Job overview

Under the guidance of the Nurse Director, the Matron is the line manager and professional and clinical leader for nurses, midwives and support staff within their area, working through Charge Nurses, Sisters, Specialist Nurses/Midwives and practice development staff. They provide expert advice, leadership and support to specialty and service line teams to ensure safe, effective, high-quality patient care. The Matron oversees the assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of care, maintains and improves clinical and corporate standards, and is accountable for monitoring and evidencing care quality. The role includes leading and developing staff, working flexibly across teams, collaborating with other Matrons and contributing to clinical governance and organisational objectives.

They are responsible for monitoring the quality and timeliness of care, ensuring safe, clean and fit-for-purpose environments, and compliance with statutory and organisational policies, including infection control. The Matron maintains a visible and accessible presence for patients, families and staff, addresses concerns promptly, contributes to service strategy and performance targets, and works with managers to ensure effective patient flow and governance. As a senior role model, they uphold professional standards, take corrective action where required, participate in out-of-hours leadership cover and deputise when necessary.

Main duties of the job

A Maternity Matron is responsible for leading and assuring the delivery of safe, high-quality, evidence-based maternity care across their designated area, ensuring services are effective, timely and aligned with professional and organisational standards. The role provides senior clinical and managerial leadership to nursing and midwifery teams, overseeing staffing, workforce development, performance management and the efficient use of resources to maintain 24-hour service provision. The Matron acts as a visible professional role model and advisor, contributes to policy and service development, and works collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, patients and stakeholders to improve patient experience and outcomes. They are accountable for governance, risk management, audit and incident investigation, promote continuous improvement and research, manage complaints and complex communications, and exercise professional judgement and authority to uphold standards of care, safety, infection control and organisational objectives.

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Working for our organisation

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.