Head of Quality, Maternity & Neonatal

NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care BoardWe are seeking a dynamic and highly motivated midwife to join our team. This is an exciting opportunity to inspire and drive changes to maternity and neonatal services for our Derbyshire population.If you are an experienced midwife wanting to make that positive impact of change, we invite you to apply for the post of Head of Quality, Maternity and NeonatalMain duties of the jobLocal Maternity and Neonatal System (LMNS) is the maternity and neonatal arm of the Integrated Care System, bringing together commissioners, providers of maternity and neonatal services and service users, we aim to make services safer, more personalised, and more equitable for women, babies, and families.At Derby and Derbyshire ICB, we are looking for an energetic and motivated individual for the role of Head of Quality, Maternity and Neonatal to join our LMNS Team to provide programme leadership of the Three-Year Delivery Plan for Maternity and Neonatal Services.The post holder will work with our wider system partners to deliver the Three-Year Delivery Plan for Maternity and Neonatal Services across Derbyshire, and with our neighbouring ICBs.They will be responsible for providing senior programme management and commissioning expertise to the programme, specifically taking a lead on all non-clinical workstreams in the programme.The post holder will work in partnership with service users and their representatives (through the Maternity and Neonatal Voices Partnerships) hospitals, community trusts, primary care, Public Health and the community and voluntary sector, to co-produce improvements, transformation and change and to ensure that outcomes are effectively monitored.About usNHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) is the health statutory body for the Derby City and Derbyshire population. ICSs are partnerships of health and care organisations that come together to plan and deliver joined-up services and to improve the health of people who live and work in their area. Serving a total population of 1,053,000 with a budget of over £1.6 billion the ICB has a staff base of approximately 500 people.At DDICB we are passionate about making diversity and inclusion part of our DNA. We have staff engagement forums, a diversity and inclusion network run by and for our people and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. Together, we are building an inclusive culture, where difference is celebrated and people feel able to bring their whole self to work.Job responsibilitiesBe the responsible officer for an overarching programme of delivery projects for Better Births for Derbyshire ensuring their full successful delivery in a timely fashion and with a focus on delivery;Take the lead for the development, planning, facilitation, monitoring and communicating progress of project and programmes related to the delivery of Better Births in Derbyshire - ensuring that additional activities are initiated wherever gaps or risks are identified;Ensure that programmes have robust governance systems in place to support delivery - coordinating the Maternity Transformation Board meetings;Work in a proactive and supportive manner with key stakeholders, challenging health and care partners to deliver the project/s in the most effective, efficient and qualitative way for patients and their care;Ensure effective links between the Maternity Transformation Programme, and other key programmes of work that are part of the Joined Up Care Derbyshire;Manage the business development and service improvement aspects on the projects, including developing and managing the business plans, progressing and reporting risks and issue management;Liaise with NHS England and work with them on data and information requests to support the monitoring of progress and sharing of learning - managing all required corporate business returns;The post holder will support the Senior Responsible Officer and wider team (including clinical leads) to ensure that work streams and projects are planned, managed and delivered effectively;Person SpecificationValuesDemonstrate the behaviours that underpin the ICBs core value of 'One Team'Demonstrate honesty and integrity and promotes organisational values;Person SpecificationEducated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area;Extensive knowledge of specialist areas, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to master's level equivalent;Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy in the area and appreciate the implications of this on engagement ;Developed communication skills for delivering key messages to a range of stakeholders both internal and external (including outside the NHS) to the organisation, some at very senior level;Experience of direct work with service user groups and/or other coproduction work.Ability to use informed persuasion to influence others.Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions and to resolve problems in relation to project or service delivery;Evidence of planning and delivering programmes and projects and services on time.Ability to travel independently across the region and occasionally beyond.NMC Registration - MidwiferyDisclosure and Barring Service CheckThis post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care BoardAddressDerby and Derbyshire ICB - Derby City Council HouseAssistant Director of Nursing and Quality£58,972 to £68,525 a yearper annum, pro-rataContractPermanentWorking patternFull-time,Home or remote workingReference number996-ICB-#####-24Job locationsDerby and Derbyshire ICB - Derby City Council House
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