Quality & Safety Matron – Maternity Services

Job summary

Are you passionate about improving quality and safety in midwifery? We are looking for an exceptional midwife with a proven track record working within a safety and quality portfolio who can provide clinical oversight and leadership

The maternity matron for safety and quality will provide visible leadership, drive continuous improvement and education, in addition to supporting delivery of safe, evidence-based and person-centred care. Key responsibilities include oversight of governance processes, leading safety and quality improvement initiatives, supporting staff development and education, and championing patient experience.

The role requires strong leadership skills, operational management experience and the ability to work with colleagues and to influence multidisciplinary teams.

The Matron for Safety and Quality will focusing on developing the safety culture, risk management, clinical governance, a high standard of clinical care and positive service user and staff experience

Working closely with the senior Maternity and Neonatal multi-disciplinary leadership team, the post holder will facilitate evidence based effective clinical care pathways, providing clinical and professional leadership to the clinical teams in relation to achieving a safe and effective service

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be a key member of the senior Maternity and Neonatal leadership team within the Family and Specialist Services Division and will be responsible for coordinating quality, safety, governance and education in accordance with local, regional, and national assurance frameworks to support the delivery of safe maternity care.

The post holder will support the senior Maternity and Neonatal leadership team with the overview and coordinating function for leading and developing the approach to Maternity quality, assurance and safety requirements in line with national and regulatory requirements.

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

About us

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk