Midwifery Community Matron

Job summary

Lead the 24 hour provision of high quality women centred care across the midwifery community services. 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.

Identify and facilitate strategies for service improvement, develop initiatives and organisational change, contributing to the clinical governance and risk management agenda by ensuring best practice is evident.

Implement and follow HR policies regarding workforce management.

Be responsible for ensuring safe deployment of resources to meet and comply with professional midwifery standards, governance, quality and patient safety within the budget set.

An weekend/overnight on-call commitment will be required in support the safe running of the maternity service.

Main duties of the job

To continually act as a highly credible professional clinical leader being a strong professional role model for others to emulate at all times.

Be involved in the delivery of clinical care in a developmental capacity.

Be responsible for ensuring current practice is evidence based and continually updated.

Assist the Director of Midwifery, Deputy Director of Midwifery and Head of Midwifery in providing professional leadership, management and advice within the Family Health Care Group.

To take professional responsibility for the community Midwifery services, ensuring that all teams work collaboratively to deliver integrated care.

Support managers to ensure all areas are compliant with Trust and local training standards.

Continually monitor, evaluate and analyse the effectiveness of midwifery services.

To contribute to the promotion and maintenance of clinical benchmarking, ensuring sharing and development of best practice.

Promote a culture of working and integration of standards across the wider maternity service.

About us

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Job responsibilities

For detailed job description and main responsibilities, please see job description and person specification.

Person specification

Training & Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Midwife and First degree or equivalent in health related subject
• Evidence of CPD

Desirable

• Masters degree or equivalent post training
• Leadership training/qualification

Experience

Essential

• Significant post registration experience including management and leadership experience
• Ability to demonstrate experience of leading or managing a service at Band 7 level
• Experience of delivering programmes of change
• Experience of leading & working with patient groups
• Able to provide specialised advice concerning patient care
• Knowledge of budgets/financial control
• Experience with Clinical Governance
• Experience with HR processes to manage sickness absence, performance, recruitment
• Demonstrates understanding of complex, obstetric led outpatient services and care

Desirable

• Project management experience
• Knowledge of complaints management
• Patient Partnership working
• Involvement with recruitment & retention
• Experience of working within obstetric led outpatient services
• Experience of managing complex safeguarding cases and joint MDT working

Communication and Relationship Skills

Essential

• Excellent communications skills, written and oral
• Ability to build successful teams
• Ability to influence and motivate staff to deliver challenging targets
• Strong leadership qualities

Analytical and Judgement Skills

Essential

• Experience of audit and audit tools
• Able to present and receive complex information within the multi professional team

Planning and Organisational Skills

Essential

• Demonstrates strong organisational skills and abilities
• Ability to work on own initiative but also as part of a team
• Ability to plan strategies which impact positively across the service

Physical Skills

Essential

• IT skills to manage and report on complex performance management information

Other Requirements Specific to the role

Essential

• On-call commitment as part of the senior midwifery manager on call