Director of Midwifery and Children’s Services

This senior divisional post at Aneurin Bevan University Health Board covers midwifery, neonatal, paediatric, public health nursing, gynaecology and child and adolescent mental health services. The post sets strategy and leads transformation, workforce planning and quality governance across these services, with professional assurance on nursing and midwifery standards. It carries an on-call rota and travel across the health board area, Wales and the UK, and Welsh language skills are desirable. Fit depends on current NMC registration as a midwife and Masters-level education or equivalent experience.

What the job involves

• Provide strategic leadership for Midwifery, Neonatal, Children’s, Public Health Nursing, Gynaecology and CAMHS services
• Lead development and implementation of long-term service strategies and transformation programmes
• Ensure safe, effective, high-quality patient care across all services in the portfolio
• Provide professional leadership and assurance for nursing and midwifery standards across the Division
• Lead quality governance, risk management, safeguarding, complaints and incident management
• Develop and deliver workforce, recruitment and retention strategies
• Manage substantial budgets and resources, ensuring value for money
• Build partnerships with Health Boards, Local Authorities, Welsh Government, educational institutions and external stakeholders
• Promote a culture of innovation, continuous improvement, research and learning
• Represent the Health Board regionally and nationally on nursing, midwifery and children’s services
• Monitor and improve performance against local and national targets and quality indicators

What’s required

Qualifications

• Masters degree or equivalent level of work experience
• Current NMC registration as a registered midwife
• Strong, recent continuing professional development
• In-depth specialist knowledge of midwifery and nursing, NHS issues, research use in practice, and nursing governance across children’s and family services

Experience

• Significant post-registration experience at a very senior midwifery level
• Significant senior operational management across healthcare
• Developing governance frameworks and managing risk
• Leading service improvement or design across multidisciplinary services
• Complaints management, litigation process, and managing conduct or professional issues

Skills & knowledge

• Analytical and problem-solving skills for complex, multi-faceted information and sound judgement
• Presenting, influencing and motivating others, with a clear vision for change
• Collaborative partnership working with internal and external stakeholders
• Monitoring performance and holding others to account for delivery
• Standard keyboard skills and familiarity with Microsoft Office

Other

• Participation in an on-call rota
• Travel across the health board locality and Wales or UK, and flexibility to service needs

Nice to have

• Leadership qualification
• Formal project management experience
• Personal national-level recognition, such as a publication or representation
• Welsh language skills at levels 1 to 5 in understanding, speaking, reading and writing

What’s offered

• Wide range of learning and development opportunities
• Flexible working where possible
• Comprehensive NHS benefits package

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