Inpatient Deputy Matron

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will focus and lead on the following key areas, within the organisations governance framework:

1. Governance ensure safe and effective practice

Professional, ethical and legal

Adhere to NMC guidelines for practice for practice requirements and standards for example: safe handling, administration, storage and custody or medicinal products.

Ensure care given to women in in keeping with Trust guidelines, policies and procedures and with due regard to the NMC midwives rules, codes of practice and scope of professional conduct.

Evidence based practice

Be an expert in physiological midwifery and act as a resource by providing support and development for staff and students.

Promote a culture of evidence-based practice with the multidisciplinary team to enhance individualised care.

Participate in the collection of information and statistics for audits to monitor changes and help develop the service.

Environment

Maintain a safe and clean environment for staff, patients/clients and visitors by ensuring compliance with legislation, policies and protocols including health and safety and risk management.

Ensure safe and effective use of equipment as per Health and Safety policy.

Ensure near misses, incidents, accidents, and faulty devices are recorded, reported, investigated and learning disseminated as per trust policy.

2. Enhance the patient/client experience.

Personalised centred care

Develop and maintain a culture of individualised care within the maternity unit

Promote a caring environment where equality and diversity issues are respected, and women, birthing people and their families are enabled to be partners in their care.

Develop strategies for communication between staff, women, relatives, and their families.

Facilitate communication between all members of the multi-disciplinary/multi-agency team, and across care setting.

Coordination of the patient journey

Foster a multidisciplinary approach to patient care and communication

Ensure effective admission/early discharge planning with relevant multi-disciplinary and multi-agency teams as required.

Women and their Families involvement

o Ensure effective systems are in place to gain women and their familys feedback on their experience of care.

o Ensure compliments and complaints are managed in line with trust policy including the dissemination of shared learning and proactive in preventing further complaints.

3. Provide effective leadership and management

Role model

Act as a visible leader within the maternity unit.

To provide effective clinical leadership and support to all midwives and students that enables professional decision making and effective team working.

Empower and enable staff to contribute to the delivery of high-quality individualised care that is cost effective and efficient.

Deputise for the Midwifery lead in his/her absence and as required to maintain the midwifery service.

Develop team performance.

Lead by example, demonstrating a proven record of sound leadership, management skills, courtesy and diplomacy when dealing with colleagues and the public.

Promote a positive culture to facilitate good staff relationships.

Promote team building and maintain cohesion within clinical areas to establish a positive working environment.

Undertake annual appraisal and development reviews of team members, ensuring effective implementation of the Knowledge and Skills Framework and personal development plan (DH, 2004).

Contribute to the education of midwifery and nursing staff, and work in partnership with educational staff.

Support the development and preceptorship of midwives and students in a supportive environment for learning and development.

Manage the ward/department/team.

Ensure appropriate delegation to midwives and nurses and health care support workers and monitoring of outcomes for effective care/service delivery.

Challenge appropriately and confidently where standards of care fall below that which the senior team would expect.

Help to maintain the designated budget working with the lead midwife to ensure resources are managed correctly and efficiently.

Contribute to budget management within the ward/department, to ensure services are managed in accordance with yearly financial instructions.

Effective Use of resources

Ensure optimal use is made of available resources to provide a safe and effective service.

Show a commitment to effectively manage resources and achieve statutory financial targets. Ensure resources are available to maintain a safe provision of the service.

Adhere to Trust systems for effectively managing stock and safeguarding fixed assets.

Ensure that all equipment is maintained in good working order and staff understand the importance of good maintenance.

4. Contribute to the delivery of the organisations objective.

Continuous quality and improvement

Promote a culture of continuous quality improvement through the use of audit, patient/client feedback and reflection and practice by self and other members of the team.

Service improvement and transformation

Working in partnership with a range of clinicians and managers in the planning or development of own service promoting the involvement of women, birthing people and their families.

Staff management

Ensure midwives and nurses working in the clinical are professionally qualified and registered with the NMC.

Ensure all policies and guidelines are strictly adhered to by all members of staff and initiate disciplinary procedures when necessary.

Liaise with Midwifery Matrons, Head and Director of Midwifery on all professional midwifery issues.

Manage duty rotas/annual leave and study leave to always ensure adequate midwifery/nursing cover and appropriate skill mix within the staffing resources.

Ensure processes are in place to manage sickness/absenteeism and take appropriate action in line with trust policies.

Operational overview

Complete the Birth-rate Plus acuity tool for clinical area and escalate as necessary.

During the working day from Monday to Friday, the maternity bleep 2606, will be held by the deputy matrons on a rostered basis.

• Attend all huddles as required for maternity and the Trust
• When the ward managers or flow coordinator/bleep holder has concerns regarding activity and/or acuity, this must be escalated with the matron/ HoM/ DoM within hours. Out of hours, this should be escalated to Bronze on call (site team) who will liaise with silver on call. Support the initiation of Maternity Escalation OPEL 3 or above for mutual aid.

Support staff by helping with clinical duties as required - this will include helping cover for breaks, administration of intravenous antibiotics for Neonates (if required), assisting with discharges or undertaking drug rounds.

• Ensure sickness and absence request is updated on Optima.
• Participate in the flow coordinator / bleep holder rota as required.

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Midwife on the live NMC Register
• Mentoring qualification.
• Specialist clinical training.
• Evidence of professional accountability via professional portfolio,

Desirable

• Master or Working towards

Skills & Abilities

Essential

• Experience and evidence to be able to lead, manage and supervise staff, delegating work appropriately and develop a team and act as a role model
• Experience and evidence to demonstrate ability to influence and manage change, including the promotion of evidence based practice
• Evidence and experience in setting and monitoring standards of care Must be able to practice in all areas in accordance with the Midwives rules and code of conduct
• Be able to do the following: Cannulation Perineal suturing
• Can practice as an autonomous midwife in the acute and primary care setting
• Able to prioritize work load appropriately Excellent IT skills and a knowledge of Microsoft word, email, excel and PowerPoint
• Good Project worker

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

• Significant experience at a senior management/ clinical level Experience in working in areas of all midwifery practice.
• Champion for midwifery led care. Provide evidence of continuous personal and professional development.
• Have sound knowledge of changing trends within health and social care.
• Be conversant with current professional issues in relation to nursing/midwifery.
• Can demonstrate a forward thinking approach to care.
• Experience of participating in clinical governance initiatives.
• Experience of change management.

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Excellent communication skills Demonstrate effective interpersonal and communication skills within difficult or challenging circumstances and able to deal with difficult people
• Demonstrate ability to work effectively and collaboratively as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Able to demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills
• Demonstrates a sensitive approach to the needs of the women and their families
• Demonstrates an understanding of the dynamics of working with a team
• Can maintain confidentiality at all times
• Reliable
• Self-motivated, enthusiastic, innovative, assertive
• Professional maturity
• Problem solver, analytical approach
• Effective verbal, written and interpersonal skills.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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Employer details

Employer name

Whittington Hospital NHS Trust

Address

Whittington NHS Trust

Magdala Avenue, Highgate Hill

London

N19 5NF

Employer's website

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