Deputy Director of Midwifery

Job Overview

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust invites you to experience a rewarding career as Deputy Director of Midwifery. You will deputise for the Director of Midwifery and lead across our maternity services, ensuring safe, high‑quality care and supporting national maternity priorities.

Key Responsibilities

• Deputise for the Director of Midwifery, providing senior leadership and assurance across quality, safety, governance and performance.
• Lead operationally, ensuring safe, effective and evidence‑based maternity care across midwifery‑led and obstetric‑led pathways.
• Take a senior role within workforce planning, recruitment and retention, ensuring services meet national safe staffing expectations.
• Provide leadership and oversight of women and birthing people’s experience, complaints handling and learning, ensuring feedback drives improvement.
• Represent the Trust across the regional maternity footprint, supporting delivery of the national maternity transformation agenda in partnership with maternity care providers.
• Work collaboratively with senior clinical, operational and corporate colleagues to progress service developments aligned to professional, clinical and organisational priorities.
• Provide effective budgetary oversight, including control of temporary staffing and supporting value‑based use of resources.

Key Attributes and Experience

• Registered Midwife on the relevant part of the NMC Register.
• Educated to master’s degree, post‑registration qualification or equivalent professional qualification/experience.
• Completed a senior leadership development programme.
• Physical ability to travel to all four UHS sites and external organisations.
• Evidence of continuous personal and career development.
• Experience in developing service culture that promotes clinical engagement, continuous improvement and use of new technologies.
• Experience in service innovation and development, managing difficult and complex change.
• Track record of effective performance management, introducing robust systems and processes, and facilitation of groups.
• Understanding of health service issues, strategy and national policy agenda as it affects provider services.
• Experience of financial and budgetary management.

Desirable Skills

• Experience of working with external partners to design and implement strategic change.
• Experience of organisational development and culture change programmes.
• Ability to travel for national and regional commitments and work flexible hours, including on‑call and site‑management duties.
• Values: Patients First, Always Improving, Working Together.

The attached person specification document provides further detail on essential and desirable qualifications and experience.

We welcome applicants of all backgrounds, identities and experiences to join our diverse and inclusive team.

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