Midwifery Community Matron

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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Person specification

Training & Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered Midwife and First degree or equivalent in health related subject
• Evidence of CPD

Desirable criteria

• Masters degree or equivalent post training
• Leadership training/qualification

Experience

Essential criteria

• 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 criteria

• 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 criteria

• 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 criteria

• Experience of audit and audit tools
• Able to present and receive complex information within the multi professional team

Planning and Organisational Skills

Essential criteria

• 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 criteria

• IT skills to manage and report on complex performance management information

Other Requirements Specific to the role

Essential criteria

• On-call commitment as part of the senior midwifery manager on call

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 the 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.

Applicants are kindly requested to refrain from using AI at any stage during the recruitment process.

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