Inpatient Matron

The Midwifery Inpatient Matron holds an important professional role assisting the Head of Midwifery for the delivery of maternity services locally at Lincoln Hospital. Providing strong and inspirational leadership to help influence and change the development of these services in Lincolnshire in the hospital setting.

ULHT Maternity services are on an exciting improvement journey are are looking to recruit a dynamic enthusiastic Inpatient Matron on our Lincoln site to support continued improvements. The Maternity service has recently been rated good by the CQC and has been able to submit full compliance with CNST year 5.

Midwifery is a great place to work in ULHT, we have a great team who are truly committed to giving outstanding care, we have low sickness, turnover and vacancy rates, our team members enjoy being at work.

Our team members contribution to delivering outstanding care is regularly recognised by the awards won at Trust, Regional and National Level and we are backed by a Board that is extremely supportive of our service.
If you are interested in making a real difference and being part of the leadership team of a forward thinking service, we'd love to hear from you.

With the Head of Midwifery oversee the development, facilitation and implementation of appropriate training and development programmes for midwives, nurses and support staff that enhance practice and care whilst meeting Trust objectives and Government initiatives.

Line manage the inpatient Band 7 midwives ensuring robust systems and processes that ensure there is a continuing improvement in the quality of the service provided to women and their babies, safety to staff and visitors to the Trust’s premises. Help drive change for the benefit of both women and their families, and the staff who provide this care.

Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £643 million (20/21) and we employ nearly 8,500 people.

Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement - "Outstanding Care Personally Delivered" - stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.

We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.

What should you do next?

Lead the 24 hour provision of high quality women centred care across the maternity inpatient areas (Lincoln). Act as an expert resource and role model for the team within their service to support them in the delivery of effective care.

Be responsible for ensuring a good environment in which all women and families receive a high standard of care which is compassionate and takes account of their individual needs and wishes.

Demonstrate clinical leadership in the management of both low and high risk complex maternity care.

As a key member of the specialty triumvirate team you are jointly responsible with the clinical lead and Clinical Service Manager / Operational Service Manager for the provision of safe, effective and efficient Inpatient Maternity Services for women at Lincoln.

The post holder will have full managerial responsibility and accountability for the Inpatient Services and their staff. He/she will provide professional, clinical, managerial, leadership throughout the Clinical Business Unit.