Head of Maternity Programmes

Job Advert Skip to main content Cookies on NHS Jobs We've put some small files called cookies on your device to help us make improvements to our site. To improve our site we'd also like to use cookies which will send information to Google Analytics. You can read more about our cookies before you choose. Accept analytics cookies Do not accept analytics cookies Jobs Menu Sign in Create an account English Cymraeg Menu Close menu Search Sign in Create an account Display in Welsh (Cymraeg) Search Sign in Create an account Display in Welsh (Cymraeg) BETA Your feedback will help us to improve this service. NHS North East London Head of Maternity Programmes The closing date is 11 November 2026 Apply for this job Job summary Following organisational changes across North East London (NEL) ICB, the Maternity, Neonatal and Women's Health Quality Improvement System (MNWHQIS) has been established to support transformation in maternity, neonatal and women's health services across NEL. It will provide strategic, quality-focused system leadership to:o drive service improvement;o reduce inequalities; ando support delivery against NHS England assurance frameworks. The MNWHQIS will help the ICB assure delivery against its contracts and service specifications by using intelligence, triangulating evidence and supporting escalation where required. We are seeking an experienced nurse or midwife to work alongside the Clinical Head of Maternity and Women's Health Programmes, leading current programmes and the MNWHQIS team. We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to join our friendly team. The successful candidate will build positive working relationships, solve problems, plan strategically and demonstrate strong leadership and management skills. Please see the job description for further details. The ICB operates a hybrid working model, combining home working with at least two days in the office each week. This is a three-month secondment, with the possibility of extension. Please ensure you have your manager's agreement before applying. Main duties of the job o To provide management and leadership and support to the development and delivery of key service transformation/improvement initiatives required to ensure the achievement of the North East London priorities relating to the NHS Ten year Plan, Amos review, Ockenden review into Nottingham maternity hospitals, Ten point plan addressing the immediate actions and further outputs from the national maternity and neonatal taskforce.o To establish and maintain a close relationship with relevant clinical leads and Directors of Maternity to enable maternity, neonatal and Women's Health improvemento To work in partnership with the maternity, neonatal Women's health lead commissioners within North East London to ensure local service providers develop sustainable services using local business intelligence on demand, capacity and workforce across maternity and neonatal services and deliver improvements in service user satisfaction across North East London.o To work with NHS NEL finance and informatics teams to ensure robust future planning for maternity, neonatal and women's Health services across North East London.o To ensure equity of service provider involvement and collaboration ensuring that all services providers and partners have their voices heard. Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full duties and responsibilities. About us NHS North East London Integrated Care Board (ICB) was formed on 1 July 2022. We are an exciting new organisation putting the needs of communities at the heart of our commissioning arrangements. We are working with local people and partners across health, social care and the voluntary sector in innovative ways to improve health and wellbeing for all our communities. Our key priority in the next year will be to develop closer integrated and collaborative ways of working with all our partners to implement our Out of Hospital Strategy. We can only do