Maternity Matron - Inpatients, ANC & MDAU

Job overview

We are looking for an experienced midwife looking for a new and exciting challenge to join our existing team of enthusiastic matrons. You will provide clinical, professional, managerial leadership to positively impact the quality of care, culture of the workforce, staff engagement, efficiency, effectiveness and performance. You will be responsible for ensuring women/birthing people  and their families receive high quality evidence based compassionate care and staff are supported and developed to deliver high quality care. You will expected to contribute to the senior manager on call roster.

Main duties of the job

Work collaboratively with the Head of Midwifery, the other matrons and ward managers to take professional and operational responsibility for all nursing and midwifery staff within the service.

To oversee nursing and midwifery care provision in Joan Booker Ward (JBW-postnatal and antenatal ward), Antenatal Clinic (ANC) and Maternity Day Assessment Unit (MDAU)  and  ensure the care  and the environment in which the care is provided is safe for  staff, women / birthing people and their families.

To be flexible in the approach to the clinical area and provide cover for any area specified as appropriate to knowledge and training to meet the service needs and contribute to senior manager on call roster.

Communicate effectively at all times and maintain a harmonious working environment.

Demonstrate in-depth knowledge by being visible, accessible and using clinical skills within the workplace as appropriate.

Supervise the annual appraisal of staff within JBW, ANC and MDAU and undertake individual performance review and setting of objectives for the development of Band 7 Midwives within the unit.

Supervise the response to complaints, clinical incidents and respond where appropriate ensuring robust systems are developed and implemented to inform and improve practice.

Undertake responsibility for tasks delegated by the Head of Midwifery.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person Specification

Education

Essential •    Registered Midwife •    Evidence of continuing post registration education and development •    Master's degree in a relevant subject area or working towards this •    Registered Educated to degree level in relevant subject area •    SSSA Practice Assessor/ Mentorship qualification

Desirable •    Has attained or is working towards a management qualification. •    Leadership qualification or equivalent experience

Experience

Essential •    Significant post registration experience in a range of settings including intrapartum care •    Have substantial experience of managing a ward or team (at Band 7 level or above) •    Practice development and innovation

Desirable •    Project management experience •    Experience in proactively engaging service users/Maternity & Neonatal Voices Partnership (MNVP)

Skills

Essential •    Confident in all midwifery skills  •    Excellent leadership skills •     Good understanding of current issues and challenges (regional / national) relating to maternity services. •    Proven experience in supervision of trained staff •    Evidence of applying current research to practice. Able to demonstrate a working knowledge in standard setting and quality management. •    Able to manage difficult situations effectively

Desirable •    Demonstrate commitment through involvement in Trust wide initiatives/ committees •    Knowledge of Quality improvement methodologies