Job Description

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Band 8d

Main area

Midwifery

Grade

Band 8d

Contract

Permanent: pro rata per annum inc hcas

Hours

Full time - 37.5 hours per week (pro rata per annum inc hcas)

Job ref

343-7331952-UB-RB-Y

Site

Cross site

Town

Carshalton

Salary

93,903 - 107,412 per annum pro rata inc hcas

Salary period

Yearly

Closing

20/07/2025 23:59

At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.




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Job overview

An exciting opportunity presents itself to join Epsom & St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust to be the Director of Midwifery & Gynaecology Nursing within the Division of Women & Children. This is a high-level leadership role leading our Midwifery and Gynaecology teams.



Our maternity service delivers around 3,500 births per year across Epsom & St Helier units. The recent CQC maternity survey (published 9 February 2024), scored Epsom and St Helier as number one in London for the care they give mums and birthing people.



This is a substantive role within the Midwifery and Gynaecology leadership team and you will form part of the Women and Children's Divisional Quad


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Main duties of the job

Professional midwifery leadership is a key and fundamental function of the Director of Midwifery role. This role is professionally accountable to the Chief Nurse, with a focus on the operational and strategic delivery of high standards of midwifery services in the Trust and ensuring the experiences of women are consistently high, and learning is embedded into practice. The role involves ensuring ESTH maternity services are effective, caring, responsive and well led. This role will lead the safety and quality agenda for the service, encapsulating equality diversity and inclusion ensuring alignment with the safety and quality framework . This role involves working in partnership with other organisations across the Surrey ICS and SWL ICS and the post holder will develop and maintain a network of mutually beneficial relationships with The Local Maternity and Neonatal System (LMNS), the Maternity and Neonatal Voices Partnership (MNVP), UK Health Security Agency, the Regional Chief Midwife, the Royal Colleges, NHSE and other key stakeholders. This is with the aim of taking forward national polices for women and translating them into innovations and improvements in care for the women and babies of our local population.


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Working for our organisation

Welcome to the Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust. We offer an extensive range of services, including cancer, pathology, surgery, and gynecology to over 490,000 people in south west London and north east Surrey. We operate two busy general hospitals, Epsom Hospital and St Helier Hospital, and run services from other locations, including Sutton Hospital. We are also part of two innovative integrated care partnerships - Sutton Health and Care and Surrey Downs Health and Care.

St Helier Hospital is home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children, while Epsom Hospital is home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC). Both Epsom and St Helier hospitals have Accident and Emergency departments (A&E) and Maternity services (Obstetrics).

With nearly 900,000 people coming to our hospitals for care and treatment every year, our almost 5,000 staff and 500 volunteers work around the clock to keep our busy hospitals running smoothly.



As teaching hospitals, we play a key role in the education and training of tomorrow's doctors, nurses and other health professionals. Both sites work in partnership with St George's Hospital and St George's Medical School in south London to deliver high quality education and research.


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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Director of Midwifery and Gynaecology role supports services at Epsom & St Helier Hospitals and Gynaecology outpatient services at Leatherhead Hospital Please see attached job description for further details and main responsibilities.


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Person specification

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Qualifications and training

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Essential criteria

Registered Midwife with NMC Evidence of CPD Masters degree or equivalent Formal leadership/management qualification #####

Desirable criteria

Evidence of training in quality improvement methodology Registered Nurse with NMC Perinatal Leadership Culture Training ####

Experience

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Essential criteria

Registered professional management and midwifery leadership experience at senior level. Financial (Budget) management and business management skills. Experience of leading service Improvement projects. Experience facilitating and chairing a variety of meetings. Involvement at a lead level on issues related to quality governance, monitoring and standard setting, including risk management, audit and health and safety. Significant experience of working at senior professional level in an acute environment. An in-depth understanding of the statutory framework governing midwives, Nurses and care giving staff. Ability to interpret national and local policy drivers understanding the political environment #####

Desirable criteria

Previous experience at divisional leadership level Knowledge of health and social care structures at national, regional and local level. ####

Skills and knowledge

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Essential criteria

Excellent communication skills and ability to influence decisions at all levels. Experience of leading teams, including objectives. Ability to motivate and coach others to enable strong team building and achieve organisational objectives. Effective negotiating, influencing and networking skills. Awareness of the complexities of community service provision as appropriate to role Ability to work collaboratively and deal with sensitive and complex issues. Ability to articulate a vision and to set a clear direction for staff/unions and stakeholders to meet it. Experience of conflict resolution and negotiation at a senior level. Highly developed problem solving skills Ability to write regular complex reports and formulate policy Competent in the use of MS Office IT systems (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, email). #####

Desirable criteria

Excellent communication skills and ability to influence decisions and strategy at Board level ####

Personal attributes

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Essential criteria

Commitment to values and principles of the NHS. Inclusive and developmental personal style and approach. Inspiring and motivational. Dynamic with personal impact. Team player with a focus on achievement of trust objectives. Ability to work in a climate of rapid change and uncertainty. Integrity. Tenacity. Effective under pressure. Portrays self-belief, self-awareness and high drive for improvement. ####

Demonstrates our values

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Essential criteria

Respect, Kind, Positive, Professional, Teamwork.

Your application

: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.

References

: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We

do notaccept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.

Closing date

: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

Shortlisting

: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.

DBS

: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.



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Disability Advice Line:

SWL Recruitment Hub is committed to promoting equity and equal opportunities for individuals with disabilities. We believe that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even more positive impact on the people we serve. For support with job opportunities and reasonable adjustments contact our

Confidential Disability Advice Line at:

Telephone: 02082963786

Text: 07501066267

Email: esth.dal@nhs.net.

Our confidential answering service is available after 5pm.
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Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.


This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.