Head of Midwifery

at  County Durham Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

As Head of Midwifery for CDDFT you will be required to be an inspirational and skilled leader. This includes the expectation that you will: Promote the Trusts core values of care, quality, respect, leadership and achievement by adherence to the behavioral competencies as detailed on the Trusts website/intranet site. Put delivery of high quality services at the forefront of what you do. Ensure that excellence in communication and engagement of staff, service users and stakeholders is at the center of everything you do.
Critical to this is effective communications with the front line, listening and communicating messages from the front line up to the Executive Directors and the Trust Board. Challenge the status quo and lead on the development of workforce plans that are cognisant of future developments, new ways of working and new technologies. Establish excellent working relationships with clinicians at all levels within the Care Group and across organisations to enable transformation and delivery on all areas of performance. Lead on the delivery of all aspects of performance including quality of services, patient experience, access, finance, governance, HR and organisational development.
This extends beyond your direct area of influence to include leadership across other associated services and Care Groups. Lead and support transformation and integration of services using lean methodologies across pathways and services both internally and with external agencies eg. local authorities) to achieve improved outcomes for patients and service users, increase productivity and reduce costs. Lead on and be proactive in ensuring that the health and well-being agenda is considered in the development of and evident in delivery of all services.
Demonstrate a can do approach to problem solving and delivery of services. Ensure that robust governance is embedded in your area of responsibility. At all times demonstrate behaviors that are consistent with your role as Head of Midwifery We are an ambitious and innovative Trust as you will see when you join us, with current activity including the implementation of our electronic patient record system and the improvement opportunities that this provides services, the responsive planning process contributing significantly to the effective management of ongoing service delivery models to meet the changing needs of our patients and the support of integrated working as part of one of the largest ICS regions in the country. To meet the needs of this role you will be a midwifery leader with a proven record of leading teams to deliver high quality patient care.
This role demands exceptional leadership qualities, the ability to build credible relationships at all system levels and the tenacity to ensure we deliver high quality patient care through efficient and effective operational services and strategic planning. Most important, will be your ability to demonstrate passion, drive and curiosity, as well as a track record of delivery in a role of this breadth; that your leadership style is compatible with our values led approach

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