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Senior Matron Intrapartum & Quality Improvement Lead
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Main area: Maternity
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 166-FC-7062178
Site: Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Town: Chesterfield
Salary: £53,755 - £60,504 pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 11/04/2025 23:59
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Midwifery Matron to lead our Intrapartum services located within Chesterfield Birth Centre at CRH. We are looking for an experienced midwife who is compassionate, dynamic, and has extensive experience in intrapartum care and a passion for quality improvement. The Matron will be responsible for leading the team of coordinators and ensuring the provision of high-quality care and day-to-day operational leadership. The Matron for intrapartum care will demonstrate transformational leadership and provide professional, clinical, and managerial leadership in partnership with the MDT and wider leadership team. This is an exciting time for Chesterfield in our Journey for excellence.
If you are interested in joining the team and want an informal conversation, please contact either Julie Mycock, Rebecca Bustani, or Julie Ann Norris (contact details below).
Main duties of the job
* The post holder will be a key clinical leader in Intrapartum services, ensuring the highest standards of midwifery practice and clinical care are delivered to women and their families.
* To provide dynamic, professional leadership and direction across intrapartum services, ensuring the highest standards of clinical care.
Working for our organisation
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a well-performing Foundation Trust serving a population of around 441,000 across the Bolsover, Chesterfield, Derbyshire Dales, North Amber Valley, High Peak, and North East Derbyshire districts. With a workforce of around 4,200 staff and good financial control, it was recently rated "Good" by the CQC.
We are committed to working with our partners in Health and Social Care to deliver long-term financial sustainability and resilience in our performance to ensure we provide high-quality services and excellent patient care.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* To be an accessible and visible presence across intrapartum services, advising staff, women, and their families.
* To facilitate, support, and empower the Lead Midwife for the Birth Centre and Birth Centre Coordinators to manage their areas effectively, develop the individual, their ward staff, and their services.
* To work collaboratively with other Senior Matrons in the Trust, contributing to the development and delivery of both Trust and Divisional objectives and assisting in the delivery of the Clinical Governance agenda.
* To be responsible for setting and monitoring clinical standards and to play a proactive role in quality improvement while demonstrating an awareness of the impact of each clinical area's activity, interacting with other areas to provide a seamless service.
* The post holder takes responsibility for providing a high level of professional, operational, and transformational leadership within the Care Unit and the wider Trust.
* To provide professional leadership and nursing expertise which enables the delivery of high-quality, safe, and person-centered care through the engagement and empowerment of others.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
* Registered Midwife
* Evidence of appropriate relevant professional development.
* Degree or relevant experience
Experience
* Up-to-date relevant clinical experience.
* Proven track record of managing complex change within an acute setting.
* Involvement in developing strategic and operational plans.
* Involvement in the development and implementation of innovation and quality initiatives in a healthcare setting.
* Experience of leading teams, with the ability to motivate others.
* Involvement at a leadership level on issues relating to quality governance, monitoring, and standard setting.
* Experience of senior management and leadership of operational teams.
* Experience of service redesign.
Skills and Knowledge
* Leadership skills, with an ability to influence.
* Excellent oral and written communication skills, with excellent interpersonal skills.
* Confident to manage change.
* Proven track record of success.
* Ability to communicate both written and verbally in a manner that is clear, fluent, and persuasive.
* Excellent communication skills and ability to influence decisions at all levels.
* Effective negotiating, influencing, and networking skills.
* Ability to oversee and interpret the performance targets of wards and departments.
* Ability to deal with sensitive and complex issues.
* Competent in the use of IT systems.
* Knowledge of current national service issues/developments.
* Change management
Personal Attributes
* Commitment to values and principles of the NHS.
* Visible, role model, and professional leader.
* Approachable.
* Inclusive and developmental personal style and approach.
* Inspiring and motivating.
* Emotional toughness.
* Portrays self-belief, self-awareness, and drive for improvement.
Proud to CARE Values
* Compassion, Ambition, Respect, Encouragement.
Flexible Working
If you're looking for flexible or predictable working arrangements, please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate this. If it works for our service and patients, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is committed to ensuring the safety of all our staff and patients; therefore, encourages and supports staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as this remains the best line of defense against the virus.
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Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Please note that from 1 January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship here Work in the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
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If you are applying for a vacancy in health or adult social care, you may be eligible to apply for the Health and Care Worker visa instead, which is cheaper to apply for and you do not need to pay the annual immigration health surcharge.
Communications
Communications throughout the application process will be via e-mail; therefore, please check your e-mail account and Trac account regularly. References are also requested by email (where possible). Therefore to speed up the recruitment process, please provide an email address for all referees when completing your application form.
If you require any support in completing the application form, please do not hesitate to contact the HR Support Services team on 01246 513177 and we will be happy to provide assistance.
Please see the attached documents and links in relation to working for Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. In particular, the general conditions of employment and benefits of working for the trust.
This role is part of the integrated health and social care community across Derbyshire, where there are many opportunities to work across different locations and providers developing new and different skills. Whilst this role is initially based in Chesterfield, there may be future opportunities to be based at different locations within the health and social care community which we may talk to you about in the future.
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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020, and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name: Rebecca Bustani
Job title: Director of Midwifery
Email address: r.bustani@nhs.net
Telephone number: 01246 513890
Additional information: Julie Mycock, Deputy Head of Midwifery - e-mail: julie.mycock@nhs.net or telephone: 01246 516617
Julie-Ann Norris, Consultant Midwife, e-mail: julie-ann.norris@nhs.net
Opening hours: 8.30am-5pm, Monday-Friday
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