Job vacancy: Chief Midwife LMNS, Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board, Bedfordshire

Job summary

Main area: Maternity
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 9
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 22.5 hours per week
Job ref: 465-6069501-A

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

Chief Midwife LMNS

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; tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience, and access; enhance productivity and value for money; 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.

If you need support with the application process, please contact the ICB [email protected]

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

· 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.

· Coproducing the functions of clinical and professional leadership that should be undertaken at system level and describe how these would be delivered.

· Ensuring visible Midwifery leadership at ICS system, regional and national level.

· 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.

· The role will support a culture across LMNS that is supportive, inclusive and enables all voices across the membership to be valued ,listened to.

· 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.

· The Director of Midwifery will deputise for the ICS CNO at National, Regional and ICS levels.

· The job description and person specification are an outline of the tasks, responsibilities and outcomes required of the role. The job holder will carry out any other duties as may reasonably be required by their line manager.

· The job description and person specification may be reviewed on an ongoing basis in accordance with the changing needs of the ICS.

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Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Educated to masters level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area)
Member of a relevant professional body Registered Midwife with NMC

Experience

Essential criteria

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. Proven Board level experience of leading and delivering complex change and strategy development programmes in a politically sensitive and complex environment.

Desirable criteria

Experience of working in LMNS programmes

Skills

Essential criteria

Ability to analyse highly complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources. Demonstrated capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making. Ability to analyse numerical and written data, assess options and draw appropriate initiatives.

Communication Skills

Essential criteria

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

Essential criteria

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

Management Skills

Essential criteria

Experience in leading a major change initiative with entrepreneurialism in a challenging organisational environment
Experience of creating a new team and motivating and inspiring staff to work together to achieve a common objective

Please Note:

This vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if a sufficient number of suitable applications are received. We recommend submitting your application early to avoid disappointment.
Successfully shortlisted applicants will be contacted by email with an invitation to interview.
Bedfordshire, Luton & Milton Keynes ICB does not pay interview expenses, all costs are incurred by the candidate.
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.

Notes on completion of applications:

All reference requests will be made to your employer/previous employers' HR Department, covering the previous 3 years of activity.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff to undertake this commitment. Applicants will be subject to robust safer recruitment processes.
All eligible staff will need to have gained clearance through a standard/enhanced DBS check prior to working.
All posts are subject to a probationary period.