Matron – Antenatal Outpatients & Screening
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
The Matron for Matron - Antenatal outpatients and Screening will provide clinical, professional and managerial leadership to the Antenatal outpatient and Screening teams across MWL.
They will have overall accountability within their areas of responsibility for the monitoring, review, improvement and provision of evidence and assurance relating to patient care and operational management of their Clinical Area(s).
The post holder will be responsible for providing midwifery leadership to the clinical areas and contributing to the operational management across Maternity.
This role would suit someone with extensive experience in operational line management as a band 7 Midwife, who is self-motivated and passionate about maternity outpatient services and screening and can provide strong leadership in service development for these areas.
This is an exciting opportunity to lead the Antenatal service across all MWL Hospital Sites. Your main base will be at Ormskirk Hospital although you will travel between sites on a regular basis. You will work closely with the other Maternity Matrons across MWL along with the Paediatric/Neonatal and Gynaecology Matrons. You will have overall operational responsibility for your areas ensuring all service requirements are met and aligned with the needs of the local population and the national maternity improvement programmes.
An Enhanced DBS with barred lists for both Adults & Children is required for the post.
Main duties of the job
* Agree service requirements with relevant service/nursing leads, Ward Managers, Sister/Charge Nurses.
* Plan service requirements as identified, in consultation with relevant stakeholders.
* Maintain a healthy, safe and productive working environment in line with legal, organisational and professional requirements.
* Monitor the quality of nursing/midwifery services through Quality Care Indicators (QCI) and local metrics.
* Provide nursing/midwifery knowledge and skills to undertake the operational management and strategic development of the service.
* Escalation of any professional nursing concerns to the Deputy Director of Midwifery and the Clinical Director/Manager as appropriate.
* Contribute to performance management of the service ensuring delivery of key targets by assisting in collecting and collating evidence necessary to demonstrate compliance with CQC essential standard and escalate to the relevant manager.
Person Specification
Skills
* Able to deal with difficult issues sensitively and diplomatically
* Able to deal effectively with challenging situations and challenging people
* Clinical leader experience
* Highly motivated
* Good communicator and negotiator
* Flexible
* Able to gain trust and confidence of others
* Strategic thinker
* Demonstrates key behaviours of senior clinical manager
* Able to demonstrate evidence of project management
Knowledge & Experience
* Experience of working within the Specialty
* Experience of working/ liaising with agencies across the health economy
* Able to demonstrate an understanding of Health Policy and Professional Nursing Agenda
* Have experience in service improvements
* Have experience in improving patient safety and quality of care
* Experience in undertaking research
Qualifications
* Registered Midwife
* Mentorship in Clinical Practice equivalent Level 6
* Evidence of commitment to continuous learning and application in practice
* 1st Degree or equivalent level of knowledge and experience gained in a relevant environment
* Master's Degree in Midwifery / working towards
Mental Effort
* Work is generally predictable but occasional requirement to deal with unpredictable emergency situations
Emotional Effort
* Supporting patients who have been given bad news
* Supporting staff and patients with complaints
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This 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.
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