Matron for Complex Midwifery Care

3 weeks ago


Preston, United Kingdom Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time

An exciting opportunity has arisen to appoint a Matron for complex midwifery care in a service that offers woman centered care and promotes choice and personalisation through its offer of 4 places of birth.

We are looking for an exceptional midwife with a proven track record of working within management and leadership roles in midwifery who can provide clinical oversight, leadership, and direction to support the operational delivery our quality and safety agenda in maternity.

You will in conjunction with the Director of Midwifery and Nursing and clinical leads for the complex care settings for in/outpatient maternity services provide professional, clinical, and managerial leadership across the maternity service.

If you are an enthusiastic and motivated individual with a passion for leading the way and providing care that values compassion, quality, and safety then we are waiting to hear from you.

In this role, you will support the delivery of strong visible clinical leadership, promoting professional advice and guidance to all maternity staff, to ensure the highest standards of woman centered care are delivered in our service.

The Matron's role is fundamental to supporting the Divisional Midwifery and Nursing Director in transforming the maternity services and leading quality improvement and assurance processes which underpin the provision of safe, effective, maternity care.

You will be a credible leader, have current operational clinical management experience and be able to initiate and implement change and innovation in practice. Can you demonstrate and show a supportive and flexible leadership approach to influence and sustain high care standards, safety and quality.

Our mission is to provide excellent care with compassion.

We have three equally important strategic aims - to provide outstanding healthcare to our local communities, to offer a range of high quality specialised services to patients in Lancashire and South Cumbria, and to drive innovation through world-class education, training and research.

We are constantly striving to improve, and working towards becoming an outstanding, high performing organisation.

Our values define who we are and how we behave.
- Caring and compassionate. We treat everyone with dignity and respect, doing everything we can to show we care.
- Recognising individuality. We respect, value and respond to every person’s individual needs.
- Seeking to involve. We will always involve you in making decisions about your care and treatment, and are always open and honest.
- Team working. We work together as one team, and involve patients, families, and other services, to provide the best care possible.
- Taking personal responsibility. We each take personal responsibility to give the highest standards of care and deliver a service we can always be proud of.

**The Maternity Matron is responsible for**:
Ensuring that the midwifery teams within the area of responsibility are appropriately resourced and organised for the maximum benefit of women and their families.

Ensuring staff and services are adequately supported and developed to deliver excellent care with compassion in line with the Trust’s Values, Nursing & Midwifery Professional Framework, The 6 C’s, Safety and Quality Strategy, Governance framework, CQC standards, NICE guidance, other strategic local and national plans and policies.

Leading and developing staff by being a visible authoritative role model providing clinical and managerial leadership, support and direction, capitalising on research and development opportunities, supporting staff to reach their full potential.

Ensure clinical services are developed in partnership with service users and delivered in line with national policy, Trust priorities and available evidence.

Contributing to the delivery of the trust and directorate safety quality and clinical governance priorities and associated work programmes.

Ensuring the productive operation of their areas through the monitoring and maintenance of the highest standards of clinical care that create safe, clean and organised services ( including implementation of the infection control policy and action plans) and by developing processes designed to increase the time midwifery staff spend with women and their families.

Proactively managing the local resolution of incidents and concerns, where necessary formally investigating incidents, PALS, complaints, errors or omissions.

Acting up in professional or managerial capacity as required and appropriate.

Participating in the 24 hour site management rota providing leadership, advice and support in line with the site manager’s duties and responsibilities.


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