Chief Midwife | NHS England

This senior midwifery leadership role is an integral part of the regional nursing and midwifery management and leadership team at NHS England, working with the regional Chief Nurse, the regional Executive Team, the Director of Intensive Support and the local health economy (including Clinical Commissioning Groups, Strategic Transformation Partnerships/Integrated Care Systems, Specialised Commissioning, Quality Surveillance groups, the Care Quality Commission and regional NICE leads).

Experience of working at a senior strategic level as a midwife at system, regional or national level

Experience of leading and delivering complex change and strategy development programmes in a politically sensitive and complex environment

Contemporary leadership and knowledge of clinical maternity services that has delivered clear and measurable improvements for service users and the teams that support them

Demonstrable leadership, vision, strategic thinking and planning with highly developed political skills together with ability to influence senior leaders.

Demonstrates honesty and integrity and promotes organisational values together with self-awareness in terms of emotional intelligence, biases and personal triggers with cultural sensitivity and awareness

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.