Matron - Maternity Inpatients, Workforce & Education

Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Doncaster; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning opportunities

NHS Pension

Holiday entitlement

Health & wellbeing

Car Lease scheme

Discounts

Job summary

Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust seeks a dynamic Midwifery Matron to lead clinical areas within the maternity services across Doncaster and Bassetlaw.

The post is rotational within the maternity matron team with responsibilities for inpatient areas, workforce, and education, plus professional standards and governance.

You will work with the Divisional leadership, drive quality improvement, manage complaints, and support flexible working to meet service needs.

Qualifications

• Experience in leading clinical teams in maternity care.
• Ability to manage complaints and drive quality improvement.
• Commitment to professional standards and governance.
• Active role in workforce planning and education.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical and professional leadership to maternity teams.
• Line management and budget responsibilities within the directorate.
• Lead on clinical governance and patient safety initiatives.
• Promote best practice and role modelling for staff.

Job description

Are you dynamic, highly motivated midwife committed to improving patient outcomes and experience? DBTH are looking for an enthusiastic and committed midwife to join our Midwifery Matron team.

This post is rotational within the maternity matron team and you will initially be responsible for the inpatient areas at both Doncaster and Bassetlaw sites, workforce and education.

You will be required to demonstrate effective leadership for your clinical areas, be able to work collaboratively, manage complaints, promote and support best practice and set professional standards.

As a key member of the Senior Divisional leadership team you will work collaboratively with the Divisional Director, Clinical Director, Business and Service managers and the multidisciplinary teams.

The successful candidate will be pro‑active, have a proven track record of quality improvement and will ensure that service needs and patient experience are met to the high standards we aspire to.

Main duties of the job

You will be required to demonstrate effective leadership for your clinical areas, be able to work collaboratively, manage complaints, promote and support best practice and set professional standards.

The post holder will provide clinical and professional leadership and line management to the clinical teams, reporting to the Deputy Director of Midwifery and Gynaecology Service accountable to the Director of Midwifery and Gynaecology Service. The post holder will ensure the key functions of the modern matron are undertaken for the directorate.

Demonstrate effective leadership, setting, monitoring and maintaining professional standards, working collaborative, manage complaints and lead the midwifery contribution for clinical governance at a specialty/department level in line with the Nursing & Midwifery Strategy.

Be an integral member of the senior leadership team, providing midwifery advice, manage midwifery teams, have delegated budgetary responsibility and contribute to innovative solutions to workforce & capacity management.

Take responsibility for human and financial resources, contributing to key performance outcomes within the directorate.

Act in accordance to the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.

If you have a passion to provide the very best care to our patients alongside our team, we would love to hear from you.

DBTH is one of Yorkshire's Leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 440,000. Our services are based over three main hospital sites and several additional services employing over 7,000 colleagues. At DBTH we have a comprehensive framework of behaviours that guide us in our daily working lives, these form the DBTH Way. We pride ourselves on our commitment to the values of We Care and now the DBTH Way builds upon these foundations, providing further clarity on what it means to embody these values in our everyday interactions. As an organisation that supports flexible working, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applicants from all sectors of the community, particularly from under‑represented groups including those with disabilities, members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.

We offer a range of benefits to support our people including:

• Extensive range of learning opportunities
• NHS Pension Scheme
• Generous holiday entitlement in line with Terms & Conditions
• Comprehensive health and wellbeing support
• NHS Car Lease schemes and a range of salary sacrifice scheme
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping and finance through external providers