Job overview

Maternity Matrons are vital to delivering high-quality, safe, and compassionate care to women, birthing people and their families. They serve as visible, inclusive leaders who uphold professional standards, promote patient safety, and support staff development.

In this role, you will provide dynamic clinical and managerial leadership for the Labour Ward, Labour Ward Theatres, Triage and Bereavement Services ensuring the highest standards of personalised care for women and birthing people in the Hillingdon community.

You will be the line manager and professional lead for Labour Ward Coordinators, Bereavement Midwife and the Lead Midwife for Maternity Triage and support the management of midwives, support workers and administrative staff.

A key aspect of the role is providing a highly visible and authoritative presence across Labour Ward and Triage, being available to women/birthing people, families and staff to offer assistance, address concerns, and ensure that personalised, equitable care is at the centre of everything we do.

The Labour Ward and Maternity Triage Matron will drive improvements in line with national maternity safety and quality initiatives. This includes implementing the recommendations from recent maternity reviews (such as the Ockenden Review into Care at Nottingham Maternity Services, The Amos Report and the National Maternity Triage Specifications) and meeting the requirements of national programmes like the NHS Resolution Maternity Incentive Scheme.

Main duties of the job

The Matron’s key roles are as follows:

1. Inclusive leadership, professional standards and accountability

2. Governance, patient safety and quality

3. Workforce planning and resource management

4. Patient experience and reducing health inequalities

5. Performance and operational oversight

6. Digital and information technology

7. Education, training and development

8. Research and development

9. Collaborative working and clinical effectiveness

10. Service improvement and transformation

All these efforts support the Trust’s mission to provide “high quality, safe and compassionate care” and align with the Trust’s CARES values – Communication, Attitude, Responsibility, Equity, Safety and its strategic objectives focused on Quality, Workforce, Performance, Finance, Well-Led services, and Partnership working.

Working for our organisation

The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute Hospital in the London Borough of Hillingdon and offers a wide range of services including accident and emergency, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics and maternity services. The Trust’s services at Mount Vernon Hospital include routine day surgery, delivered at a modern treatment centre, a minor injuries unit and outpatient clinics.

The safety and well-being of our patients and of our staff is paramount and we are making urgent improvements to address this – particularly in infection prevention and control. We are making progress and going forward by working in partnership with local GPs, charities,
community services, academic partners, our local authority, neighbouring hospitals and the wider North West London Integrated care system, and ensuring that we listen and work in partnership with our local population. We are absolutely focused on ensuring that our hospitals
provide high quality, safe and compassionate care, while drive forward the building of the new Hillingdon Hospital.

We have over 3,500 members of staff that are proud to care for nearly half a million people, with a vision to be an outstanding provider of healthcare through leading health and academic partnerships, transforming services, to provide the best care where needed.