Matron

2 weeks ago


StokeonTrent, United Kingdom University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust Full time

The UHNM is seeking to recruit an experience midwife to join our leadership team.

This is an Inpatient Midwifery Matron post with the hospital and will focus on the ward areas including the low risk Midwifery Birth Unit (MBC) and the Induction Suite (Blossom Suite).

This is an excellent opportunity to be part of the improvement process and lead transformational change.

In the first instance this is a 12 month position and we welcome applicants interested in a secondment position.

The Inpatient Midwifery Matron is responsible for the operational management for the inpatient areas within Maternity Unit of the Royal Stoke Hospital.
It is anticipated that this post will include management of the ward areas, the Blossom Suite and the Midwife Birth Centre. The Matron will be responsible for the overall management of the patient flow within these areas, liaising closely with the other Matrons and the wider management team.

They will provide senior leadership to the midwifery and nursing workforce within the directorate(s) to deliver frontline professional and operational priorities and manage the team and departmental Midwife Managers/ Midwifery Sisters and Specialist Nurses/Midwives. They will support the Head of Midwifery/Directorate Nurse, Clinical Directors and as part of the Directorate management team develop, implement, and monitor quality and business plans for the directorates. They will facilitate staff and team development and ensure effective communication systems operate within the Directorates.

Maternity Matrons are expected to work for the clinical and business success of their directorates and to contribute to the corporate success of the Trust. This will require innovation and may include participation in the development of corporate policies and strategic plans and initiating changes in line with Trust Management Team decisions to local services.

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

Have frequent visible contact with staff, patients and their carers, and provide feedback about the Trust services, ensuring that concerns that are raised are dealt with quickly and efficiently, ensuring excellent and effective communication takes place.

Establish and maintain communication with appropriate stakeholders on potentially complex and stressful topics in a range of situations.

To communicate complex and occasionally contentious information to large groups in a manner that is understandable and is likely to achieve engagement.

The post-holder will provide clinical leadership which inspires and motivates others, empowering them to ensure all have the authority and support they need to improve patient care, and to resolve clinical issues such as discharge delays and environmental problems.

The post-holder will also promote professionalism amongst midwives and nurses and will undertake clinical work to maintain their professional competence, authority and credibility.

The Maternity Matron will ensure that effective and robust communication systems are in place for patients, visitors and staff, and will actively promote a culture of health education and ill-health prevention.


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