Deputy Head of Midwifery

Deputy Head of Midwifery (12 month Secondment)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, inspirational and motivated midwifery leader to join the senior Midwifery team in a secondment post. We are looking for a talented, passionate and driven Senior Midwife to take continue our transformation and development of maternity services.

The focus for this post will be deputising for the Head of Midwifery on the Bedford site with specific overview of the workforce and operational running of the service.
It is an exciting time to join Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We run two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Our 7,500 staff provide high quality care for a growing population of around 700,000 across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas.

You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. Travel between hospital sites may be required. We have state-of-the art facilities placing us at the heart of cutting edge health care. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post.

Working in collaboration with the Head of Midwifery to provide professional and operational leadership and management of the services, delivering a safe quality service while meeting financial targets. The post holder will provide senior advice, support and strategic leadership. They require the ability to develop a quality service ensuring high standards of care, whilst improving the patients experience and ensuring clinical effectiveness and service efficiency.

The post holder will be required to have substantial previous experience at a senior level within maternity and possess leadership qualities to engage teams and drive improvements. Previous experience of implementing transformational change would be beneficial.