Maternity Matron – Hospital based services

Job description

Job responsibilities

JOB DIMENSIONS

The jobholder will be expected to work with the minimum of supervision and co-ordinate his / her activities to ensure that an efficient service is

• Manage budgets and resources efficiently and
• Line management responsibilities for delegated

• See attached Person Specification

Clinical and Quality Responsibilities

• Ensure high standards of patient care at all times challenging and ensuring others challenge poor practice, in accordance with the NMC Code of Conduct.
• Ensure local plans support all clinical quality external accreditation, for example Care Quality Commission (CQC) priorities and Key Lines of Enquiry, Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN), Quality.

• Participate in the out of hours managers on call rota and the Senior manager of the Day (SMOD) for the Division, including some weekends, to ensure the delivery of high level clinical care.
• Ensure agreed systems and process are in situ to consistently provide safe, effective high quality patient care and embed a culture of local improvement, focusing on the Trusts harm free indicators, measuring practice and using variations in the data to develop and oversee delivery of local improvement projects are in place on all wards / departments/units.
• Ensure that a Midwifery Strategy is fully implemented within Division in line with corporate and local priorities and that action is taken to achieve and maintain quality standards of practice in all areas:

1. with specific focus on midwifery sensitive indicators and the midwifery contribution to the Family and Friends Test.
2. have defined responsibility for the collection of evidence required to demonstrate compliance with specific quality indicators and regulatory
3. through the use of local audit and risk assessment introduce and evaluate practice changes where needed promoting

• Through visible clinical leadership ensure that the delivery of kind, compassionate and respectful care takes place, and that the maternity team develop relationships with women that involve better listening and decision making; you said, we did

• Act as the womans advocate when appropriate, when informed decisions may lead to choices being made concerning personalised choice and care plans.

Using strong leadership skills to promote within teams ensuring: -

• Women are cared for in a clean and safe environment, regularly monitoring within the clinical areas taking remedial action if standards are not maintained. Be the champion for driving the infection prevention and control agenda and challenging poor practice within the speciality.
• Care is assessed, planned, prioritised and of high quality, both physical and psychological delegating to support staff as required. Seek advice and support from other staff as required.

• Individualised care is delivered, ensuring that clinical observations are taken, results recorded, and any appropriate actions taken based on the results.

• Maintenance of professional contemporaneous records always, document all actions and interventions in a clear and honest and timely manner in line with Trust policy.

• Use of effective teamwork, to ensure patients are regularly reviewed as part of regular ward round and huddles to include on-going care plans especially for nights, weekend and bank holiday periods.

• Midwifery teams work towards safe and timely discharge plans and ensure barriers to discharge are identified and acted on appropriately.

• Using professional judgement be prepared to intercede and act as an advocate to clarify plans of care.

• Deal with concerns raised by women and visitors in a proactive manner, review patient feedback results and update the wards / departments patient experience improvement plans, as needed.

• Provide leadership role relevant to service specialty in investigating, actioning and developing response to incidents, complaints and claims, reviewing trends and initiating practice changes and to ensure a positive outcome for women.

• Promote a safeguarding culture at ward level, which meets the needs of people with mental health problems and those with issues involving mental capacity.

• At all times practices within the professional regulations set by the Nursing and Midwifery Council

• Be a visible leader who is accessible to patients, visitors, and staff, providing professional and clinical leadership adhering and promoting the Trust values.
• Develop the ward managers and departmental team leaders in professional leadership and management.

• In accordance with the Trusts agreed Provision of Safe Staffing and Skill Mix levels, formally agree with the Divisional Director of Midwifery /Head of Midwifery the ward/units workforce requirements, utilising acuity and dependency tools monitor and review of midwifery workforce as indicated, ensuring integration with the local delivery plan, and the optimal deployment of the nursing workforce.

• Oversee recruitment processes and ensure they are adhered to in a timely manner.

• Ensure that midwifery staff comply with Trust-wide policies and procedures.
• Have local open and transparent communication channels that support the ward team to do the right thing for people we care for, to be bold when they have good ideas and to speak up when things go wrong.
• To ensure the Trusts risk management policy is appropriately utilised in the ward/unit/department. As appropriate undertake root cause analysis and develop action plans, ensuring that this leads to change in practice.

