Join us on our journey to become the best Maternity Service in the country and be part of our exceptional, inspirational, dynamic and highly experienced senior midwifery team, as the Antenatal Services & Complex Care Matron.

We are a forward-thinking team with a philosophy of providing the best possible care to women, babies, and their families. This is achieved by providing effective training, education and working collaboratively as a midwifery and medical team.

You will be supported to deliver excellent safe and high-quality maternity care through the leadership of antenatal services and the complex care (specialist) midwifery teams. You will expand a portfolio of experience to broaden the professional experience to enhance your future carer.

Improving the quality and safety of services, reducing inequalities of health, and working with system partners to provide the best start in life for people in our community is central to the role. Along with ensuring that women and birthing people are supported to make informed decisions about their care, and to enable them to dynamically update their personalised care plan and share with clinicians

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be a highly visible senior midwife and as such expected to provide specialist knowledge, advice and clinical expertise.

* Leading by example the postholder will drive up standards of clinical care and have the authority to get the essential components of care right for women, birthing people and their families

* Working collaboratively with other Matrons the postholder will contribute to the development and delivery of both Trust and Divisional objectives and assisting in the delivery of the governance agenda

* To be responsible for setting and monitoring clinical standards and to play a proactive role in quality improvement, whilst demonstrating an awareness of the impact of each clinical area's activity, interacting with other areas to provide a seamless service

* Taking responsibility for operational management of the antenatal service and the specialist midwives, and to provide oversight of a clinical area, as delegated by the Head of Midwifery. The postholder will line manage antenatal services in addition to members of the specialist Midwifery team working across all sites

About us

Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).

We have four primary goals:

• high-quality care for all,
• being a great place to work
• partnerships for impact, and
• research and education excellence

And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.

Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:

• we are compassionate,
• we are proud,
• we are inclusive, and
• we are one team

This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.

About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust:http://www.leicestershospitals.nhs.uk/aboutus/work-for-us/current-vacancies/

Job description

Job responsibilities

* Improving the quality and safety of services, reducing inequalities of health, and working with system partners to provide the best start in- life for people in our community is central to the role. Along with ensuring that women and birthing people are supported to make informed decisions about their care, and to enable them to dynamically update their personalised care plan and share with clinician.

* A highly visible senior midwife and as such expected to provide specialist knowledge, advice, and clinical expertise.

* Leading by example the postholder will drive up standards of clinical care and have the authority to get the essential components of care right for women, birthing people and their families.

* Working collaboratively with other Matrons the postholder will contribute to the development and delivery of both Trust and Divisional objectives and assisting in the delivery of the governance agenda.

* To be responsible for setting and monitoring clinical standards and to play a proactive role in quality improvement, whilst demonstrating an awareness of the impact of each clinical areas activity, interacting with other areas to provide a seamless service.

Please see job description/person specification for full details on the role

Person Specification

Training and quailifications

Essential

• Registered Midwife
• Educated to degree Level
• Leadership training qualification

Desirable

• Masters degree

Communication and Realtionships

Essential

• ability to lead successful teams
• ability to influence and motivate staff to deliver challenging targets
• Excellent communications skills, written and oral
• Ability to manage conflict and difficult conversations
• Strong leadership qualities
• Demonstrates negotiation skills
• Able to motivate and support others and encourage effective team working
• Understands the important of confidentiality and dealing with sensitive information

Desirable

• cross Organisational boundary working

Analytical & judgement Skills

Essential

• Excellent problem-solving skills using team when appropriate
• Evidence of audit and quality assurance
• Able to present and receive complex information within the multi professional team

Desirable

• Evidence of benchmarking

Planning and organisational skills

Essential

• Understanding of pro-active performance management within a large clinical area
• Ability to prioritise own workload and maintain consistent standards
• Forward thinking, innovative
• Cross organisational boundary working
• Demonstrates strong organisational skills and abilities
• Ability to work on own initiative but also as part of a team
• Ability to plan strategies which impact positively across the service

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in maternity across acute and community areas
• Relevant post registration experience including proven management experience of ward or unit and of staff supervision for at least two years
• Relevant experience of developing and teaching staff in clinical practice
• Experience of managing individuals and teams
• Experience of complaint management
• Demonstrate knowledge and experience of implementing aspects of clinical governance, including contribution to RCAs, IMRs and report writing

Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours

Essential

• Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's Values and Behaviours
• Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team environment
• Demonstrate personal and professional pride in the NHS

Experience of presenting at conferences / seminars

Essential

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

Knowledge

Essential

• Extensive political awareness of both the local and national health care agenda and current health service priorities
• Can demonstrate best practice in current field, with extensive current knowledge of professional issues
• Excellent understanding of national drivers for improvements across Maternity Services
• Understanding of NHS Resolution (Maternity Incentive Scheme) and Saving babies Lives Care Bundle

Health and safety regulations / standards

Essential

• Manage complex and competing issues
• Excellent time management and organisational skills including the ability to work
• Able to implement national policy at local level
• Flexible and able to travel
• Able to demonstrate leadership skills and lead through empowerment
• Able to work as part of a team
• Able to support and facilitate staff development within the clinical areas
• Problem solving

Professional and Ethical Practice

Essential

• Ongoing personal and professional development
• Evidence of enthusiasm, self-motivation and self confidence
• Demonstrates the ability to act as a professional role model
• Sensitive, approachable, culturally aware, non-judgemental, self-aware and able to provide a woman centred focus
• Demonstrate personal and professional pride in Nursing, Midwifery and the NHS

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Address

Jarvis Building

LRI

Leicester

LE1 5WW

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