Job summary
- Main area
- Midwifery
- Grade
- Band 8c
- Contract
- Permanent: Manager on call rota
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 320-W&C-1086
- Employer
- University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- UHDB
- Town
- Derby
- Salary
- £76,965 - £88,682 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/09/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 14/10/2025
Employer heading

Head of Midwifery
Band 8c
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
With over 14,000 members of staff you can expect huge variety and new opportunities every day! Our staff go above and beyond and take pride in caring for our patients.
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust is fully committed to promoting inclusion, equality, diversity and human rights in employment and delivery of its services. The Trust is committed to providing an environment where all employees, patients, carers and visitors experience equality of opportunity by means of understanding and appreciating the value of diversity.
As a Trust we promote an inclusive environment and welcome applications from a diverse pool of talent and backgrounds. All individuals are valued and given every opportunity to succeed based on merit.
The Trust actively encourages applications from members of our Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities. These groups are under-represented in our organisation, and it’s important to us that our workforce reflects the diversity of our communities as much as possible.
Armed Forces and Disability Confident guaranteed interview scheme
To further support the pledges in the Armed Forces Covenant and to make a positive contribution to support ex-armed forces personnel (veterans) make the transition to civilian life, the Trust has introduced a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for veterans who meets the essential criteria set out in the person specification, to help them overcome barriers to find civilian employment. The scheme will operate for all external recruitment.
The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer and committed to both employing and retaining people with disabilities. This commitment is to guarantee an interview for any candidate that has disclosed a disability under the Equality Act 2010 and who meets the essential criteria set out in the person specification. Reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act 2010 will be considered upon request.
if you are blind or visually impaired and require application material in an alternative format- such as Braille, large print, audio or accessible electronic formats or you require support/adjustments with your application please contact the recruitment team on 01332 788466
Join us and help make a real difference to our Trust.
Here’s more about the role and what we’re looking for;
Job overview
Our Maternity Service at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust (UHDB) are on a journey of improvement. As a service we strive to improve the experience for our expectant's mothers and their families through listening to our service users with our Trust board who have made significant investment in the maternity services financially and support of staff and service development.
The Maternity Services works in partnership with the Local Maternity and Neonatal Systems (LMNS) to drive the national maternity agenda forward to improve the safety and quality of our services.
We are excited to offer the role of Head of Midwifery working cross site. We are looking for an enthusiastic and passionate senior leader who wants to make a difference, by leading with compassion and a commitment to deliver on the key performance indicators and quality improvement initiatives to ensure a safe and responsive maternity service
As a visible and compassionate leader, you will work in close collaboration with your colleagues, providing senior management cover, and professional oversight, working together to lead on delivery of the maternity and wider Trust agenda.
The post holder has a specific responsibility to support the promotion of high standards of care and embed patient safety. This will be through effective translation of learning from incidents and embedding this at a service level.
The post holder will participate in the senior manager on call rota.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will work with the Midwifery and wider Divisional Management Team to provide professional and clinical leadership support to the division and service and provide oversight and assurance on the day-to-day delivery of high-quality standards of patient care across the hospital and community midwifery services.
Working as part of the Senior Maternity Leadership the post holder will play a significant role in leading the maternity transformational agenda, corporate agenda and providing leadership for professional, clinical, strategic and business direction in particular for Divisional transformation Patient Safety, Quality and Experience.
Providing visible and supportive leadership and acting as a role model for staff at all times, the post holder will be a key member of the Director of Midwifery’s senior management team.
Closing date of applications: 30 September 2025
Date of interview: 14 October 2025
Working for our organisation
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return we will offer:
- Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
- On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
- Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts:
- We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
- We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
- An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
- Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
- Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
- We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
- We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
- UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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Person specification
Registration and qualifications
Essential criteria
- NMC registered
- First level degree of equivalent
- Masters qualification in relevant discipline
Desirable criteria
- Working towards Masters qualification
Education
Essential criteria
- Leadership management qualification
Desirable criteria
- Quality improvement qualification
- CNO Fellowship in safer staffing
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience at senior level with demonstrable management and leadership experience
- Experience of leading team and delivering projects on time and within budget
- Experience of working with a range of external stakeholders at a senior level
- Significant senior operational management experience in an acute setting
- Experience of detailed report writing for Trust board and/or sub board committees
- Senior experience and in depth knowledge of the maternity and corporate governance framework
- Experience of using quality improvement methodology to implement service change
Desirable criteria
- Experience of leading research projects
- Evidence of speaking on regional, national forums and at conferences.
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ali Brodrick
- Job title
- Associate Director of Midwifery
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07745537311
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