Deputy Head of Midwifery – Peterborough / Huntingdon

Deputy Head of Midwifery – Peterborough / Huntingdon

Band 8b

Job overview

Shaping the Future of Maternity Services with Compassion and Leadership – are you a passionate, dynamic and experienced midwifery leader ready to drive strategic and operational improvements in maternity services? We have an exciting opportunity for a Deputy Head of Midwifery (DHoM) to support and enable senior leadership, service development and transformation within a challenging and dynamic healthcare environment.

What We’re Looking For

• A highly motivated, inspirational midwifery leader with a proven track record in maternity transformation and service improvement.
• Strong strategic thinking and the ability to influence at local, regional and national levels.
• Commitment to staff development, fostering a culture of professional growth, learning and continuous improvement.
• A leader who can role model positive leadership behaviours, promoting a just culture and empowering midwives to drive quality improvements.

Main duties of the job

As Deputy Head of Midwifery, you will:

• Support the Head of Midwifery (HoM) in delivering strategic direction and operational oversight within maternity services.
• Enhance safety and quality by implementing national and regional maternity recommendations.
• Collaborate with key partners, including the Local Maternity and Neonatal System (LMNS) and Maternity Voices Partnership (MVP), ensuring co‑production and patient‑centred care.
• Provide visible, accessible leadership, mentoring and coaching staff to foster innovation, resilience and excellence in maternity care.
• Lead on service user engagement, supporting responses to concerns and ensuring clear, compassionate communication with women and families.
• Champion equality, diversity, and inclusion, ensuring they are embedded in all service decisions.

Working for our organisation

We are committed to supporting colleagues through organisational change. Priority will be given to staff at risk within North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust and Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Integrated Care Board.

Person specification

Education and Qualifications

• First level Registered Midwife with NMC registration
• Qualified to Masters level or evidence of post‑registration Masters level study
• Evidence of broad understanding of national midwifery policy
• Evidence of recent and sustained professional development relevant to the role
• Evidence of leadership development training course
• Evidence of previous experience as Deputy HoM
• Experience in clinical governance
• Project Management training
• Quality Improvement training

Experience and Knowledge

• Extensive clinical and management experience in midwifery
• Experience of successfully managing many services in a complex organisation; including people and budgetary management
• Experience of managing disciplinary and capability processes, including regulatory referrals
• Experience in preparation of information to present to a wide variety of audiences, internal and external to the trust
• Demonstrated leadership experience at a senior level in maternity
• Acute awareness and experience of developing an environment where equality, diversity and inclusion is prioritised and considered in all decisions
• Experience of working across other NHS organisations, or outside acute services such as region, system, or commissioning, for benchmarking purposes to support baseline service assessments to enable quality improvement
• Experience of providing expert clinical leadership in collaboration with multidisciplinary staff across the organisation and external stakeholders
• An in‑depth understanding of the maternity governance framework, including how this is organised to support progress with the maternity strategy and safe, quality services

Skills

• Highly developed analytical and problem‑solving skills; capable of interpreting and evaluating complex, multi‑faced information; ability to summarise complex information; ability to make judgements and advice on best course of action
• Ability to collaborate constructively with all key stakeholders (internal and external) and to create the conditions for successful partnership working
• Ability to provide a clear vision for change which is a source of inspiration and motivation for others
• Highly skilled in identifying opportunities for partnership working, managing ongoing stakeholder relationships and providing support to others in this area.
• Highly developed leadership and influencing skills with the ability to enthuse, motivate and involve individuals and teams across the Trust
• Highly developed communication skills to resolve complex, high‑impact situations in highly complex environments, including communication of sensitive, distressing and contentious information and feedback.
• High level of work organisation, self‑motivation, drive for performance and improvement and flexibility in approach
• An in depth understanding of maternity workforce and governance framework to identify indicators for ensuring provision of safe maternity services
• Highly attuned political awareness and perception of the potential outcome for actions and decisions, including how these are communicated

Disclosure & Barring Check Fee

Where your role requires a DBS check, the Trust will pay the fee upfront and reclaim the cost (including a £5 admin fee) from your first month’s salary. Volunteers are exempt.

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