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Maternity Matron for Compliance | Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 06 January 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £61,927 - £68,676 per annum incl. HCAS |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 06 February 2025 |
| Location: | London, SW10 9NH |
| Company: | Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6846400/289-SC-2353 |
Summary
The Band 8a Maternity Matron for Compliance, (Audit, ATAIN (Avoiding Term Admissions into Neonatal units), Transitional Care, and Saving Babies' Lives) plays a pivotal role in enhancing the quality of care provided to mothers, birthing people and their families. This role focuses on implementing and leading initiatives related to clinical audit, reducing avoidable term admissions, optimising transitional care, and supporting the Saving Babies’ Lives care bundle. The Lead Midwife will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to drive improvements, ensure compliance with best practices, and support the achievement of national and local maternity standards.
· Lead on monitoring standards of a range of clinical governance, clinical effectiveness and patient safety activity, in liaison with other multidisciplinary professionals and functional heads within the Maternity and Quality and Safety Team with direct line management of these teams on both sites.
· Work closely with the Deputy Directors of Midwifery and Nursing, the Divisional triumvirate and the Trust Governance Team.
· Maintain strong working relationships with clinical colleagues.
· Ensure the triangulation of information and intelligence from across the Service, the division and the Trust, in order to provide leadership and direction in relation to Quality Governance, Effectiveness and Quality Improvements.
· Work in partnership with the senior obstetric and midwifery team to assist in driving forward the wider Maternity leadership, operational and strategic agendas.
Proud of our workforce
· Our 7,500 staff are recruited from local communities and around the world
· Our staff rate ussecond among acute trusts in London as a place to work
· Despite challenges in the NHS, our low staff vacancy rate remains significantly better than the national average
· We are passionate about the health and wellbeing of our staff with a huge support offer, including our nationally-recognised free back-up care scheme and Timewise accreditation as a flexible employer
· We love to develop our people, offering a range of development programmes and apprenticeships, with our healthcare support worker apprentices winningApprentice of the Yearfor two years running
· We offer a fantastic range of salary sacrifice schemes, from season ticket loans, bicycles and vehicles, to gym memberships, home electronics and holidays
Some roles may require weekend shifts at multiple sites.
Leadership and Strategy Development
• Act as the lead expert and advocate for Audit, ATAIN, Transitional Care, and the Saving Babies' Lives care bundle.
• Develop and implement strategic plans aligned with national initiatives, local policies, and Trust objectives.
• Ensure the successful integration of ATAIN and Saving Babies' Lives pathways into maternity services.
• Contribute to policy development and quality assurance across the maternity unit.
• Provide leadership to the midwifery team in relation to workforce matters, promoting a culture of collaboration and excellence.
• Act as a role model for professional practice, encouraging the highest standards of midwifery and nursing care and clinical governance
Clinical Audit and Quality Improvement
• • Ensure compliance with national standards and guidelines (e.g., NICE, CQC, RCOG).
• Lead multidisciplinary meetings to discuss audit findings, quality issues, and action plans for improvement.
ATAIN (Avoiding Term Admissions Into Neonatal units)
• Monitor term admissions to neonatal units and work to reduce avoidable admissions.
• Provide guidance on best practices in managing term babies at risk of admission, including hypothermia, hypoglycaemia, respiratory difficulties, and jaundice.
• Educate and support staff in implementing strategies to reduce avoidable admissions and improve outcomes for term infants.
• Work with neonatal and obstetric teams to create a cohesive approach to care and minimize term admissions.
Please see attached job description and person specification to this advert for further details.
This advert closes on Monday 20 Jan 2025