Maternity Matron - Whiston, United Kingdom - Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
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Whiston, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Due to retirement an exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, experienced and inspirational midwifery leader to join our team of supportive and dedicated Midwifery and Medical staff.


The successful applicant will have current responsibility for our Intrapartum areas which includes our Consultant led area, Midwifery led unit and our Maternity triage department and we are looking to recruit a passionate, highly motivated midwifery leader who will champion a high level of professional standards and excellence across our maternity services.


You must be able to demonstrate a recent track record of achievement in leading and developing innovative midwifery practice in an acute and community environment, improving quality as well as possessing a working knowledge of regulation, accreditation, governance and workforce.


As a matron you will be highly visible and will focus on improving the fundamental and essential aspects of care to women.

An Enhanced DBS with barred lists for both Adults & Children is required for this post.


Act as a positive role model through the provision of effective professional leadership and demonstration of competent, accountable clinical practice.

Ensure that the environment meets appropriate standards for health care delivery and delivers best practice in infection control.


To ensure the implementation of national, local and Trust standards of best practice and quality and monitor performance against these that informs the corporate performance programme.

Provide day-to-day visible, accessible and leadership in clinical areas.


Ensure the delivery of patient care is of the highest standard and those patients and their families are treated with dignity and respect.

Actively support the Directorate in the provision of high quality, modern, dynamic and patient centred services.


Be an integral member of the senior midwifery management team, providing midwifery advice, and contribute to embedding quality and safety processes into the maternity services culture.

Provide support to patients and their relatives/carers.

The Secretary of State has approved the partnership between St Helens & Knowsley and Southport & Ormskirk Hospitals.


From 1st July we have come together as a single organisation under the name Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.


The Trust delivers acute hospital care, intermediate care, community, and primary care services to a population of over 600,000 people with a combined workforce of around 9000 dedicated and skilled staff from 17 locations including Whiston, Southport & Formby, St Helens, Ormskirk and Newton hospitals.


The Trust provides regional services for burns, plastic surgery and spinal injuries to more than 4 million people across Mersey and West Lancashire, Cheshire, the Isle of Man and North Wales.


Our Vision is to deliver 5 Star Patient Care:

  • CARE that is evidence based, high quality and compassionate
  • SAFETY that is of the highest standards
  • COMMUNICATION that is open, inclusive and respectful
  • SYSTEMS that are efficient, patient centred and reliable
  • PATHWAYS that are best practice and embedded, but also respect the individual needs of patients

Our achievements include:


  • Trust rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 201
  • Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
  • Awarded National Preceptorship Accreditation for our Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme

KEY DUTIES
Leadership & Consultancy


Provide effective clinical and professional leadership acting as a role model for all staff within the maternity service at Whiston Hospital.


Develop and support mechanisms to guide and empower all staff in developing and strengthening leadership skills and meeting the responsibilities of their role.


Actively work to support and empower all staff to develop and utilise clinical leadership skills, audit skills, and risk reporting, ensuring they are supported in appropriate levels of authority to undertake their role effectively in an accountable manner.

Ensure effective communication systems, written, verbal and the use of Information Technology is embedded in the maternity service.


Liaise with all support services and departments to ensure they and the organisational cultures are meeting the needs of clients in the clinical areas.


Facilitate and negotiate change and new ways of working where necessary to support new care delivery process within the directorate.


Lead on a key area of midwifery policy or practice as part of a midwifery team as required by the findings of the regular audits of practice.

Represent the department or directorate at professional and academic fora.

Ensure that national guidance which as a minimum is required at external assessment is considered by the multidisciplinary team

Engage in clinical effectiveness reviews to support the work of the department/care group in ensuring that the criteria from the maternity safety standards are i
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