Systems Director of Midwifery for Norfolk and Waveney ICB / LMNS

The N&W Local Maternity and Neonatal System (LMNS) is looking for an energetic, inspiring, and resilient midwifery professional to lead and inform complex service transformation and Quality improvement across the LMNS.
You will have established clinical credibility and a detailed understanding of the three-year maternity and neonatal transformation programme. You will already be an inspirational maternity leader with experience in a range of leadership roles.
Accountable to the N&W Executive Director of Nursing you will drive system redesign, forging strong relationships with Clinical Directors, Directors of Midwifery, Chief Nurses, and the East of England Maternity Team. You will champion service user voice across the LMNS and work closely with other LMNSs and maternity networks to ensure that both maternity and neonatal services across N&W are consistently delivering improved clinical outcomes. You will lead the safety transformation programmes and learning across our LMNS, in conjunction with clinical leaders from N&W maternity and neonatal providers., 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 services can be best involved and embedded into the transformation work programmes within the ICS.
Exploring the approach to developing an integrated, flexible, maternity, and neonatal workforce that can deliver high quality and sustainable health and care services at ICS/ ICP & neighbourhood levels.
Co-producing 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 ICP to support the development of an integrated, flexible, maternity and neonatal workforce that can deliver high quality and sustainable services.
We expect the successful candidate to maintain a good knowledge of emerging policies from government departments to assist in the thinking and definition of the strategy discussions and to act as the clinical lead for the LMNS.
Develop and support transformation within the maternity, and neonatal 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. and heard.

Working for our organisation
Health and care services in Norfolk and Waveney are working closely together to further improve services and provide more joined-up care for local people. In Norfolk and Waveney, we have already achieved a lot by working in partnership to improve health and care outcomes. These changes have been made possible by different organisations - NHS hospitals, GPs, mental health and community health services, local councils, care homes and social workers, voluntary and community organisations and others - joining forces to agree and plan for local people's needs.
Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care System (ICS) includes a statutory Integrated Care Partnership (ICP), and an Integrated Care Board (ICB) called NHS Norfolk and Waveney. This partnership and organisation dedicated to making sure that organisations work together for the benefit of our residents, staff and communities is an important step change, helping to create positive differences to local people and joining up health and social care. This is the culmination of many years of effort to build partnership working across the NHS, local authorities, the third sector and patient groups., This post will act as most senior midwife in the Norfolk and Waveney system, having direct responsibility for strategic development and leadership of the LMNS team.
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 Norfolk and Waveney System Director of Midwifery & Maternity will deputise for the ICS Executive Director of Nursing at National, Regional and ICS levels.

Hybrid Working
The ICB operates a flexible approach to working. It is expected the majority of our staff will work from a combination of home and office (where possible). For staff designated in a hybrid role they should have a safe and suitable place to work with Broadband access and space for a desk, chair and monitors. At interview a discussion will take place between the recruiting manager and the candidate to ensure they are clear on what is expected.

NHS Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board (ICB) plans and buys healthcare services for our local population. We are accountable for the performance and finances of the NHS across Norfolk and Waveney - a total budget of £2 billion a year. Known as NHS Norfolk and Waveney, the organisation works with local people, health and care professionals, and partner organisations to improve the health and wellbeing of our population.
The organisation is part of the Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care System. A system dedicated to working with partners in local government, the voluntary sector and others and helping the NHS to support broader social and economic development and to tackle inequalities in health outcomes.
We believe strongly in creating a workplace built on teamwork, whilst allowing individuals to grow and develop in their own roles. Our main offices are based at 8th Floor of Norfolk County Hall, Martineau Lane, Norwich, NR1 2UE however we have a local office for the East of the region based in Beccles and another in the West of the region based in King's Lynn, therefore travel across the Norfolk and Waveney footprint as well as out of county is required according to where our stakeholders are situated.
Our three ICS goals are:
1. To make sure that people can live as healthy a life as possible.
2. To make sure that you only have to tell your story once.
3. To make Norfolk and Waveney the best place to work in health and care.
If you are someone who enjoys making a difference and would like to help people in Norfolk and Waveney live longer, healthier and happier lives then we would love to hear from you.