Chief Midwife LMNS - Luton, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom - Wales Medicines Strategy Group

Description

Employer Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board Employer type NHS Site BLMK ICB Town Bedfordshire Salary £99,891 - £114,949 Per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 24/05/2024 23:59


NHS AfC:
Band 9

The Bedfordshire Luton and Milton Keynes (ICB) is responsible for planning and allocating resources to meet the four core purposes of the Integrated Care System (ICS), namely: to improve outcomes in population health and healthcare; and help the NHS support broader social and economic development.

Within this context, as the ICB develops as a statutory organisation, a significant challenge will be to determine how it effectively supports and enables place-based and local partnerships to take necessary action that will improve population health outcomes and reduce inequalities.

The BLMK Local Maternity and Neonatal System (LMNS) is looking for an energetic, inspiring and resilient midwifery professional to lead and inform complex service transformation and Quality improvement across the LMNS.

You will have established clinical credibility and a detailed understanding of the three year maternity and neonatal transformation programme.

You will champion service user voice across the LMNS and work closely with other LMNSs and maternity networks to ensure that both maternity and neonatal services across BLMK are consistently delivering improved clinical outcomes.

You will lead the safety transformation programmes and learning across our LMNS ,in conjunction with clinical leaders from BLMK maternity and neonatal providers.

We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity; We know through experience that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers patient outcomes.

We are committed to creating the best place to work, where your contribution is valued, your wellbeing is supported and all our colleagues can reach their full potential.

We welcome and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of their protected characteristic.

We work to ensure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible to everyone, including making adjustments for people who have a disability or long-term condition and support with the recruitment process for people with lived experience.

We are happy to discuss flexible working options for all roles.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and commit to shortlisting suitable applicants who meet the essential criteria for an interview.

Working within the overall ICS strategic objectives, devise, implement and monitor the strategy which will set out a core set of principles describing how Maternity, neonatal and paediatric services can be best involved and embedded into the transformation work programmes within the ICS.

• Exploring the approach to developing an integrated, flexible, Maternity, neonatal and paediatric workforce that can deliver high quality and sustainable health and care services at ICS/ ICP & neighbourhood levels.
• Provide expert advice and strategic system leadership to the ICS Programme Leads, Care Professionals Board and ICPs to support the development of an integrated, flexible, Maternity, neonatal and paediatric workforce that can deliver high quality and sustainable, integrated at scale, across a local system.
• Maintain a good knowledge of emerging policies from government departments to assist in the thinking and definition of the strategy discussions.
• Clinical lead for the Local Maternity and Neonatal system.
• Informing the ICS & Programme Leads on how the Maternity, neonatal and paediatric workforce will support the delivery of the Long-Term Plan and the transformational workstreams, understanding and unlocking the barriers that will increase opportunities for effective service delivery.
• Develop and support transformation within the Maternity, neonatal and paediatric models of care and pathways.
• Provide leadership for safeguarding agenda across LMNS in conjunction with system Named /designated professionals
• Contribute to the review and development of existing information management systems and contribute to the development of an integrated approach to project management.
• Member of a relevant professional body Registered Midwife with NMC

Proven and significant leadership experience at senior level in midwifery services. Significant evidence of continued professional development. Demonstrated expertise in a Healthcare environment in a senior role. Significant management experience at senior level in the NHS or other public healthcare related industry. Significant experience and understanding of proven implementation of project management methodologies. Ability to analyse numerical and written data, assess options and draw appropriate initiatives.

Dynamic personality and the ability to build trusted stakeholder relationships and wide support networks in a political context like the NHS in BLMK ICB

Planning Skills
~ Leadership, vision, strategic thinking and planning with highly developed political skills

Management Skills

Arden & GEM CSU administer this account on behalf of the ICB, you may receive communications from both the CSU and the ICB during your recruitment.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff to undertake this commitment.