National Maternity Improvement Advisor - Obstetrician | NHS England

Please note - This post is offered on a 12 Month Secondment, to be further extended under review at the end of the period. Permanent appointments would be considered.
We are seeking Obstetricians for the role of National Maternity Improvement Advisor (NMIA) to work in partnership with Trust’s to support development needs to improve governance, staff engagement, increased responsiveness to women’s voices, leadership, safety and quality improvement in order to affect sustained change in the five Care Quality Commission domains:
As an NMIA you will be allocated to Trusts requiring additional support to improve maternity service CQC ratings to good and outstanding who have consistently remained at Requires improvement, or to those services requiring further support to meet any key national recommendations for maternity services to deliver the outcomes required and improvements in the quality, safety and sustainability of services for women and their families. This is an an advisory, supportive and facilitative role, working closely with the leadership of both the maternity service and the trust, but without cutting across the jurisdiction or responsibilities of their Boards.
• Ensure that every maternity service being supported has a well formulated, appropriate, and meaningful maternity safety and quality improvement plan that has been developed by robust engagement with all of the maternity MDT workforce and service users, is understood by all stakeholders and is delivered utilising all available resources efficiently and effectively.
• Ensure delivery of all National Maternity agendas, initiatives, and recommendations.
• Support a positive safety culture within the organisations through inclusive leadership and role modelling adaptive leadership.
• Support and advise on the development of a robust safety and quality improvement plan in maternity services that has clearly defined measurable outcomes, demonstrates impact for women, families and the maternity MDT workforce and moves through improvement, to sustainable change and to business as usual.
• Ensure appropriate oversight at all levels through the organisation and that systems and processes are in place to enable the implementation of the plans supported by a positive organisational culture.
• Support and advise on the key risks and issues associated with ensuring appropriate actions are taken to mitigate or respond to those risks
• Support and advise on monitoring and establishing accountability on the overall progress of the plan to ensure completion within agreed timescales.
In April 2023, NHS England, NHS Digital, and Health Education England merged to create a new, single organisation to lead the NHS in England. This new NHS England is designed to create a simpler, smaller, high performing, organisation that leads the NHS more effectively and is a better place to work. Speaking with one voice to the service.
The new NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
• Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
• Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
• Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
• Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
• Delivering value for money.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visithttps://www.england.nhs.uk/ .
NHS England leads the NHS in England to deliver high quality care for all. We support NHS organisations to deliver better outcomes for our patients and communities, work to get the best possible value for taxpayers, and drive improvement across the NHS.
Through our seven regional teams, NHS England supports local integrated care systems, made up of public services that provide health and care – NHS organisations, primary care professionals, local councils, social care providers and the community, voluntary and social enterprise sector – to improve the health of the population, improve the quality of care, tackle inequalities and deliver care more efficiently.
• Ensure that every maternity service being supported has a well formulated, appropriate, and meaningful maternity safety and quality improvement plan that has been developed by robust engagement with all of the maternity MDT workforce and service users, is understood by all stakeholders and is delivered utilising all available resources efficiently and effectively.
• Ensure delivery of all National Maternity agendas, initiatives, and recommendations.
• Support a positive safety culture within the organisations through inclusive leadership and role modelling adaptive leadership.
• Support and advise on the development of a robust safety and quality improvement plan in maternity services that has clearly defined measurable outcomes, demonstrates impact for women, families and the maternity MDT workforce and moves through improvement, to sustainable change and to business as usual.
• Ensure appropriate oversight at all levels through the organisation and that systems and processes are in place to enable the implementation of the plans supported by a positive organisational culture.
• Support and advise on the key risks and issues associated with ensuring appropriate actions are taken to mitigate or respond to those risks
• Support and advise on monitoring and establishing accountability on the overall progress of the plan to ensure completion within agreed timescales.
• Advise and guide to ensure efficiency and effectiveness in delivery of the plan and overarching improvements and activity, utilising proven quality improvement methods and tools.
• Ensure that there is no destabilisation of business as usual and identify areas of good practice that can be replicated and also be shared across the organisation and systems both regionally and nationally.
• Support and actively promote relationships with key stakeholders especially women and families and the wider community served by the maternity services.
You can find further details about the job, organisational structure, recruitment profile, expected outcomes and benefits information in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
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This advert closes on Thursday 18 Jan 2024