarding,
patient safety and inequalities programme leads in the ICB; providers, wider
system partners and service users to enable delivery of the national maternity
and neonatal single delivery plan and the LMNS delivery and transformation
programme.
Work collaboratively with workforce leads in the
ICB and provider Directors/Heads of Midwifery to enable delivery of the NHSE
Long Term Workforce Plan.
Lead programmes of work in relation to improving
womens health linked with the National Womens Health Strategy, system wide
strategy, local initiatives and the maternity and neonatal single delivery plan
(where relevant).
Job description
Job responsibilities
The postholder will:
Lead the Local Maternity and Neonatal System
(LMNS), together with the Director of Maternity, Women, Children and Young
People Services/Deputy SRO to improve the health of women/birthing people and
babies in Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and
Berkshire West, and ensure that work streams and programmes are planned and
carried out effectively.
Lead the
provision of an efficient, effective and high quality professional and
co-ordinated LMNS delivery and transformation programme, ensuring all
statutory, regulatory and NHS requirements related to the provision of services
are met. They will provide assurance and reports to BOB ICB and through
relevant Boards and committees across and external to the organisation.
Work collaboratively with quality, safeguarding,
patient safety and inequalities programme leads in the ICB; providers, wider
system partners and service users to enable delivery of the national maternity
and neonatal single delivery plan and the LMNS delivery and transformation
programme.
Work collaboratively with workforce leads in the
ICB and provider Directors/Heads of Midwifery to enable delivery of the NHSE
Long Term Workforce Plan.
Lead programmes of work in relation to improving
womens health linked with the National Womens Health Strategy, system wide
strategy, local initiatives and the maternity and neonatal single delivery plan
(where relevant).
Person Specification
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Essential
- Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of equality of opportunity and diversity taking into account and being aware of how individual actions contribute to and make a difference to the equality agenda.
- Ensures staff for whom the post holder has line management responsibility
- Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of equality of opportunity and diversity.
- Ability to work well with colleagues with diverse identities and contribute to a positive culture.
- Demonstrate professional integrity, civility and respect at the workplace.
Communication Skills
Essential
- Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive and contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups.
- Persuade board and senior managers of the respective merits of different options, innovation and new market opportunities.
- Negotiate on difficult and very complex and detailed issues
Management Skills
Essential
- Skills for direct line management and job management.
- Skills for delivering results through managing through others and using a range of levers in the absence of direct line management responsibility.
- Skills for managing relationships with a range of different stakeholders.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate keyboard skills.
- Manages team within the constraints of NHS strategic plan.
- Ability to work on own initiative and organise workload, allocating work as necessary.
- Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues.
Planning Skills
Essential
- Plans and organises a broad range of complex activities, formulating and adjusting plans to reflect changing circumstances.
- Inputs to strategic plans across NHS and within the specific teams.
- Works with Stakeholders to develop performance improvement plans and to develop plans for innovation and opening up the market.
- Good use of available information sources to enable efficient and effective planning
- Ability to work under pressure and to tight and often changing deadlines
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
- Extensive knowledge of specialist areas, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to masters level equivalent
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
- Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement
- Should have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health & Social Care and individual provider and commissioning organisations
- Registered Midwife and Member of relevant professional body - NMC
Analytical
Essential
- Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands.
- Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options.
- Takes decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action.
- Strategic thinking ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise.
Person Specification
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Essential
- Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of equality of opportunity and diversity taking into account and being aware of how individual actions contribute to and make a difference to the equality agenda.
- Ensures staff for whom the post holder has line management responsibility
- Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of equality of opportunity and diversity.
- Ability to work well with colleagues with diverse identities and contribute to a positive culture.
- Demonstrate professional integrity, civility and respect at the workplace.
Communication Skills
Essential
- Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive and contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups.
- Persuade board and senior managers of the respective merits of different options, innovation and new market opportunities.
- Negotiate on difficult and very complex and detailed issues
Management Skills
Essential
- Skills for direct line management and job management.
- Skills for delivering results through managing through others and using a range of levers in the absence of direct line management responsibility.
- Skills for managing relationships with a range of different stakeholders.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate keyboard skills.
- Manages team within the constraints of NHS strategic plan.
- Ability to work on own initiative and organise workload, allocating work as necessary.
- Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues.
Planning Skills
Essential
- Plans and organises a broad range of complex activities, formulating and adjusting plans to reflect changing circumstances.
- Inputs to strategic plans across NHS and within the specific teams.
- Works with Stakeholders to develop performance improvement plans and to develop plans for innovation and opening up the market.
- Good use of available information sources to enable efficient and effective planning
- Ability to work under pressure and to tight and often changing deadlines
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
- Extensive knowledge of specialist areas, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to masters level equivalent
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
- Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement
- Should have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health & Social Care and individual provider and commissioning organisations
- Registered Midwife and Member of relevant professional body - NMC
Analytical
Essential
- Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands.
- Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options.
- Takes decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action.
- Strategic thinking ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise.
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).
