Job summary
Maternity Matrons are vital to delivering high-quality, safe, and compassionate care to women, birthing people and their families. They serve as visible, inclusive leaders who uphold professional standards, promote patient safety, and support staff development.

In this role, you will provide dynamic clinical and managerial leadership for the Labour Ward, Labour Ward Theatres, Triage and Bereavement Services ensuring the highest standards of personalised care for women and birthing people in the Hillingdon community.

You will be the line manager and professional lead for Labour Ward Coordinators, Bereavement Midwife and the Lead Midwife for Maternity Triage and support the management of midwives, support workers and administrative staff.

A key aspect of the role is providing a highly visible and authoritative presence across Labour Ward and Triage, being available to women/birthing people, families and staff to offer assistance, address concerns, and ensure that personalised, equitable care is at the centre of everything we do.

The Labour Ward and Maternity Triage Matron will drive improvements in line with national maternity safety and quality initiatives. This includes implementing the recommendations from recent maternity reviews (such as the Ockenden Review into Care at Nottingham Maternity Services, The Amos Report and the National Maternity Triage Specifications) and meeting the requirements of national programmes like the NHS Resolution Maternity Incentive Scheme.

Main duties of the job
The Matron's key roles are as follows:

• Inclusive leadership, professional standards and accountability
• Governance, patient safety and quality
• Workforce planning and resource management
• Patient experience and reducing health inequalities
• Performance and operational oversight
• Digital and information technology
• Education, training and development
• Research and development
• Collaborative working and clinical effectiveness
• Service improvement and transformation

About us
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute Hospital in the London Borough of Hillingdon and offers a wide range of services including accident and emergency, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics and maternity services. The Trust's services at Mount Vernon Hospital include routine day surgery, delivered at a modern treatment centre, a minor injuries unit and outpatient clinics.

We have over 3,500 members of staff that are proud to care for nearly half a million people, with a vision to be an outstanding provider of healthcare through leading health and academic partnerships, transforming services, to provide the best care where needed.

Essential

• Registered Midwife
• Professional training/learning which demonstrates highly developed professional knowledge / continuing professional development
• Broad range of clinical midwifery experience acquired through significant practice in a variety of settings including labour ward. Significant experience at band 7 in Midwifery.
• Experience of staff management (a ward or team), able to persuade and influence and handle conflict utilising the principles of compassionate and inclusive leadership

Desirable

• Quality Improvement Methodology Qualification
• Demonstrable evidence of leading on delivery, design and implementation of service/quality improvement initiatives
• An understanding of current government and NHS strategy and policy in respect of clinical governance, audit and effectiveness and quality improvement

Salary: £63,665 to £70,887 a year Per Annum inc HCAA
Band: Band 8a
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Location: Hillingdon Hospital, Uxbridge, UB8 3NN

For questions about the job, contact: Stephen McManus, Head of Midwifery, stephen.mcmanus1@nhs.net

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. Applicants must have current UK professional registration.