Director of Midwifery

Key Responsibilities

Provide Trust-wide professional leadership for midwifery and act as the principaladviser to the Chief Nursing Officer, Executive team, Maternity Board Non-ExecutiveDirector and Board. Lead delivery of an integrated maternity and neonatal strategy that aligns safety,outcomes, experience, equity, workforce, finance, operational performance, researchand improvement across Trust and system pathways. Establish a single maternity and neonatal quality-governance and surveillance system with ward-to-Board and Trust-to-system traceability, clear early-warning thresholds and oversight of unwarranted variation. Ensure independent, compassionate and PSIRF-aligned responses to incidents,deaths, complaints and concerns, with effective Duty of Candour and familyengagement. Lead safe midwifery staffing, establishment, skill mix, education, retention,professional standards, supervision and leadership succession. Through the quadrumvirate, provide leadership, constructive challenge and assurance on clinical standards, evidence-based pathways, escalation, multidisciplinary teamwork and sustained maternity and neonatal improvement, with shared accountability for outcomes. Lead delivery and truthful assurance for MIS/CNST, PMRT, MBRRACE-UK, SavingBabies Lives, CQC and applicable national maternity actions. Address inequalities, racism, discrimination and differential outcomes through data, listening, co-production and measurable action. Promote an open, inclusive and psychologically safe culture in which staff and families can speak up and receive timely response. Manage delegated people, budgets and programmes and contribute to Trust-wide executive leadership and on-call arrangements. Please see job description for further principal duties and responsibilities.