Maternity Matron

Job summary

Through strong leadership and effective management, the matron will support the ward and departmental senior sisters/senior charge nurses to promote and deliver excellence in nursing and midwifery care maintaining and continually improve clinical standards evidenced by achievement of key quality performance indicators.

The matron's key responsibility is to ensure that the patient experience is of the highest quality inspiring patient and public confidence. This will be achieved through high visibility, accessibility, and surveillance.

You will ensure that all patients are treated with compassion, dignity and respect placing value on the diversity of the local community and beyond. He/she will promote best practice in the prevention of infection through ensuring a clean and safe environment

To have a local open and transparent communication channel that support the ward team to do the right thing for people we care for, to be bold when they have good ideas and to speak up when things go wrong to ensure learning and quality improvement.

To oversee the delivery of high quality, safe and effective nursing or midwifery care focused on improving outcomes and experiences for patients, families and carers and effectively managing risk.

Main duties of the job

Effective communication between the post holder, colleagues, line manager and staff they manage.

Analytical and Planning - support Head of Midwifery on professional maternity issues and provide leadership for staff groups.

Work actively with staff in clinical environment to champion good practice and identify invidual development needs. To lead midwives through coaching and modelling, toward the achievement of expected standards of practice.

Ensure effective risk management systems are in place within the ward areas and contribute to service strategies to manage risk. Ensure there is a culture of learning through incidents, complaints and claims.

Effectively manage allocated pay and non-pay budgets, and to produce routine monitoring reports. Be accountable to the Head of Midwifery for ensuring all services and financial budgets are efficiently managed.

Directly manage ward managers and through this staff group ensure all members of the ward team are managed in accordance with trust policy, procedure, and best practice. Oversee recruitment, retention and attendance of all staff ensuring a co-ordinated approrach across the directorate.

About us

With a workforce of approximately 15,000 staff, we can now do more and go further in delivering health services to our local communities.

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

Patients will experience improved care as well as fewer delays and cancellations. We are able to provide more once-in-a-lifetime specialist care region-wide. With our new trust size will come more opportunities for development, research, networking and innovation.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please review the attached job description for more information on this role.

We look forward to receiving your application.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Midwife / Current NMC Registration BSc in Midwifery Mentorship / Practice Assessor

Desirable

Evidence of on-going education Evidence of Quality Improvement

Experience and knowledge

Essential

At least two years experience as a band 7 midwife Previous management experience Experience in normal and abnormal obstetrics

Desirable

Experience in both hospital and community Practice underpinned by research -based evidence and theory

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