Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, motivated and compassionate midwife and leader to join our Maternity Services as the Maternity Inpatient Manager.

This is a pivotal Band 7 leadership role responsible for the operational management of our inpatient maternity areas, ensuring the delivery of safe, high-quality care 24 hours a day. Working closely with the wider multidisciplinary team, you will provide visible clinical leadership, support service development, and foster a culture of continuous improvement, innovation and excellence.

We are looking for an individual who is passionate about delivering outstanding maternity care, thrives in a fast-paced environment, and has the leadership skills to inspire and develop teams. You will play a key role in driving quality, improving patient experience, supporting workforce development, and ensuring the effective day-to-day management of inpatient services.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced maternity leader looking to further develop their management skills while making a meaningful difference to our service users, babies and their families. If you are committed to delivering high standards of care, embracing change and leading with compassion, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

As the Maternity Inpatient Manager, you will provide operational, clinical and professional leadership across the inpatient maternity service, ensuring the highest standards of safe, effective and woman-centred care.

Working in partnership with the Maternity Matron and the wider multidisciplinary team, you will:

• Lead the day-to-day operational management of inpatient maternity services, ensuring effective patient flow, workforce deployment and service delivery.
• Provide visible, compassionate leadership that inspires, supports and develops staff, promoting a positive culture where colleagues feel valued and empowered.
• Champion quality improvement, clinical governance and patient safety, using audit, learning and evidence-based practice to continually improve services.
• Lead and support service transformation, implementing national maternity priorities and local quality improvement initiatives.
• Develop and maintain strong collaborative relationships with obstetric, neonatal, anaesthetic and corporate colleagues to deliver seamless multidisciplinary care.
• Ensure staffing, skill mix and resources are managed effectively to meet the needs of women and families while maintaining high standards of care.
• Support education, mentorship and professional development, creating an environment where staff and students can thrive and reach their full potential.
• Lead on workforce performance, recruitment, wellbeing and appraisal, fostering an engaged, inclusive and high-performing team.
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Working for our organisation

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

Worcestershire is our neighbouring county. The post holder will be required to travel between sites.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we’d want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust – they tell us it’s a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: “The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.”

Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time…all the time.