Midwifery Community Matron

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare provider as a clinical leader in midwifery services. This role offers the opportunity to lead and inspire a dedicated team, ensuring high-quality care for women and families. With a focus on evidence-based practice, you will drive service improvements and contribute to strategic developments in maternity care. The organization values diversity and offers a supportive environment for professional growth. If you are passionate about making a difference in women's health and have a strong leadership background, this position could be your next career step.

Benefits

Endless personal development opportunities

Supportive work environment

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Qualifications

• Registered Midwife with leadership training and significant post-registration experience.
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills essential for effective team management.

Responsibilities

• Lead the provision of high-quality women-centred care across midwifery services.
• Ensure compliance with midwifery standards and promote service improvements.

Skills

Leadership

Communication Skills

Clinical Management

Problem Solving

Team Working

Financial Control

HR Processes

Education

Registered Midwife

First degree in health-related subject

Leadership training/qualification

Tools

IT Skills for Performance Management

Job description

Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) is the biggest employer in Nottingham with over 19,000 staff

Lead the 24 hour provision of high quality women centred care across the midwifery community services. Act as an expert resource and role model for the team within their service to support them in the delivery of effective care.

Be responsible for ensuring a good environment in which all women and families receive a high standard of care which is compassionate and takes account of their individual needs and wishes.

Demonstrate clinical leadership in the management of both low and high risk complex maternity care.

Identify and facilitate strategies for service improvement, develop initiatives and organisational change, contributing to the clinical governance and risk management agenda by ensuring best practice is evident.

Implement and follow HR policies regarding workforce management.

Be responsible for ensuring safe deployment of resources to meet and comply with professional midwifery standards, governance, quality and patient safety within the budget set.

An on-call commitment will be required in support the safe running of the maternity service.

Main duties of the job

To continually act as a highly credible professional clinical leader being a strong professional role model for others to emulate at all times.

Be involved in the delivery of clinical care in a developmental capacity.

Be responsible for ensuring current practice is evidence based and continually updated.

Assist the Director of Midwifery, Head of Midwifery and Deputy Director of Midwifery in providing professional leadership, management and advice within the Reproductive Health Business Unit and to take professional responsibility for the designated clinical areas and services, ensuring that all teams work collaboratively to deliver integrated care.

Ensure midwifery workforce complies with Nursing and Midwifery Council Rules and Standards.

Continually monitor, evaluate and analyse the effectiveness of midwifery services.

To actively contribute to the strategic development of maternity services to meet both the present and future provisions in line with both Trust and national objectives.

To contribute to the promotion and maintenance of clinical benchmarking, ensuring sharing and development of best practice.

Promote a culture of working and integration of standards across the two sites.

To assist the Head of Midwifery in the development of policies/procedures in performance, risk management, recruitment and retention of health and safety.

The post holder will deputise for the Head of Midwifery as necessary.

Working for our organisation

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For detailed job description and main responsibilities, please see job description and person specification.

Person specification

Training & Qualifications

• Registered Midwife and First degree or equivalent in health related subject
• Evidence of CPD
• Leadership training/qualification

Experience

• Significant post registration experience including management and leadership experience, including community practice
• Ability to demonstrate experience of leading or managing a service at Band 7 level
• Experience of leading & working with patient groups
• Knowledge of budgets/financial control
• Experience with HR processes to manage sickness absence, performance, recruitment
• Knowledge of complaints management
• Involvement with recruitment & retention

Communication and Relationship Skills

• Excellent communications skills, written and oral
• Ability to influence and motivate staff to deliver challenging targets
• Ability to manage conflict
• Able to motivate and support others and encourage effective team working

Analytical and Judgement Skills

• Excellent problem solving skills using team when appropriate

Planning and Organisational Skills

• Understanding of pro-active performance management within a large clinical area
• Forward thinking, innovative
• Ability to work on own initiative but also as part of a team

Physical Skills

• IT skills to manage and report on complex performance management information
• Positive, enthusiastic and motivated