Band 8a Maternity Matron | Royal NHS Foundation Trust

Responsibilities

The Matron has a responsibility for operational line management of the clinical area(s) in their area of responsibility. The post holder will be responsible for providing midwifery leadership to the clinical areas and contributing to the operational management within Maternity Services, ensuring the efficient and effective use of resources and the development & maintenance of the highest standards of care and efficient service delivery.

The clinical area within their sphere of responsibility may include in‑patient areas e.g., delivery suite, inpatient wards, out‑patient areas or community midwifery. The maternity matrons will be required to work closely with the other maternity matrons to have overall ownership of the day‑to‑day operational running of the service.

The area of responsibility of the Matron will be reviewed from time to time and may be subject to change depending on the needs of the service.

The post holder will contribute to the ongoing implementation of the maternity strategy in close liaison with the Head of Midwifery. The post holder will provide midwifery leadership to the Barnet site clinical areas and contribute to the operational management within Maternity, ensuring the efficient and effective use of resources and the development and maintenance of the highest standards of care and efficient service delivery.

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.

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