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Job overview

We are delighted to offer the opportunity for an ambitious, dynamic, senior midwifery leader to become the Director of Midwifery at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire.

This role will provide credible and visible leadership both within UHCW, as a key member of the Corporate Nursing, Midwifery and AHP Leadership Team and with key partners across the Local Maternity and Neonatal Network (LMNS), Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Networks. The successful candidate will ensure high quality, safety and patient experience while also delivering corporate objectives. This role is vital in supporting the Trust to deliver its vision to become a national and international leader in healthcare.

The post holder must be an innovative, inclusive leader with exceptional communication stills to inspire confidence in others, role model leadership and promote the development and maintenance of high standards of care that is family centred, sensitive and responsive to service users.

Main duties of the job

The Director of Midwifery will work closely within the quadrumvirate to lead and advocate for safe, effective, sustainable and responsive maternity and neonatal care for all women, babies, birthing people and their families. The post holder is required to lead and inform complex transformation and improvement, through collaboration and mature partnership working. Accountable to the Chief Nursing Officer, the Director of Midwifery is responsible for the strategic leadership of the midwifery workforce and the overarching safety and quality of the perinatal services. The principal goal of the post is to drive forward the maternity improvement and safety activities across the service to maintain and improve the current standards, demonstrating improved clinical outcomes.

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.

We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.

Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.

We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence designated organisation - please click the link for further details about this prestigious award. Pathway To Excellence - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (uhcw.nhs.uk)

By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.

The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.