Vice Chair

Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust is committed to ensuring that parents and families are at the centre of safe and personalised maternity care. To support this, it is important to have an active Maternity Voices Partnership (MVP), which represents and supports those using maternity services.

The main purpose of the role of Vice Chair is to support the Chair, assisting with the strategic development of the Maternity Voices Partnership, sharing responsibility for networking and taking on discrete pieces of work, when needed.

**Please note, to be considered for the role you must reside in the Liverpool area - this is due to the nature of the duties as detailed in the Job Description and Person Specification**

An MVP is an NHS service user led working group that works in partnership to ensure maternity care is as good as it can be. We are looking for an individual who is compassionate and driven to advocate for women and be a voice and conduit to the improvement and advancement of maternity services.

MVPs should ensure the voices of those using maternity services are heard and involved in reviewing services and improvements. Membership should include Maternity care service-users, Maternity care providers (Midwives, Obstetricians, ante-natal, Neonatologists), Commissioners, Health Visitors, Infant feeding specialists. The MVP Vice Chair will support the Chair in acting as an advocate for mothers who use local maternity services.

Under the umbrella of Cheshire and Merseyside Women’s Health and Maternity Partnerships the Local Maternity System is hosted by Liverpool Women's Hospital.

Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust delivers the highest standards of care for women, babies and families. Each year we deliver over 7,500 babies, carry out over 49,000 gynaecological inpatient and outpatient procedures, care for over 1,000 poorly & preterm newborns, perform around 1,000 IVF cycles and have over 4,000 genetic appointments taking place. We believe that this along with a strong dedication to research & innovation makes us thespecialist health provider of choice in Europe for women, babies and families.

We have some of the leading experts in their field, which has been showcased on national TV and news, making our teams famous across the world for professionalism, skill & compassion.

The Trust is constantly innovating and evolving it’s services to provide the most cutting edge and modern care possible. As well as developing services on our current site we have long-term aspirations for the future. We have recently launched a number of new strategies which provide a detailed long-term plan for our services.

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Please refer to the detailed job description and main responsibilities for this vacancy within the job description attached.