Matron for Core Maternity Services

Are you a highly motivated and dynamic experienced midwife looking to make a difference to maternity services? Are you able to inspire and motivate teams? If you have a passion for providing high quality care and you are looking for an opportunity to lead midwifery care within the framework of the national agenda, then we would welcome your talents and skills.

We are looking for a senior experienced dynamic midwife to join the team as a Matron for Maternity Services. We need someone who possesses strong clinical leadership with excellent communication and networking skills.

You need to be self motivated, enthusiastic and have a drive for continuous improvement in maternity safety and experience. You will have responsibility to provide cost effective clinical services within midwifery and work collaboratively within the division.

To provide clinical and professional midwifery leadership and accountability for the following clinical areas:

• Central Delivery Suite
• Brancaster Ward
• Maternity Triage
  
  

We welcome informal chats prior to applying, please get in touch!

You will lead and facilitate the development of efficient, effective and patient focused services for women and children receiving care within the division. Through strong clinical leadership you will support the teams to promote excellence in nursing and midwifery care to maintain and improve clinical standards.

The role provides leadership and operational accountability for the inpatient areas of maternity with in the Women's' & Children's' Division, working with the Leadership team to meet the requirements of the NHSE Maternity and Neonatal Single Delivery Plan (2023) and the Maternity Incentive Scheme (CNST).

You will ensure that all patients are treated with compassion, dignity and respect placing value on the diversity of the local community and beyond. Partnership working is a priority in supporting the delivery of a seamless and integrated service. Patient experience is a key responsibility of the role to ensure that care is delivered to the highest quality inspiring patient and public confidence. This will be achieved through high visibility, effective communication, accessibility and surveillance.

At all times, you will work in accordance with the principles governed by the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) and Trust Policies/Values. Acting with professionalism and integrity, you will be a role model to those around us and ensuring everyone has an equal opportunity.

The role requires on call participation.

There’s never been a more exciting time to join TeamQEH. We’re working on a once in a generation opportunity to build a new state-of-the-art hospital to open in 2030 and we are also carrying out on one of the biggest pieces of digital transformation work we’ve ever undertaken.

Our new electronic patient record (EPR) will replace paper-based patient records from 2026 and will lead to better, safer, joined-up care at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and beyond.

At The QEH we provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, North Cambs and South Lincs.

We are an ambitious organisation that upholds our values of kindness, wellness and fairness. We strive for continuous quality improvement, recently demonstrated in our 2024 CQC maternity inspection rating our services as ‘Good’, and we are proud to be a place to learn and grow through recognised learning and apprenticeships.

We recognise and reward our 4,000 staff and volunteers, priding ourselves on a community atmosphere and positive team spirit. We have approx. 530 beds across 33 wards and have newly built education and training facilities, a range of modern award-winning centres alongside a talented team of people ready to give you a warm welcome. We love working here and think you will too.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Kerry Fletcher Job title: Deputy Head of Midwifery Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01553 613613

Please get in touch for additional information and an informal discussion. We look forward to hearing from you.

01553 613613 ext 2805