Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Programme & Change Management: Lead the planning, delivery, and monitoring of maternity transformation projects, ensuring alignment with national and local priorities. Act as a link between LMNS workstreams, ICB teams, and sub-groups, providing coordination, reports, and business case support. Identify risks and implement mitigation plans to maintain project momentum.

Clinical Leadership & Governance: Provide expert clinical leadership, ensuring improvement initiatives are evidence-based and aligned with policy. Lead action plans following audits, reviews, and inspections, embedding learning into practice. Support staff in maintaining high standards of patient care and professional practice.

Data-Driven Improvement: Analyse local and national maternity data to track progress, identify variation, and inform priorities. Ensure accurate reporting for transformation metrics and governance.

Stakeholder Engagement & Co-Production: Collaborate with staff, service users, and external partners to co-produce initiatives and facilitate shared learning. Promote system-wide engagement and inclusion.

Capacity Building & Culture Change: Champion innovation, continuous improvement, and inclusive leadership. Support staff in applying transformation tools and improving service delivery.

Reporting & Accountability: Prepare updates, dashboards, and presentations for LMNS boards and governance groups. Report progress, risks, and outcomes, ensuring timely escalation.

Clinical Responsibilities: Provide high-quality midwifery care and support colleagues when needed, promoting safe, patient-centered practice.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered Midwife
• Evidence of ongoing CPD Post registration management/leadership qualification or willingness to undertake same
• Expert knowledge of midwifery and its applications

Desirable criteria

• Project management qualification
• Masters Level qualification or equivalent level of knowledge and experience

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of managing change and/ or projects and be willing to further develop this expertise within the role
• Extensive midwifery experience in all areas

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Expert knowledge of midwifery and its applications
• Knowledge of current issues in health service provision.

Personal skills

Essential criteria

• Proven abilities in cross professional working and liaison.
• IT Literate/able to use Word/PowerPoint/Excel
• Experience in developing documents, reports, reviews and business cases
• Ability to challenge and change practice
• Ability to prioritise and meet deadlines

It is an exciting time to join the newly formed Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We run two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Our 7,500 staff provide high quality care for a growing population of around 700,000 across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas.

You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. Travel between hospital sites may be required. We have state-of-the art facilities placing us at the heart of cutting edge health care. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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

• Job Description (PDF, 256.4KB)
• Person Specification (PDF, 128.4KB)
• Functional Aspects (PDF, 176.4KB)
• L&D Hospital site map (PDF, 96.8KB)
• Disclosure & Barring Information and Recruitment of Ex-Offenders (PDF, 78.5KB)
• Staff Diversity Network (PDF, 140.3KB)
• Information for Disabled Applicants (PDF, 98.7KB)
• Bedford Hospital Site map (PDF, 2.6MB)
• Staff Benefits (PNG, 1.6MB)