Midwifery Community Matron

The Methodist Church in Britain; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Personal development opportunities

Job summary

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust’s Family Health Care Group seeks a senior midwifery leader to provide 24/7 women-centred care across community midwifery services, deliver clinical leadership, governance and service improvement, and act as a role model for teams.

The post requires a midwifery registration, Band 7 management experience, and the ability to deploy resources within budget, with weekend and overnight on-call as part of the on-call rota.

Qualifications

• First degree or equivalent in a health-related subject.
• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD).
• Registration as a midwife (registered midwife).
• Significant post-registration management and leadership experience.
• Experience delivering programmes of change and clinical governance.
• HR processes knowledge including sickness absence, performance and recruitment.
• Budget awareness and financial control.
• Experience leading patient groups and advising on obstetric-led services.
• Excellent written and oral communication.
• Strong leadership abilities to build and influence teams.
• Experience with audit and audit tools.
• Ability to present complex information across a multi-professional team.

Responsibilities

• Lead 24-hour women-centred care across community midwifery services.
• Provide clinical leadership in low and high risk complex maternity care.
• Act as a role model for community midwifery teams.
• Take responsibility for community midwifery services and ensure integrated care.
• Support senior leadership with management and strategic advice.
• Identify service improvements and contribute to governance and risk management.
• Monitor, evaluate and analyse effectiveness of midwifery services.
• Ensure practice is evidence-based and support benchmarking.
• Deploy resources safely within budget to meet standards.
• Implement HR policies on workforce management and training standards.
• Participate in weekend and overnight on-call as part of the senior on-call rota.

Skills

Written and oral communication

Leadership

Audit experience

Presenting complex information

IT / data reporting

Team collaboration

Education

First degree in health-related subject

CPD evidence

Master's degree

Job description

This post sits within the Family Health Care Group at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, providing professional leadership across community midwifery services. The post holder leads women-centred care around the clock and acts as a clinical role model, while driving service improvement, clinical governance and risk management. Clinical work is developmental, covering low and high risk complex maternity care, with compressed hours and weekend and overnight on-call. Applicants need a midwifery registration and management experience at Band 7 level.

What the job involves

• Lead 24-hour women-centred care across community midwifery services, ensuring a compassionate environment that meets individual needs and wishes
• Provide clinical leadership in low and high risk complex maternity care, including clinical work in a developmental capacity
• Act as an expert resource and role model for community midwifery teams
• Take professional responsibility for community midwifery services and ensure teams work together to deliver integrated care
• Assist the Director, Deputy Director and Head of Midwifery with leadership, management and advice within the Family Health Care Group
• Identify and facilitate service improvement, initiatives and organisational change, contributing to clinical governance and risk management
• Monitor, evaluate and analyse the effectiveness of midwifery services
• Ensure practice is evidence based, support clinical benchmarking and share best practice across the wider maternity service
• Deploy resources safely within budget to meet professional midwifery standards, governance, quality and patient safety
• Implement and follow HR policies on workforce management
• Support managers to ensure compliance with Trust and local training standards
• Take part in weekend and overnight on-call as part of the senior midwifery manager on-call rota

Qualifications

• First degree or equivalent in a health-related subject
• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD)

Registration & licences

• Registered midwife

Experience

• Significant post-registration management and leadership experience, including leading a service at Band 7 level
• Delivering programmes of change
• Clinical governance experience
• HR processes covering sickness absence, performance and recruitment
• Knowledge of budgets and financial control
• Leading patient groups and giving specialised advice on care in complex obstetric-led outpatient services

Skills & knowledge

• Excellent written and oral communication
• Strong leadership qualities, with the ability to build teams and influence staff to meet challenging targets
• Experience of audit and audit tools
• Presenting and receiving complex information across a multi-professional team

Other

• Strong organisational skills, working on own initiative and as part of a team, and planning strategies across the service
• IT skills to manage and report on complex performance information
• Weekend and overnight on-call as part of the senior midwifery manager on-call rota

Nice to have

• Master's degree or equivalent post-training qualification
• Leadership training or qualification
• Project management experience
• Knowledge of complaints management
• Patient partnership working
• Involvement in recruitment and retention
• Experience of working within obstetric-led outpatient services
• Experience of managing complex safeguarding cases and joint MDT working

What’s offered

• Personal development opportunities