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Job summary

Main area
Midwifery
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract
Permanent: Manager on call rota
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (On call Managers rota)
Job ref
326-6813758-NM
Employer
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
East Surrey Hospital
Town
Redhill
Salary
£53,755 - £60,504 per annum plus high cost allowance
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
29/12/2024 23:59
Interview date
03/01/2025

Employer heading

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust logo

Maternity Matron

NHS AfC: Band 8a

We want to give you the best possible experience in the next stage of your career.

We always strive to be the best place to work and to be cared for.

  • We’ve been named the 2021 Acute NHS Trust of the Year, in the annual Health Service (HSJ) Journal Awards for our clear ambition and vision and a significant improvement journey over a number of years’.Ìý
  • The Trust is 6th highest rated Trust in the South East and was still in the top 25% nationally for recommended places to work.Ìý
  • We’re rated Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission and when asked whether the care of patients is the organisation’s top priority our staff rank us the best in the country among comparable acute trusts.
  • We pride ourselves on supporting you to thrive in your existing role and to develop your career with us. So with us you’ll get loads of benefits, great training and development opportunities, flexibility and a real community feel.

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Benefits to working with us

  • Great training and education, including preceptorship and CPD (up to £1,000 individual CPD funding available for nurses, midwives and AHPs)
  • Our location: you can access beautiful countryside, historic towns and villages and bustling city life all nearby. With good schools, nature reserves and cultural attractions on our doorstep, and both London and Brighton easily accessible too, there’s something for everyone nearby.
  • At least 35 days leave (inclusive of bank holidays)
  • NHS pension scheme
  • A huge range of Health Service Discounts at hundreds of big brands from holidays to gadgets and restaurants to retail.
  • On-site nursery
  • On-site Boots and WHSmith shops
  • An Amazon locker and an InPost locker on site
  • Restaurant facilities
  • Full educational library services
  • Excellent rail and bus links
  • The local bus operator offer all new staff one month’s free travel to East Surrey Hospital when they first join (please visit the Metrobus website for details and terms and conditions)
  • Lockable storage for cycles.

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About us

  • We’re a major local employer, with a diverse workforce of c5,000 providing healthcare services to a growing population of around 535,000.
  • We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill.
  • We offer a full range of acute and complex services at East Surrey Hospital in Redhill, where we are the nearest trauma unit to Gatwick Airport.
  • We provide a range of outpatient, diagnostic and less complex planned services at The Earlswood Centre, Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey, and at Crawley and Horsham Hospitals in West Sussex.

The Trust is committed to being an inclusive employer - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed. As an employer we offer a range of benefits including, flexible working arrangements, staff engagement networks, Ìýfacilities and services to support staff well being.

Job overview

We are pleased to announce the advert for the Maternity Matron position. The Maternity Matron post is specific to supporting the antenatal areas of the maternity service including the antenatal clinic, antenatal ward, triage and antenatal and newborn screening services. The full time post is suitable for a midwife with good experience in the operational line management of clinical maternity areas. ÌýThe post holder will be responsible for providing midwifery leadership to the clinical areas and will ensure the efficient and effective use of resources and the development & maintenance of the highest standards of care and efficient service delivery.

The post holder will assist the Director and Head of Midwifery in the development and progression of the maternity agenda to achieve consistency of practice, high standards of care and innovation to drive forward service improvement.

The candidate must be able to demonstrate effective leadership skills, meet challenging deadlines and consistently deliver on key performance targets. You will provide clinical and professional leadership to staff in your designated area of responsibility and work collaboratively with Matrons across the Women and Children’s (WACH) Division and members of the WACH triumvirate.




Main duties of the job

The women and child health (WACH) division at Surrey and Sussex NHS Trust comprises of a maternity unit, gynaecology inpatient and outpatient services, a level 2 NICU and a paediatric ward. The maternity unit for all of SASH geographical area is based at East Surrey Hospital. Last year, the maternity team cared for around 5,000 women and birthing people, and was the location for around 4,200 births, making it one of the busiest units in the area. The service provides antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal care, provided by a dedicated team of midwives, support workers, obstetrics, gynaecology and anaesthetic staff.

For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.

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Working for our organisation

We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill; a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and a range of outpatient, diagnostic services whilst Crawley Hospital and Horsham in West Sussex and Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey provide less complex planned services. In 2019 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as ‘Outstanding’ and we are one of the best performing Trusts in England:

  • Winners of Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the year award 2021.
  • National Patient Safety Awards winner and strive to be a beacon for safety in all that we do.
  • We are rated the sixth highest trust in the South East and in the top 25% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Once you understand the requirements outlined in the advert, please ensure your application clearly reflects where you match them including any examples you would like to highlight.Ìý

Person specification

criteria

Essential criteria
  • • Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role
  • • A complete and accurate application
  • • Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
  • • Evidence of essential experience for role
  • • Meet the essential education/qualifications required for the role
  • • Hold the necessary mandatory professional/clinical registration
  • • Evidence of the Trust values and behaviours
  • • Evidence of any other essential criteria outlined in the person specification

Employer certification / accreditation badges

HSJ Acute or Specialist Trust of the year

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Louise Frost
Job title
Head of Midwifery
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01737768511
Additional information

Ext 6713

If you have any questions about the role, please don't hesitate to contact Louise Frost, Head of Midwifery.