Matron for Clinical GovernanceinManchesterinManchesterPUBLISHED TUE 29 OCT 2024
The successful candidate will report to the Lead Midwife for Governance, ensuring professional standards are maintained and working within the Clinical Governance framework. The Trust values diversity and encourages individuals from all backgrounds to apply, emphasizing their commitment to equality and support for applicants with special requirements.
Saint Mary's Managed Clinical Service is the largest maternity service in the country providing care for women across Manchester, its surrounding areas and the North West. Saint Mary's is a well-known centre of excellence across three sites including Saint Mary's Oxford Road Campus, Saint Mary's Wythenshawe and Saint Mary's North Manchester, all with a vibrant and lively working atmosphere.
This is an opportunity to join the Maternity Services Governance Team as the Matron for Clinical Governance. We are looking for a senior midwife with clinical governance experience who can support our ambitions to drive improvements and ensure we provide safe and effective care that meets the needs of all families receiving care across our Managed Clinical Service.
The Matron For Clinical Governance will support the Maternity Governance Teams on the three sites requiring working on each site and occasional travel between sites.The post holder will join the senior midwifery on call rota to provide support to the clinical teams out of hours.
The post holder will provide clinical and professional leadership and line management to the Clinical Governance Teams across Saint Mary's Managed Clinical Service. Reporting to the Lead Midwife for Governance they will ensure that the key functions of the Matron are undertaken within the Division.
The Matron for Clinical Governance will demonstrate effective leadership, setting, monitoring and maintaining professional standards, working collaboratively to set standards to manage the Clinical Governance framework leading the midwifery contribution at a hospital level in line with the Nursing and Midwifery Strategy values and behaviours.
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To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at
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