Programme Director - The Independent Maternity Review
This Review was established by NHS England in May 2022, following significant concerns raised regarding the quality and safety of maternity services at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) and concerns of local families.
The Programme Director role has been developed to provide strategic leadership, operational oversight, and governance for NUH’s response to the multi‑disciplinary review into maternity services. Reporting to the Chief Nurse and SRO for the IMR, the Programme Director will work closely with clinical experts, families, regulators, and NHS partners to ensure the review is robust, transparent, and aligned with national standards for maternity safety.
Responsibilities
* Translate the review’s terms of reference into clear workstreams, milestones, and deliverables.
* Provide expert advice to senior leaders, review chairs, and oversight bodies on emerging themes, risks, and opportunities.
* Ensure robust governance and oversight for the review.
* Work with peers and colleagues across the organisation to support ongoing learning and improvement within the Trust.
* Ensure robust governance and oversight for the police investigation and support the organisation to respond effectively to all enquiries from both regulators and the police.
* Act as one of the main contact points for the Trust with the external review team and NHS England, as commissioners of the review.
* Coordinate the individual and collective endeavours of corporate departments and clinical services to meet the requirements of both the independent review and the police investigation.
* Provide overall leadership of the development of the independent review programme as well as Operation Perth.
* Procure external and professional support for the programme, including project management and professional services.
* Maintain regular and timely dialogue with colleagues to support the programme.
* Provide assurance to commissioning and regulatory colleagues of progress, escalating issues and risks as required outside of the programme board where necessary.
* Work effectively in a corporate manner with key stakeholders, including Trust Executive and Non-Executive Directors, to ensure programme development and generate highly effective outcomes.
* Resolve risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies (RAID) whilst recommending and implementing appropriate corrective action.
* Take overall responsibility for programme delivery.
* Deputise for the Chief Nurse as required in relation to Operation Perth and the independent Review.
* Ensure effective quality assurance and risk management of the Programme, focusing inwardly on internal consistency and outwardly on coherence with Trust strategies.
* Coordinate and determine assessment of issues and planned outputs, providing recommendations to the Review Response Oversight Group.
* Provide assurance to the Trust Board via the Trust Leadership Team and the Quality Assurance Committee on all aspects of the Programme.
With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city and play a leading role in research, education, and innovation. Join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team to deliver world‑class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. Endless personal development opportunities are available, and we endeavour to turn your job into a career.
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
This advert closes on Friday 27 Feb 2026.
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