Job summary
- Main area
- Maternity- Inpatient Matron
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday)
- Job ref
- 220-WHT-3154
- Employer
- Whittington Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Whittington Health NHS Trust
- Town
- Islington
- Salary
- £61,927 - £68,676 Per Annum inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Maternity- Inpatient Matron
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Covid-19 Vaccination
Getting vaccinated, and getting a booster, remains the best defence against COVID-19.
We encourage and support staff to get COVID-19 vaccine and a booster dose as and when they are eligible.
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Job overview
The Matron will provide leadership and responsibility for the following key areas in Maternity and work closely with the Matron for Intrapartum care and community services to deliver
- Bereavement team
- Postnatal inpatient care with supporting a review of transitional care and supporting the examination of the newborn screening. With a key relationship to the Neonatal team.
- Baby Friendly Feeding Initiative
- Antenatal inpatient and assessment unit
You will be expected to deliver clinical excellence and demonstrate a strong commitment to multi-professional working. A willingness to learn and work within a constantly changing environment is necessary together with the ability to remain calm under pressure.The role requires specialist knowledge and experience in high risk and normalising patient experience and innovations for improving patient experience, as well as excellent organisational and communication skills.
Main duties of the job
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· Ensure a woman-centred approach throughout the maternity pathway.
- Create a supportive environment in which training, coaching and practice development needs are accurately identified and progressed through agreed structures, appraisals, PDPs and performance management.
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· Ensure appropriate provision and care for the management of resources for midwifery and support staff, consumables, and environment.
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· Lead with credibility and authority and be revered for high standards of patient care.
Working for our organisation
Whittington Health’s maternity unit has excellent women centred facilities and are well-known as a friendly unit. At our Trust, staff are well supported through strong practice development and Professional Midwifery Advocates.
We look after a diverse population where women and their families are treated as individuals. The maternity unit is at the forefront of innovation, this includes partners staying overnight, enhanced recovery, and midwifery led induction of labour and normalising birth.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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· Lead on ensuring that inpatient related maternity performance targets and quality standards are met
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· Be a strong advocate for excellent patient care so that this will be fundamental to all clinical decisions within the maternity service
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· Positively seek improvements to practice and constructively challenge poor practice / behaviour
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· Champion the spread of innovation between departments / wards
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· Provide positive role modelling behaviour for staff
Person specification
Skills and Abilitiy
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of digital maternity systems
- Staff Management
- Staff Well-Being
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- 5 year or more experience, lead, manage teams
- Experience in Managing Change, Clinical practice all areas maternity
- Bereavement and Infant Feeding champion
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Budget Management
- Safer staffing and Optima
- Patient Experience- Complaint, Datix
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Alicia St Louis
- Job title
- Head of Midwifery
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0207 288 5684
- Additional information
Ditte Madsen- [email protected]
Consultant Midwife for Public Health and Education
Direct Line: 0207 288 5939
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