Assistant Director of Midwifery

Subject to final approval  

The post holder will be assigned to both operational and strategic managerial functions as determined by the Director of Midwifery. This will include a strong focus on the provision of professional and clinical leadership across Midwifery and Nursing Services. The Assistant Director of Midwifery will have remit over Women’s Health service to include, Maternity and Gynaecology services and links with the Special Care Baby Unit in conjunction with the Paediatric ADON.

The post holder will be responsible for ensuring the provision of high quality evidenced based midwifery and nursing practice in designated areas of responsibility and will be responsible for maintaining and developing Women’s Health Services. In doing so the post holder will ensure a service user centeredness approach to service development.

The post holder will have a lead role in the clinical governance of Women’s Health Services in defined service areas. This will include:

• Contributing to the development of key processes and outcome standards and objectives.
• The development of key performance indicators and monitoring of same.
• Taking a lead in quality assurance programmes.

To this end the post holder will be expected to influence and lead on identified clinical and non-clinical programmes as defined by the Director of Midwifery.

This campaign will run in compliance with the Code of Practice prepared by the Commission for Public Service Appointments (CPSA).

The CPSA is responsible for establishing the principles that should be followed when making an appointment. These are set out in the CPSA Code of Practice. The Code outlines the standards that should be adhered to at each stage of the selection process and sets out the review and appeal mechanisms open to candidates should they be unhappy with a selection process.

The CPSA Code of Practice can be accessed via .

Salary Scale: 2919 ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF MIDWIFERY BAND 1 1/1/24 - €67,949 €69,265 €70,535 €74,432 €75,659 €77,084 €78,418 €79,741 €83,853

1. Statutory Registration, Professional Qualifications, Experience, etc.

(a) Eligible applicants will be those who on the closing date for the competition:

(i) Are registered, or be eligible for registration, in the Midwives Division of the Register of Nurses and Midwives as, maintained by the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Ireland [NMBI] (Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann).

And

(ii) Have 7 years post registration midwifery experience and 3 years midwifery management experience at Clinical Midwife Manager 2 (CMM 2) grade or above

And

(iii) Have successfully completed a post registration programme of study, as certified by the education provider, which verifies that the applicant has achieved a National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ) major academic Level 8 or higher award maintained by Quality & Qualifications of Ireland (QQI) or can provide written evidence from the Higher Education Institute that they have achieved the number of ECTS credits equivalent to a Level 8 or higher standard in a health care or management related area .

And

(b) Candidates must possess the requisite clinical, leadership, managerial and administrative knowledge and ability, for the proper discharge of the duties of the office.

2. Annual registration

(i) On appointment practitioners must maintain live annual registration in the Midwives Division of the Register of Nurses and Midwives maintained by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland [NMBI] (Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann).

And

(ii) Practitioners must confirm annual registration with the NMBI to the HSE by way of the annual Patient Safety Assurance Certificate (PSAC).

3. Age

Age restriction shall only apply to a candidate where s/he is not classified as a new entrant (within the meaning of the Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2004). A candidate who is not classified as a new entrant must be under 65 years of age on the first day of the month in which the latest date for receiving completed application forms for the office occurs.

4. Health

Candidates for and any person holding the office must be fully competent and capable of undertaking the duties attached to the office and be in a state of health such as would indicate a reasonable prospect of ability to render regular and efficient service.

5. Character

Candidates for and any person holding the office must be of good character.

Post Specific Requirements

• Demonstrate depth and breadth of experience at a management level in a multidisciplinary acute Hospital as relevant to the role.
• Demonstrate depth and breadth of experience in Maternity Services as relevant to the role.