Job summary
We are looking for an exceptional, inspirational, dynamic, and experienced senior midwife to join our team as a Matron for Community Midwifery.
We are at a time of change within our Perinatal Service, embarking on a key pivotal transformation journey, and are looking for a midwife who shares our STAR values and has the drive to lead the service, ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
The Matron for Community Midwifery will report to the Head of Midwifery and work closely with the Director of Midwifery, Senior Midwifery Leadership Team, multi-disciplinary team, Local Maternity and Neonatal System, the Maternity Voices Partnership and our dedicated staff to work collaboratively in- coordinating and progressing our Trust vision.
Main duties of the job
The Matron for Community Midwifery and Outpatient's Services is an integral post working within the senior maternity team to lead the community midwifery services. They will drive the maternity transformation work, embedding safety initiatives and supporting a culture of individualised care that promotes a positive pregnancy and birth experience for all women and birthing people.
The post holder will lead and be responsible for the delivery of high-quality care and experience in their areas through proactive clinical and professional leadership to midwifery, nursing and support staff at all levels within their area of responsibility.
The post holder will need to ensure the delivery of high quality, evidence based, compassionate midwifery care, and that the workforce is managed effectively and efficiently. They will contribute to the on-going implementation of the Trust's key pillars, developing the service and nursing/midwifery roles to meet the evolving needs of women, birthing people and their families.
About us
Our STAR values are at the heart of everything we do. You can expect to see them in the way we act and the way we treat each other. Our values make us who we are.
- Service We will put our patients first
- Teamwork We will work together
- Ambition We will aspire to provide the best service
- Respect We will act with integrity
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description.
The Midwifery Matron will be a significantly autonomous professional clinical manager, responsible to the Trust for the multiple clinical services within the community services.The post holder will have strategic responsibility with the Divisional Director, Associate Medical Director, Divisional Director of Midwifery and Neonatal Services and Head of Midwifery and Neonatal Services to ensure business plans, budgets, and workforce and staff development are in place to deliver a quality service for the Division and Trust.The post holder will represent the Maternity Service internally and externally as required on a regular basis and develop links with other managers and senior midwives/nurses.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description.
The Midwifery Matron will be a significantly autonomous professional clinical manager, responsible to the Trust for the multiple clinical services within the community services.The post holder will have strategic responsibility with the Divisional Director, Associate Medical Director, Divisional Director of Midwifery and Neonatal Services and Head of Midwifery and Neonatal Services to ensure business plans, budgets, and workforce and staff development are in place to deliver a quality service for the Division and Trust.The post holder will represent the Maternity Service internally and externally as required on a regular basis and develop links with other managers and senior midwives/nurses.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Midwife with the Nursing & Midwifery Council or Health Professions Council
- Master's degree in Nursing and Midwifery or health related field or evidence of working at this level.
- Demonstrates evidence of ongoing continuous professional development.
- Training in Managing Conduct., Health, Sickness & Performance, Recruitment & Selection, Appraisal etc
Desirable
- Leadership course
- European Computer Driving Licence.
Experience
Essential
- Extensive post registration experience with considerable experience at senior level
- Ability to establish good working relationships and networks
- Proven leadership/ management experience
- Demonstrate recent experience of managing change in either processes and/or service development
- Ability to represent the service and contribute effectively at external meetings such as LMNS and MVP
- Experience of developing collaborative working within teams.
- Demonstrable experience of achieving changed clinical practice and improving services to increase quality and efficiency
- Demonstrable experience of developing staff and teams.
- Demonstrable experience of implementing and managing change effectively.
- Thorough and up-to-date knowledge of nursing and Midwifery best practice, particularly within specialty areas and the application of this in practice.
- Thorough understanding of equality & diversity and its application to managing self, staff and patients across the Trust.
- Understanding of NMC Code of Practice and requirements of it for the practice & behaviour and its application to the management of staff and self.
- Proven experience of budget/financial management
- Proven track record in improving patient experience and gaining patient/public views.
- Experience in delivering Clinical Governance, Risks and Safety management.
- Proven experience leading investigations into complex complaints and clinical incidents.
Desirable
- Project management and quality improvement experience.
- Experience of developing business cases / business planning
- Track record of serving on a range of committees both internal and external to the organisation.
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrates evidence of well-developed clinical practice across Maternity services
- Demonstrates ability to make judgements on clinical and professional standards.
- Demonstrates commitment to an empathetic and caring approach to patients and relatives and ability to motivate staff to demonstrate this to ensure that all patients' dignity & respect are maintained at all times.
- Strong organisational skills - Able to organise own workload and take responsibility for own clinical actions and systems / standards across area of responsibility.
