Matron
Found in: Talent ZA C2 - 2 weeks ago
Job summary
We are looking for an exceptional midwife leader who is innovative and committed to making a real difference to our Maternity Service. This is an excellent development opportunity for a senior midwife, to cover a 12 month period of maternity leave.
You will be an experienced midwife who has held previous leadership roles and possess a proven record of delivering improvement projects, have experience of change management and can demonstrate ongoing professional development.
The successful candidate will work alongside the Intrapartum Matron, to support the smooth and safe running of our Inpatient Services, oversee Maternity Workforce & Patient/ Staff Experience.
Experience of managing workforce is desirable although applications will be considered from candidates who can demonstrate transferrable knowledge and skill required for this post
Main duties of the job
The successful post holder will work closely with the antenatal & postnatal ward managers, to oversee quality & safety within the clinical environments, ensure patient flow is maintained & closely monitor staff & patient experience.
The post holder will be pivotal in leading service change & development, and providing day to day operational oversight of the Inpatient Unit. This oversight will include partaking in the duty matron rota, providing regular situation reports locally and at regional level, and, provide operational support by taking part in the maternity management on call rota out of hours.
In addition, the post holder will oversee the workforce portfolio for Maternity, and be responsible for overseeing recruitment & retention plans for the directorate. The post holder will be comfortable at writing workforce reports, and be able to provide regular workforce updates to board.
About us
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated careorganisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.
Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens in 2024 and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH from 2024 (or beyond). If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continuing your application with this development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities.
We have three newly emerging strategic objectives:
Our People - to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff Our Patients - to be good or outstanding in everything we do Our Population - to work seamlessly with our partners to improve live Job description
Job responsibilities
To be successful, you will need to demonstrate enthusiasm, with strong leadership and people management skills. You will be an excellent communicator, skilled at building relationships and influencing teams with the ability work autonomously, prioritising and organising your workload.
For the main duties of the post, please see the detailed Job Description attached to this advert.
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
Significant Experience in a senior nursing/ midwifery/ management post Evidence of involvement in audit Experience in all aspects of human resource management
Desirable
Evidence of involvement of developing services
Requirements
Essential
Evidence of understanding of just culture Evidence of understanding workforce data
Desirable
Evidence of report writing at senior level