Maternity- Inpatient Matron

NHS; Islington; On-site; GBP 61,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity exists for a Matron in our maternity unit, focusing on leadership and patient care. The role involves ensuring clinical excellence, managing teams, and implementing innovative practices to improve patient experiences. The ideal candidate will have substantial experience in maternity care and effective staff management skills.

Qualifications

• 5 years or more experience, leading and managing teams.
• Experience in managing change and clinical practice in all areas of maternity.
• Championing bereavement and infant feeding.

Responsibilities

• Lead on ensuring maternity performance targets and quality standards are met.
• Advocate for excellent patient care fundamental to clinical decisions.
• Seek improvements to practice and challenge poor behavior.

Skills

Knowledge of digital maternity systems

Staff Management

Job description

The Matron will provide leadership and responsibility for the following key areas in Maternity and work closely with the Matron for Intrapartum care and community services to deliver

• Bereavement team
• Postnatal inpatient care with supporting a review of transitional care and supporting the examination of the newborn screening. With a key relationship to the Neonatal team.
• Baby Friendly Feeding Initiative
• Antenatal inpatient and assessment unit

You will be expected to deliver clinical excellence and demonstrate a strong commitment to multi-professional working. A willingness to learn and work within a constantly changing environment is necessary together with the ability to remain calm under pressure.The role requires specialist knowledge and experience in high risk and normalising patient experience and innovations for improving patient experience, as well as excellent organisational and communication skills.

Main duties of the job

Ensure a woman-centred approach throughout the maternity pathway.

• Create a supportive environment in which training, coaching and practice development needs are accurately identified and progressed through agreed structures, appraisals, PDPs and performance management.

Ensure appropriate provision and care for the management of resources for midwifery and support staff, consumables, and environment.

Lead with credibility and authority and be revered for high standards of patient care.

About us

Whittington Health's maternity unit has excellent women centred facilities and are well-known as a friendly unit. At our Trust, staff are well supported through strong practice development and Professional Midwifery Advocates.

We look after a diverse population where women and their families are treated as individuals. The maternity unit is at the forefront of innovation, this includes partners staying overnight, enhanced recovery, and midwifery led induction of labour and normalising birth.

Job responsibilities

Lead on ensuring that inpatient related maternity performance targets and quality standards are met

Be a strong advocate for excellent patient care so that this will be fundamental to all clinical decisions within the maternity service

Positively seek improvements to practice and constructively challenge poor practice / behaviour

Champion the spread of innovation between departments / wards

Person Specification

Skills and Abilitiy

• Knowledge of digital maternity systems
• Staff Management

Knowledge & Experience

• 5 year or more experience, lead, manage teams
• Experience in Managing Change, Clinical practice all areas maternity
• Bereavement and Infant Feeding champion

Knowledge and Experience

• Budget Management
• Safer staffing and Optima

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.

£61,927 to £68,676 a yearPer Annum inclusive of HCAS