Head of Midwifery

• As Head of Midwifery, you will be accountable for the delivery of high quality, safe maternity services, ensuring effective staffing, patient flow, and optimal clinical outcomes while maintaining a visible and supportive leadership presence within clinical areas. • You will lead on clinical governance, embedding robust risk management processes, continuous quality improvement, and a strong safety and Just Culture that promotes openness, learning, and psychological safety, ensuring services are evidence-based and aligned with national standards. Working closely with the Director of Midwifery and senior teams, you will drive strategic and annual service planning, contribute to transformation and financial sustainability, and ensure performance targets are met through monitoring, improvement planning, and data-driven assurance. • You will lead workforce planning and development, supporting recruitment, retention, education, and staff wellbeing, while ensuring effective implementation of HR policies and fostering an inclusive and motivated workforce. • In addition, you will collaborate with system partners to co-produce services with women and families, ensuring their voices shape maternity services. Participation in the senior midwifery on-call rota is required, providing expert leadership and in doing so, you will help deliver a maternity service that is safe, equitable, personalised, and responsive, underpinned by compassionate leadership and a commitment to continuous learning and improvement. For full job details please refer to the Job Description Job description Job responsibilities • As Head of Midwifery, you will be accountable for the delivery of high quality, safe maternity services, ensuring effective staffing, patient flow, and optimal clinical outcomes while maintaining a visible and supportive leadership presence within clinical areas. • You will lead on clinical governance, embedding robust risk management processes, continuous quality improvement, and a strong safety and Just Culture that promotes openness, learning, and psychological safety, ensuring services are evidence-based and aligned with national standards. Working closely with the Director of Midwifery and senior teams, you will drive strategic and annual service planning, contribute to transformation and financial sustainability, and ensure performance targets are met through monitoring, improvement planning, and data-driven assurance. • You will lead workforce planning and development, supporting recruitment, retention, education, and staff wellbeing, while ensuring effective implementation of HR policies and fostering an inclusive and motivated workforce. • In addition, you will collaborate with system partners to co-produce services with women and families, ensuring their voices shape maternity services. Participation in the senior midwifery on-call rota is required, providing expert leadership and in doing so, you will help deliver a maternity service that is safe, equitable, personalised, and responsive, underpinned by compassionate leadership and a commitment to continuous learning and improvement. For full job details please refer to the Job Description