Band 8a Intrapartum MatronNHS

Job summary

We are seeking a highly motivated, dynamic and experienced Midwife to join our senior midwifery leadership team. This exciting opportunity will play a pivotal role in supporting the delivery of exceptional maternity care across our services at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital.

As Matron, you will provide operational and professional leadership across the Delivery Suite, Triage and Birth Centre. Reporting to the Head of Midwifery, you will be a key member of the senior leadership team, driving high standards of clinical care, patient experience, safety and service delivery.

The successful candidate will be an autonomous, compassionate and visible leader, with a flexible and responsive approach. You will work collaboratively across the organisation and wider healthcare system to deliver safe, high-quality and personalised maternity care that reflects the diverse needs of our communities.

Our maternity services have recently achieved a CQC rating of Good, reflecting the significant progress made by our teams. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of our ongoing improvement journey, building on this achievement while continuing to strengthen quality, safety, experience and outcomes for women, babies and families.

This 12-month secondment or fixed-term opportunity offers an excellent opportunity for an aspiring or established senior midwifery leader to develop their leadership experience within a forward-thinking, supportive and ambitious team.

Main duties of the job

To provide day-to-day operational and professional leadership and management in the clinical areas, ensuring all teams work collaboratively to deliver integrated care.

To enable a culture of learning, effectiveness and continuous improvement.

To advocate for excellent patient care, ensuring this is fundamental to all clinical decision-making.

To assist in the development of guidelines, policies and procedures relating to performance, risk management, recruitment and retention.

To be accountable for budget and financial targets within the area of responsibility.

To promote high standards of infection prevention and control compliance, health and safety.

To provide assurance that investigations into patient care and complaints lead to systematic changes where required, and that changes in practice are actively monitored and sustained.

To ensure own practice and that of others upholds the NMC/HCPC Codes of Practice.

To participate in the operational management and running of the maternity service, including cross-site working where required, to ensure effective and responsive leadership across the service.

To participate in the 24-hour on-call Maternity Manager system, providing senior operational leadership, advice and support to clinical teams when required.

Job description

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About us

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.