- Demonstrates commitment to working as part of a team and ability to build the divisional team across areas of responsibility.
- Demonstrates ability to apply research-based practice to improve the quality & efficiency of wards / units services.
- Able to act as an advocate for service users.
- Demonstrate ability to interpret and analyse data and adapt national and local policy from several sources into Trust standards.
- Demonstrates evidence of commitment to professional development.
- Highly effective communication skills - able to communicate verbally and written to staff, patients and relatives including in situations of conflict & distress, ensuring that communication is tailored to the person being addressed.
- Able to communicate complex information to large groups, members of the multidisciplinary team throughout the division and Trust - including lecture and seminar format.
- Able to gain credibility with and influence fellow clinicians, managers and speciality leads - including influencing clinical changes where appropriate.
- Able to demonstrate effective budgeting practice, exercising care and economy, supported by appropriate documentation.
- Able to manage change effectively, with assistance from HR, in line with Trust policy, influencing staff to make changes / improvements.
- Able to lead specific nursing and midwifery policy development across the wider health community in conjunction with other agencies.
- Able to manage own stress and that of staff.
- Proven performance management skills.
- Able to apply understanding of equality & diversity to management of own staff.
- Sound knowledge of Safeguarding Adults/Children including the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
- Ability to produce concise and informative reports for use internally and externally to the Trust.
Desirable
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Midwife with the Nursing & Midwifery Council or Health Professions Council
- Master's degree in Nursing and Midwifery or health related field or evidence of working at this level.
- Demonstrates evidence of ongoing continuous professional development.
- Training in Managing Conduct., Health, Sickness & Performance, Recruitment & Selection, Appraisal etc
Desirable
- Leadership course
- European Computer Driving Licence.
Experience
Essential
- Extensive post registration experience with considerable experience at senior level
- Ability to establish good working relationships and networks
- Proven leadership/ management experience
- Demonstrate recent experience of managing change in either processes and/or service development
- Ability to represent the service and contribute effectively at external meetings such as LMNS and MVP
- Experience of developing collaborative working within teams.
- Demonstrable experience of achieving changed clinical practice and improving services to increase quality and efficiency
- Demonstrable experience of developing staff and teams.
- Demonstrable experience of implementing and managing change effectively.
- Thorough and up-to-date knowledge of nursing and Midwifery best practice, particularly within specialty areas and the application of this in practice.
- Thorough understanding of equality & diversity and its application to managing self, staff and patients across the Trust.
- Understanding of NMC Code of Practice and requirements of it for the practice & behaviour and its application to the management of staff and self.
- Proven experience of budget/financial management
- Proven track record in improving patient experience and gaining patient/public views.
- Experience in delivering Clinical Governance, Risks and Safety management.
- Proven experience leading investigations into complex complaints and clinical incidents.
Desirable
- Project management and quality improvement experience.
- Experience of developing business cases / business planning
- Track record of serving on a range of committees both internal and external to the organisation.
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrates evidence of well-developed clinical practice across Maternity services
- Demonstrates ability to make judgements on clinical and professional standards.
- Demonstrates commitment to an empathetic and caring approach to patients and relatives and ability to motivate staff to demonstrate this to ensure that all patients' dignity & respect are maintained at all times.
- Strong organisational skills - Able to organise own workload and take responsibility for own clinical actions and systems / standards across area of responsibility.
- Demonstrates commitment to working as part of a team and ability to build the divisional team across areas of responsibility.
- Demonstrates ability to apply research-based practice to improve the quality & efficiency of wards / units services.
- Able to act as an advocate for service users.
- Demonstrate ability to interpret and analyse data and adapt national and local policy from several sources into Trust standards.
- Demonstrates evidence of commitment to professional development.
- Highly effective communication skills - able to communicate verbally and written to staff, patients and relatives including in situations of conflict & distress, ensuring that communication is tailored to the person being addressed.
- Able to communicate complex information to large groups, members of the multidisciplinary team throughout the division and Trust - including lecture and seminar format.
- Able to gain credibility with and influence fellow clinicians, managers and speciality leads - including influencing clinical changes where appropriate.
- Able to demonstrate effective budgeting practice, exercising care and economy, supported by appropriate documentation.
- Able to manage change effectively, with assistance from HR, in line with Trust policy, influencing staff to make changes / improvements.
- Able to lead specific nursing and midwifery policy development across the wider health community in conjunction with other agencies.
- Able to manage own stress and that of staff.
- Proven performance management skills.
- Able to apply understanding of equality & diversity to management of own staff.
- Sound knowledge of Safeguarding Adults/Children including the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
- Ability to produce concise and informative reports for use internally and externally to the Trust.
Desirable
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
