Job summary
We are looking for an outstanding midwife with strong clinical and managerial experience to join our supportive team as Matron for Community and Antenatal Services. This is a fixed-term opportunity to provide maternity leave cover and to play a key leadership role in shaping safe, compassionate care for women, birthing people and families.
The Matron for Community and Antenatal Clinic is pivotal to the provision of high quality and effective service to the users of Homerton maternity services.
As a key member of the senior midwifery team, you will be a highly visible presence within the multi-disciplinary maternity team, with a role that is 30% clinical and 70% non-clinical management. You will be an advocate for high-quality patient experience and choice, and demonstrate excellence in clinical practice.
The Matron will be a collaborative and inclusive leader, prepared to manage staff effectively to ensure the delivery of a cost-effective, efficient and equitable service.
As the lead for the Community and Antenatal Clinic, you will oversee key areas including Community Midwifery and Homebirth Service, Antenatal Clinic, Diabetes and Maternal Medicine services .
Main duties of the job
The Matron will be a highly visible, accessible, and authoritative presence across the Maternity pathway, to which patients, their families and others can turn for leadership, assistance, advice, and support. The post holder will be part of the Divisional Midwifery Leadership team with specific responsibility for areas across the Antenatal and community pathway
The role will be 30% clinical and 70% non-clinical management duties and being a member of the senior midwife 24 hour on-call team.
The post holder will:
- Work together with the senior midwifery team to deliver the Maternity strategy.
- Ensure a woman-centred approach throughout the maternity pathway.
- Create and sustain efficient care processes that provide high quality clinical care
- Create a supportive environment in which training, coaching and practice development needs are accurately identified and progressed through agreed structures, appraisals, PDRs and performance management.
- Ensure appropriate provision and care for the management of resources for midwifery and support staff, consumables and environment.
About us
Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.
We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.
Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, our procedures and our People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.
We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.
Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.
Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ and Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s on this page.
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s on this page.
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person Specification
Education and Qualification
Essential
- NMC Registered Midwife
- Evidence of post registration education at degree level
- Mentorship qualification / ENB 998 or equivalent
Desirable
- Management or leadership course
Trust Values, Equal Opportunities & Other Requirements
Essential
- Understanding and demonstration of the Trust values
- Commitment and adherence to equality, diversity and inclusion
- Flexible to meet service needs
- Demonstrate recent achievements at work Work under pressure to meet deadlines
- Able to work sensibly and collaboratively across organisational and professional boundaries, recognising changes in circumstances and to incorporate them into practice.
- Demonstrates awareness of priorities, deals with workload, adapts to changing requirements, and uses initiative
Skills/ Abilities
Essential
- Demonstrable commitment to and expertise in midwifery
- Well-developed verbal and written communication skills including presentations & publications
- Influencing skills.
- Highly developed interpersonal skills with meticulous attention to detail.
- Evidence of managerial skills.
- Experience of developing policies and procedures
- Able to command respect of multi-disciplinary team.
- Computer literate
- Knowledge of standard setting and audit process.
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of substantial clinical experience and ability to function at level required of the post
- Current experience of clinical midwifery practice
- Experience of working in partnership with multi-disciplinary team
- Demonstrable experience of managing change within a clinical environment.
- Ability to both influence and work across professional boundaries.
- Experience of managing a clinical team including human resources management.
- Knowledge of current developments in midwifery & political awareness of NHS.
- Experience of developing staff.
- Up to date knowledge on Safeguarding issues and statutory framework that apply
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge/understanding of confidentiality issues
Person Specification
Education and Qualification
Essential
- NMC Registered Midwife
- Evidence of post registration education at degree level
- Mentorship qualification / ENB 998 or equivalent
Desirable
- Management or leadership course
Trust Values, Equal Opportunities & Other Requirements
Essential
- Understanding and demonstration of the Trust values
- Commitment and adherence to equality, diversity and inclusion
- Flexible to meet service needs
- Demonstrate recent achievements at work Work under pressure to meet deadlines
- Able to work sensibly and collaboratively across organisational and professional boundaries, recognising changes in circumstances and to incorporate them into practice.
- Demonstrates awareness of priorities, deals with workload, adapts to changing requirements, and uses initiative
Skills/ Abilities
Essential
- Demonstrable commitment to and expertise in midwifery
- Well-developed verbal and written communication skills including presentations & publications
- Influencing skills.
- Highly developed interpersonal skills with meticulous attention to detail.
- Evidence of managerial skills.
- Experience of developing policies and procedures
- Able to command respect of multi-disciplinary team.
- Computer literate
- Knowledge of standard setting and audit process.
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of substantial clinical experience and ability to function at level required of the post
- Current experience of clinical midwifery practice
- Experience of working in partnership with multi-disciplinary team
- Demonstrable experience of managing change within a clinical environment.
- Ability to both influence and work across professional boundaries.
- Experience of managing a clinical team including human resources management.
- Knowledge of current developments in midwifery & political awareness of NHS.
- Experience of developing staff.
- Up to date knowledge on Safeguarding issues and statutory framework that apply
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge/understanding of confidentiality issues
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).
