Head of Midwifery
Hywel Dda University Health Board
Date: 10 hours ago
City: Carmarthen, Wales
Contract type: Full time
Job Overview
An exciting opportunity to join Hywel Dda University Health Board as the next Head of Midwifery within the Children’s, Women and Families Clinical Care Group. The Head of Midwifery will be professionally accountable to the Director of Midwifery Professional Governance Lead and operationally to the General Manager, supporting the strategic progress and direction of the services whilst having operational control.
The Head of Midwifery is a key leadership role providing operational and professional direction for midwifery and maternity services across HDUHB, in line with national and legislative requirements and standards.
Be responsible for the professional standards of care and practice for Midwives and associated staff (e.g. Health Care Support Workers) within Maternity services.
Ensure that there are systems in place for revalidation and performance management.
Be accountable for quality and safety in Midwifery structure.
Provide leadership, strategic direction, and professional support to staff within the services.
Directly line manage and provide support to the Midwifery Managers across the Clinical Care Group.
We are a multi-site HB with 2 obstetric lead units and a stand-alone midwifery unit with multiple community midwifery teams.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will work with the Director of Midwifery, Professional Governance Lead, General Manager, Senior Clinicians, and multi-disciplinary team colleagues in developing high quality, safe, effective and efficient integrated service for Midwifery.
Provide leadership in delivery of service and corporate objectives.
The post-holder will enable effective delivery integrated services which reflect local community needs and a streamlined approach to care that is equitable and accessible.
As a key member of the Children Women and Family Clinical Care Group they will participate in long term strategic planning for services provision to ensure they fit within the overall Health Board transformational plans and meet the needs of the local population.
Summarise documents and analyse data from a range of sources to develop options and risks and opportunities to develop the service.
Be responsible for policy implementation and development for the service, and as part of the Children, Women's and Family Health Clinical Care Group participate in long term service planning and strategy development.
To support the Site Management Team ensuring that effective patient flow, discharge and transfer of care processes are maintained.
Working for our organisation
Hywel Dda University Health Board plans and provides NHS healthcare services for people living in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, and bordering counties.
We have over 13,000 staff and together we provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services.
We work in partnership with the three local authorities, as well as public, private and third sector colleagues, including our valued team of volunteers.
Our services are provided in:
IMPORTANT NOTE FOR APPLICANTS: Applications for our roles are carefully reviewed and shortlisted based on specific criteria, which varies from job to job. Using a generic application to apply for multiple roles or relying on automated AI application services, such as Lazy Apply or AI Apply, may not provide the necessary information, leading to your application being overlooked. To ensure your application is given full consideration, we recommend submitting a tailored application that directly addresses the criteria listed in the Person Specification section of the advert.
By submitting your application to NHS Jobs/Trac, you are giving your consent for elements of your application data to be transferred to the NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) and other secure, internal NHS Workforce systems in order to support and manage your recruitment and employment within your employing organisation; to be used by Recruitment for purposes of checking your Professional Registration online (where applicable).
These processes are in line with Fair and Lawful processing in line with current Data Protection Legislation especially those in relation to your personal or sensitive personal data (sensitive personal data is defined as any declared physical or mental health conditions, racial or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, trade union membership, political opinion, religious beliefs). As an organisation, we ensure that the legislation defining confidentiality is observed such as use of data for specific, defined purposes, and use of data that is relevant and not excessive whilst practicing data accuracy and security of all held personal identifiable information (PII)
If you are successfully appointed, by completing the application form you authorise the UHB to obtain any previous NHS service details including all electronically held sickness information, via the Inter Authority Transfer process on the national Electronic Staff Record (ESR).
To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa , unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK . If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.
An exciting opportunity to join Hywel Dda University Health Board as the next Head of Midwifery within the Children’s, Women and Families Clinical Care Group. The Head of Midwifery will be professionally accountable to the Director of Midwifery Professional Governance Lead and operationally to the General Manager, supporting the strategic progress and direction of the services whilst having operational control.
The Head of Midwifery is a key leadership role providing operational and professional direction for midwifery and maternity services across HDUHB, in line with national and legislative requirements and standards.
Be responsible for the professional standards of care and practice for Midwives and associated staff (e.g. Health Care Support Workers) within Maternity services.
Ensure that there are systems in place for revalidation and performance management.
Be accountable for quality and safety in Midwifery structure.
Provide leadership, strategic direction, and professional support to staff within the services.
Directly line manage and provide support to the Midwifery Managers across the Clinical Care Group.
We are a multi-site HB with 2 obstetric lead units and a stand-alone midwifery unit with multiple community midwifery teams.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will work with the Director of Midwifery, Professional Governance Lead, General Manager, Senior Clinicians, and multi-disciplinary team colleagues in developing high quality, safe, effective and efficient integrated service for Midwifery.
Provide leadership in delivery of service and corporate objectives.
The post-holder will enable effective delivery integrated services which reflect local community needs and a streamlined approach to care that is equitable and accessible.
As a key member of the Children Women and Family Clinical Care Group they will participate in long term strategic planning for services provision to ensure they fit within the overall Health Board transformational plans and meet the needs of the local population.
Summarise documents and analyse data from a range of sources to develop options and risks and opportunities to develop the service.
Be responsible for policy implementation and development for the service, and as part of the Children, Women's and Family Health Clinical Care Group participate in long term service planning and strategy development.
To support the Site Management Team ensuring that effective patient flow, discharge and transfer of care processes are maintained.
Working for our organisation
Hywel Dda University Health Board plans and provides NHS healthcare services for people living in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, and bordering counties.
We have over 13,000 staff and together we provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services.
We work in partnership with the three local authorities, as well as public, private and third sector colleagues, including our valued team of volunteers.
Our services are provided in:
- Four main hospitals: Bronglais Hospital in Aberystwyth; Glangwili Hospital in Carmarthen; Prince Philip Hospital in Llanelli; and Withybush Hospital in Haverfordwest
- Five community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery hospitals in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron Hospital in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire hospitals in Pembrokeshire
- Two integrated care centres: Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion, and several other community settings
- 47 general practices (six of which are health board managed practices); dental practices (including four orthodontic); 97 community pharmacies; 43 general ophthalmic practices; and 8 ophthalmic domiciliary providers
- Numerous mental health and learning disabilities services
IMPORTANT NOTE FOR APPLICANTS: Applications for our roles are carefully reviewed and shortlisted based on specific criteria, which varies from job to job. Using a generic application to apply for multiple roles or relying on automated AI application services, such as Lazy Apply or AI Apply, may not provide the necessary information, leading to your application being overlooked. To ensure your application is given full consideration, we recommend submitting a tailored application that directly addresses the criteria listed in the Person Specification section of the advert.
By submitting your application to NHS Jobs/Trac, you are giving your consent for elements of your application data to be transferred to the NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) and other secure, internal NHS Workforce systems in order to support and manage your recruitment and employment within your employing organisation; to be used by Recruitment for purposes of checking your Professional Registration online (where applicable).
These processes are in line with Fair and Lawful processing in line with current Data Protection Legislation especially those in relation to your personal or sensitive personal data (sensitive personal data is defined as any declared physical or mental health conditions, racial or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, trade union membership, political opinion, religious beliefs). As an organisation, we ensure that the legislation defining confidentiality is observed such as use of data for specific, defined purposes, and use of data that is relevant and not excessive whilst practicing data accuracy and security of all held personal identifiable information (PII)
If you are successfully appointed, by completing the application form you authorise the UHB to obtain any previous NHS service details including all electronically held sickness information, via the Inter Authority Transfer process on the national Electronic Staff Record (ESR).
To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa , unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK . If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.
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