Midwifery Community Matron at . Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

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Job summaryLead 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 weekend/overnight on-call commitment will be required in support the safe running of the maternity service. Main duties of the jobTo 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, Deputy Director of Midwifery and Head of Midwifery in providing professional leadership, management and advice within the Family Health Care Group.To take professional responsibility for the community Midwifery services, ensuring that all teams work collaboratively to deliver integrated care.Support managers to ensure all areas are compliant with Trust and local training standards.Continually monitor, evaluate and analyse the effectiveness of midwifery services.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 wider maternity service.About usWith 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.Job description Job responsibilitiesFor detailed job description and main responsibilities, please see job description and person specification.Job description Job responsibilitiesFor detailed job description and main responsibilities, please see job description and person specification.Person Specification Training & Qualifications Essential Registered Midwife and First degree or equivalent in health related subject Evidence of CPD Desirable Masters degree or equivalent post training Leadership training/qualification Experience Essential Significant post registration experience including management and leadership experience Ability to demonstrate experience of leading or managing a service at Band 7 level Experience of delivering programmes of change Experience of leading & working with patient groups Able to provide specialised advice concerning patient care Knowledge of budgets/financial control Experience with Clinical Governance Experience with HR processes to manage sickness absence, performance, recruitment Demonstrates understanding of complex, obstetric led outpatient services and care Desirable Project management experience Knowledge of complaints management Patient Partnership working Involvement with recruitment & retention Experience of working within obstetric led outpatient services Experience of managing complex safeguarding cases and joint MDT working Communication and Relationship Skills Essential Excellent communications skills, written and oral Ability to build successful teams Ability to influence and motivate staff to deliver challenging targets Strong leadership qualities Analytical and Judgement Skills Essential Experience of audit and audit tools Able to present and receive complex information within the multi professional team Planning and Organisational Skills Essential 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 Physical Skills Essential IT skills to manage and report on complex performance management information Other Requirements Specific to the role Essential On-call commitment as part of the senior midwifery manager on call Person Specification Training & Qualifications Essential Registered Midwife and First degree or equivalent in health related subject Evidence of CPD Desirable Masters degree or equivalent post training Leadership training/qualification Experience Essential Significant post registration experience including management and leadership experience Ability to demonstrate experience of leading or managing a service at Band 7 level Experience of delivering programmes of change Experience of leading & working with patient groups Able to provide specialised advice concerning patient care Knowledge of budgets/financial control Experience with Clinical Governance Experience with HR processes to manage sickness absence, performance, recruitment Demonstrates understanding of complex, obstetric led outpatient services and care Desirable Project management experience Knowledge of complaints management Patient Partnership working Involvement with recruitment & retention Experience of working within obstetric led outpatient services Experience of managing complex safeguarding cases and joint MDT working Communication and Relationship Skills Essential Excellent communications skills, written and oral Ability to build successful teams Ability to influence and motivate staff to deliver challenging targets Strong leadership qualities Analytical and Judgement Skills Essential Experience of audit and audit tools Able to present and receive complex information within the multi professional team Planning and Organisational Skills Essential 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 Physical Skills Essential IT skills to manage and report on complex performance management information Other Requirements Specific to the role Essential On-call commitment as part of the senior midwifery manager on call Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Certificate of SponsorshipApplications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the . From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. . UK RegistrationApplicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Certificate of SponsorshipApplications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the . From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. . UK RegistrationApplicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please seeEmployer details Employer nameNottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts AddressQMC Derby Road NottinghamNG7 2UH United Kingdom Employer's website