Matron (Antenatal Outpatient services)

at  Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Antenatal Outpatient Matron, at the Jessop Wing in Sheffield.
Are you a highly motivated, passionate, approachable and innovative individual with extensive experience in providing antenatal care? if so this position is for you!
The successful candidate will provide midwifery leadership as Matron for Antenatal Outpatient Services (including Antenatal Clinic, Antenatal Day Assessment Unit, Feto Maternal Unit, Diabetes and screening). You will be supported by a compassionate and supportive senior leadership team, focused on ensuring women who birth at the Jessop Wing or require high risk antenatal care, receive safe, evidence-based care, by our Multidisciplinary Teams.
The role will include line management responsibility to Band 7 Lead and Specialist Midwives, within the outpatient service.
Provide clinical and professional leadership to the clinical teams within Antenatal Outpatient Services.
Line management responsibilities.
Demonstrate effective leadership, setting, monitoring and maintaining professional standards, working collaboratively, and lead the midwifery contribution for clinical governance at a directorate/s/specialty/department level in line with the Nursing & Midwifery Strategy.
Undertake 24 hour responsibility for Antenatal Outpatients ensuring high standards of evidence based care for women and their babies.
Work in partnership with the multi-disciplinary teams to create an environment in which improving the quality of the service delivered is paramount.
Maintain a credible clinical portfolio though the delivery of high quality midwifery care acting as a role model for midwifery practice across the outpatient services.
Provide expert midwifery advice, education and leadership within all areas of antenatal care.
Work autonomously within trust policy, national and local guidelines, and within own scope of professional practice.
Strive to develop and improve antenatal outpatient care and support innovation, research and evidence based practice.
Be responsible for the operational and budgetary management of antenatal outpatient services.
Role model and promote the Trust ‘PROUD’ behaviours.
Participate in the 2902 bleep rota and the Jessop Wing management on call rota.
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
The Directorate of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Neonatology is based at the Jessop Wing which is linked to the Royal Hallamshire Hospital. The maternity unit has over 6800 births per year and is a Regional Tertiary Maternity Service with a Level 3 Neonatal Unit of 44 cots. A tertiary Gynae-Oncology service and a changing Gynaecology Service, which includes an Assisted Conception Unit, complete the services within the Directorate.
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria

Please refer the Job description for details