• Manage the delegated budget for the ward/department working closely with the management team and Divisional Finance Manager, working to achieve financial balance.

• Support the Ward Managers/Team leaders to develop the ward/department teams, ensuring a learning environment, leading by example and to be aware of the effect of change upon all bands of staff.

• Ensure the health and safety of all staff, patients and visitors is maintained, reporting any incidents, hazards, or defects, and taking responsibility to minimise risk. Ensure that the unit implement action plans to ensure improvement if an incident occurs, at all times adhering to and ensuring adherence to Trust policies and procedures.

• Lead improvement / transformation projects across designated clinical areas as indicated by local and national initiatives.

Manage the delivery of all aspects of nursing care and activity in line with Corporate and Divisional objectives for their area of responsibility by:

• Holding Team leaders to account for delivery of their objectives in clinical areas, ensuring effective action is taken where nursing performance is at risk of falling below expected levels and standards are not maintained.

• Ensuring that the Trusts Nursing and Midwifery priorities are met and delivered locally.

• Ensuring that the ward/unit/department has effective delivery of human resource issues including appraisal, personal development, sickness absence, disciplinary and grievance, recruitment and selection and personal career development delegating as appropriate to the staff member.

• Actively participating in local and Trust level meetings proactively seeking to improve patients experience and feeding back relevant information to the Team.

• Working as a key member of the Divisional Management Team to continually improve services and ensure high quality, efficient pathways of care for patients delivering directorate, divisional and corporate objectives and strategy.

• Supporting the Divisional Governance Team to ensure that systems are in place to deliver the clinical governance agenda and ensure that all staff understand their roles and responsibilities.

• Meeting regularly with the Head of Midwifery and Director of Midwifery to monitor and provide assurance regarding clinical care, delivery of nursing and midwifery priorities, identifying areas for quality improvement.

• Ensure, in partnership with the Practice Development Midwives the teaching, supervision and continuous assessment of all learners, delegating as appropriate. Provide a quality learning environment for all staff including medical and others.

• Ensure all mandatory study days are attended and that accurate records are maintained.

• Monitor and supervise performance of all staff, identifying and actioning specific training needs, delegating as appropriate.

• Lead and actively contribute to the development and delivery of ward teaching and mentorship programmes delegating as appropriate.

• Lead and contribute to developments on the ward dictated by local and national audit, initiatives and undertake benchmarking.

• Actively promotes research activity and evidence-based practice

• Participate in service improvement projects or development programmes that contribute to the modernisation of patient services, providing both professional and clinical advice as necessary.
• To work with and lead where appropriate in the development and implementation of patient pathways, protocols and policies relating to areas of responsibility as appropriate. Ensure there are processes in place for the review and monitoring of patient information.

Person Specification

Qualifiactions

Essential

• -Registered Midwife
• -Teaching & Assessing -Qualification
• -Evidence of commitment to continuous learning and application in practice

Desirable

• -Masters Degree or working towards
• -Recognised leadership qualification or equivalent experience

Experience

Essential

• -Management/ leadership experience at Band 7
• -Expert knowledge of midwifery and the birth agenda
• -In-depth knowledge of maternity publications
• -Experience of working/ liaising with agencies across the health economy
• -Experience in service improvements around patient safety and quality of care

Desirable

• -Experience in undertaking research
• -Experience of clinical audit and benchmarking

Skills/ Attributes

Essential

• -Able to deal with difficult issues sensitively and diplomatically
• -Able to deal effectively with challenging situations and challenging people
• -Ability to work effectively under pressure and to meet deadlines
• -Ability to network across the organisation and externally
• -Computer literate
• -Credible leader
• -Highly motivated
• -Good communicator and negotiator
• -Flexible
• -Able to gain trust and confidence of others
• -Strategic thinker
• -Influencing Skills
• -IT literate
• -Demonstrates key vision and values of the Trust

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

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS foundation Trust

Whinney Heys Road

Blackpool

FY3 8NR

Employer's website

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