Deputy Head of Midwifery

2 weeks ago

Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust Full time
Take overall responsibility for ensuring that midwifery services have a robust risk management framework.

Ensure all learning from risk management and clinical governance, serious incidents, patient complaints, or clinical risks are reflected in changes to clinical practice.

Ensure that Operational and Divisional Boards are informed and advised regarding all aspects of maternity and risk and clinical governance.

Lead and initiate a regular audit programme of midwifery and associated standards and ensure that any issues highlighted are addressed and lessons learnt are embedded within the service.

Lead work on the extended scope of practice and multi-disciplinary working and evidence-based practice.

Facilitate the delivery of all development projects within their scope of corporate and operational management, including initiating and evaluating patient satisfaction surveys.

Promote and identify women and childrens health Ensure the service women and babies receive are appropriate, accessible when they need them and are delivered in a manner which respects their privacy, dignity and individuality.

Champion user involvement in shaping the maternity service through active membership of the Maternity and Neonatal Voices Partnership.


With the HOM network locally and regionally to share best practice and benchmark To work with the Director of Infection Prevention and Control and team to ensure that the prevention and control of infection is a top priority for the Trust and maternity services workforce.

To work with Communication Teams as required representing the Trust in a variety of media settings (for example, broadcast and written media).

Operational Planning Within the Family Health Division leadership team, support the delivery of the Annual Business Plan to include the corporate, financial, performance, governance and workforce targets.

In partnership with the HOM, prepare the vision and strategy for maternity and its alignment with business planning cycle, taking in to account signed off service needs, workforce planning, estate issues, financial constraints, maternity specification, commissioners priorities in terms of contracts, quality targets.


Ensure that there is a robust workforce plan for midwifery and support staff in maternity services which include plans for proactive recruitment (against the required midwife: birth ratio), retention of staff, succession planning.

Operational Planning and Service Delivery Meet corporate targets for budget management, patient activity and quality standards required to meet NHS plan.

Be accountable for effective clinical governance systems within clinical areas in the maternity unit, Provide operational day to day support to senior staff within the clinical areas and support teams.

This will include the monitoring of the KPIs for E-Roster for midwifery and support staff.

Accountable Operationally for the performance of KPIs in Maternity.

People Management and Development Provide on-going support to the HOM, deputising at relevant meetings, internal and external to the Trust as when required.

Ensure the effective use of resources within agreed expenditure targets and agree with specialist staff the appropriate use of overtime, and bank.

Improve and maintain staff morale by effective communication, leadership, optimism and consultation within the Division and with other services, as appropriate.

Finance and performance Management Be accountable for the expenditure of the midwifery and support staffing budgets. ensuring robust budgetary management and control. Take the lead in developing ward and departmental managers/ budgetary skills, and to promote ownership of local financial responsibilities. Lead operationally in identifying financial savings which are generated from the services improved efficiency and productivity.


Represent the needs of midwifery in the business and service planning cycle and to reconcile these with the needs of the service.

Sign-off e-roster for all clinical areas in the Maternity unit ensuring they are robust and correct and meet

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