Deputy Director of Midwifery and Nursing - Band 8b

at  North Bristol NHS Trust

Are you an aspiring Deputy Director of Midwifery and Nursing? Are you a motivated and dynamic experienced senior midwife or nurse, keen to develop and ready for your next exciting opportunity? We have a fantastic opportunity to join our nursing and midwifery leadership team as the Deputy Director of Midwifery and Nursing.
We are seeking a dedicated and experienced individual to join our team, working closely with the Director of Midwifery and Nursing, Clinical Director, Divisional Operations Director. You will play a pivotal role in ensuring excellence in workforce management, service delivery, clinical quality, safety, and financial control within our division.
Join us in our commitment to delivering outstanding gynaecology and perinatal care. Your leadership will make a significant impact on improving the experiences of women, birthing peoples, babies and their families in our community.
The Deputy Director of Midwifery and Nursing is a crucial role within the Divisional Management Team, reporting to the Divisional Director of Midwifery and Nursing Services (DoMN). This position focuses on ensuring high standards of patient care across gynecology, maternity, and neonatal services. Key responsibilities include:
Providing leadership and management for midwifery and nursing services, ensuring high-quality, efficient care.
Overseeing operational direction, governance, patient experience, and service sustainability.
Acting as the DoMN in daily clinical operations, handling recruitment, care standards, service transformation, and patient experience improvements.
Developing and maintaining clinical safety and quality systems, compliance with CQC standards, health and safety, patient complaints, incident reporting, and safeguarding.
Assisting senior management to meet workforce, service delivery, quality improvement, and safety objectives.
Working with the Local Maternity and Neonatal System (LMNS) and associated agencies to lead maternity service transformation according to national and local priorities.
Creating a supportive environment for midwifery and nursing staff across Gynaecology, Maternity and Neonatal Services
In summary, the role involves strategic leadership, operational management, and collaborative efforts to enhance service quality and staff support within midwifery and nursing.
North Bristol NHS Trust employs over 12,000 staff providing healthcare to the residents of Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset. The maternity service is one of the largest in the country with approximately 5,200 births per year, providing both consultant and midwifery led care in hospital and the community setting. We are the regional centre for Maternal Medicine, Complex Termination of Pregnancies and Placenta Accreta Syndrome, and a nationally recognised centre of excellence for Extreme Preterm Births. Our vision is that by enabling our teams to be the best that they can be, we will provide more safer, more personalised and more equitable perinatal and gynaecology care.
We commit to treating each patient as an individual with respect and dignity, aiming to deliver excellent clinical outcomes and a first-class experience for everyone who uses our services.
North Bristol NHS Trust values all people as individuals. We aim to be an anti-discriminatory organisation and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We welcome applicants from all underrepresented groups.
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