Band 8A Midwifery Matron

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust; Carlisle; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33

NHS Discounts

Salary Sacrifice schemes

Vivup counselling service

Job summary

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust seeks a highly visible Midwife Matron to lead maternity services within the Collaborative, delivering safe, high quality care across sites.

You will support the Director of Midwifery in organisation, development and provision of maternity services, ensure standard setting and audit, and provide leadership to midwifery managers and staff while promoting sustainable service delivery.

Qualifications

• Midwife with current active registration.
• Leadership or management experience in maternity services preferred.
• Willingness to travel between sites as required.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee maternity services within the Collaborative, ensuring safe, high-quality care.
• Support the Director of Midwifery in organisation, development and delivery of services and standards.
• Drive audit, standard setting and governance across sites.
• Provide leadership, mentoring and professional development to midwifery managers and staff.

Skills

Clinical decision making

Teaching & facilitation

IV cannulation and suturing

Analytical skills

Communication & interpersonal

People management

Team dynamics awareness

Education

Midwife with current active registration

Job description

Would you like to join a centre of excellence in rural and remote healthcare?

The post is a key member of the Collaborative Senior Midwifery team. You will work to support the Collaborative quad and will have shared responsibility for:

The delivery of quality services
The performance management of the services in line with relevant targets and standards
Oversight of clinical ef
Providing leadership, support and advice to midwifery managers and staff
Contribute, as appropriate, to Collaborative strategy development and implementation
Ensuring good working relationships with other Networks/Service lines across the Collaborative

The post holder will be a highly visible, proactive and accessible Midwife lead, acting as a role model and clinical resource within the Collaborative and ensuring the sustained delivery of high standards of Midwifery care and service delivery, to Midwifery and Nursing staff, patients and the public.

Main duties of the job

Midwifery Matron

Support the Director of Midwifery in the organisation, development and provision of maternity services within North Cumbria. Being responsible and accountable for the organisation and delivery of care within the designated maternity unit and local community. Ensure delivery of high standards of care with particular responsibility for standard setting and audit.

Working for our organisation

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of ‘safe, high quality care every time':

• Being a clinically led organisation
• Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
• A positive patient experience every time
• A great place to work
• Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

JOB DESCRIPTION :

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

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If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligiblevacancies.

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Disclosure and Barring Service:

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.

The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:

Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £6.50 = £28.00 Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost of £6.50 = £56.00 Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

NCIC can offer successful future employees the following benefits:

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

NHS Discounts*

Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*

Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems

*Subject to eligibility

Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

Person specification

Skills and aptitudes

• Ability to make clinical decisions
• Effective teaching and facilitation skills.
• IV cannulation and suturing skills
• Analytical skills in information and problem solving
• Ability to demonstrate the compassionate values and behaviours needed for dignified care.
• Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills, with effective negotiation. Able to recognise and understand team dynamics.
• Able to recognise and understand team dynamics.
• Advanced people management skills including team building.

other requirements

• Commitment to professional development.
• Able to travel independently between sites.
• Current driving licence

Knowledge and experience

• Teaching & staff development.
• Budgetary control.
• Initiating and managing change.
• Management of change

Qualifications

• Midwife with current active registration.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Name Amanda Kennett Job title Director of Midwifery, Neonates and Gynaecology Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 07813398686

If you have problems applying, contact

Address South Parkhouse Building
Baron Way
Kingmoor Park
Carlisle
Cumbria
CA6 4SJ
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