Inpatient, Bereavement and Intrapartum Midwifery Matron

The post holder will be responsible and accountable for the effective delivery of services and staff within the Maternity In-Patient areas, Bereavement & Intrapartum at the John Radcliffe Site.

Model and embed a positive workforce culture within Maternity that is consistent to the Trust values to enable a strong and empowered workforce at all levels that is equipped to deliver excellence in care standards.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will:

Provide an accessible and visible presence to staff, patients and visitors

Ensure the provision of high quality, responsive services with the needs of women and families at the centre of care delivery.

Manage the delegated budget by monitoring the use of resources (pay and non-pay), investigate areas of overspend and take prompt action to ensure that the highest standards are delivered within the resources available to the department

Ensure maintenance of statistics and contribution to activity reports

Develop systems to ensure all activity within the defined clinical areas is recorded and appropriately funded

Contribute to the Midwifery Leadership Team On Call Rota, which provides 24 hour cover for the maternity service across all maternity areas within Oxford University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust site

Participate in the Day-to-Day Operational Manager shifts (Bleep holding)

Work closely with the Midwifery Leadership Team to ensure excellent standards around the environment, infection control practices, high standards of cleanliness and compliance with national and local standards are met

Work closely with the wider multidisciplinary team across wider maternity services, the Maternity and Neonatal Voices partnership, Directorate and Division.

Here in Oxfordshire, we offer women and healthcare professionals a unique set up of our Maternity Services where around 7200 babies are born annually. We have 4 stand-alone Midwifery Led Birth units within the county based at Banbury, Chipping Norton, Wantage and Wallingford as well as offering home births to all areas. There is also an integrated birth unit where around 10% of birthing people choose to go in labour. As a large Tertiary hospital, the John Radcliffe offers a large Delivery Suite with an en-suite birthing pool room, 3 Maternity theatres and a specific Maternity Recovery Ward. There are specialist services such as the Fetal and Maternal Medicine Team and Bereavement Team.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.