Community Matron

Job summary

If you are looking for an exciting opportunity then look no further! Maternity services at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust are exciting, innovative and woman centred. An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, enthusiastic and really special midwife to join our management team. You will be working with a dedicated team who are continually evaluating the service so that it is centred around birthing people and is a quality driven, responsive maternity unit.

The post is to manage the community midwifery service in Greenwich and Bexley. With overall responsibility of antenatal clinics at Queen Elizabeth Hospital and Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup; and the Greenwich Birth Centre - a midwife led birthing unit with 4 spa like pool rooms and 5 induction of labour side rooms which opened in March 2015. The community service also has a very successful birth centre at University Hospital Lewisham which takes 20% of all births for the hospital.

You will be self-motivated, enthusiastic and have a passion for the continuous development and wellbeing of your staff and for co-producing maternity services with women and our Maternity Voices Partnership colleagues. You understand the importance of multidisciplinary team working and are able to influence and sustain high care standards, safety and quality within the unit.

This is a five day a week post, with an on-call commitment and some weekend working.

Main duties of the job

The role will focus on the need to contribute to Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trusts strategic objectives and key programmes such as measurable improvements in women's experiences, safety, experience and productivity, including but not limited to:

Promote Maternity Services in Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust as a Centre of Excellence both internally and externally taking a lead for all women / birthing people/birthing people especially those within vulnerable client groups

Be passionate about midwifery led services with vision for increasing midwife-led births in the birth centre and at home.

Provide 24hour managerial responsibility for designated area of service and provide direction to Midwifery staff, including participation in the Management on call rota.

Provide managerial support for the Head of Midwifery for identified teams across the wider Trust

Manage budgets within your areas and identify opportunities for cost savings where appropriate

Work collaboratively with the MVP to ensure that women's' are listened to and their experiences are positive

You will be supported to be high-performing within your role and to achieve personal and professional growth by other members of the senior management team, and the Divisional Triumvirate.

About us

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:

1. Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
2. Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
3. Improving the experience of staff with disability
4. Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
5. Making equalities mainstream

Employer details

Employer name

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

Address

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

London

SE18 4QH

Employer's website

https://www.lewishamandgreenwich.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

Address

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

London

SE18 4QH

Employer's website

https://www.lewishamandgreenwich.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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