Director of Midwifery

at  Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Are you ready to take the helm as the most senior midwife at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust? We’re searching for a visionary leader for our team. This is your chance to lead, inspire, and make a lasting impact on the future of maternity services at one of the UK’s most prestigious healthcare Trusts.
As the DoM, you’ll be at the forefront of delivering safe, high-quality maternity care across our Trust. You’ll work closely with the Maternity Directorate to align strategic and operational goals, ensuring that our maternity services remain ‘outstanding’ as rated by the CQC.
Your leadership will shape the professional development of midwives, advocate for the highest standards of care, and continuous improvement of our services.
In this role, you’ll provide professional leadership, guiding midwives and nurses in the delivery of maternity and neonatal services with compassion and excellence. You’ll be an advocate for safe, high-quality care, working with key stakeholders such as the Maternity Voices Partnership, local and regional systems, and education providers. Collaborating closely with the maternity triumvirate, you’ll lead on strategy development and support the operational delivery of services, fostering a positive culture of safety and learning.
The ideal candidate will have experience driving strategic change and fostering an inclusive, positive work culture, along with exceptional communication skills to motivate and inspire teams to deliver outstanding care.

The DoM provides corporate, strategic and professional leadership for the delivery of maternity services. In partnership with the Maternity Directorate Triumvirate - the General Manager, Clinical Director and Deputy Director of Midwifery, you will link the strategic and operational objectives to ensure high quality and safe maternity services. There are three broad aims of the role:

• Professional leader for midwives, maternity and neonatology nurses.
• Advocate for safe, high quality maternity care in partnership with maternity providers across NWL/London, Maternity Voices Partnership (MVP), Local Maternity and Neonatal System (LMNS) and education providers
• Collaboratively with the maternity triumvirate, lead on strategy development and support operational delivery of maternity services.

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview. .
We are looking for someone with NMC registration as a midwife and a proven track record of leadership in the NHS. The ideal candidate will have experience driving strategic change and fostering an inclusive, positive work culture, along with exceptional communication skills to motivate and inspire teams to deliver outstanding care.
This is a fantastic opportunity that is not to be missed so apply today to propel your career with us at Imperial!
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert

• Professional leader for midwives, maternity and neonatology nurses.
• Advocate for safe, high quality maternity care in partnership with maternity providers across NWL/London, Maternity Voices Partnership (MVP), Local Maternity and Neonatal System (LMNS) and education providers
• Collaboratively with the maternity triumvirate, lead on strategy development and support operational delivery of maternity services