Birth Centre and Ambulatory Matron


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£66,274 - £73,496
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	London, SW10 9NH
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	27 Jul 2026
Closing date:	9 Aug 2026

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Summary

Provide professional leadership by being highly visible, ensuring provision of high quality, responsive maternity services, with the needs of the woman, birthing person and their family placed at the centre of care. To have overall operational responsibility for the Birth Centre and Ambulatory Service. To act as an effective role model and demonstrate effective organisational and leadership direction. Ensure budgetary and performance objectives are achieved. Provide direct and indirect staff line management for the Intrapartum area. Act as a catalyst for change, leading the development of policy, practice and staff in the delivery of women and birthing person centred care. Ensure that process for the recruitment, selection appointment and retention of staff are efficient, effective and in line with Equalities Act. Create a culture that involves and empowers staff, supports their professional development and encourages them to participate in shaping service developments. Proactively engage in the Trust Governance agenda. Lead on audit, identifying risk, prepare and implement action plans to improve quality of services. Participate in Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF). Develop systems in order to learn from and implement changes to practice arising from complaints, clinical risks and litigation. Ensure that optimal use is made of available manpower resources to provide appropriate and effective cover over any 24 hour period. Participate in CQC assessments and other internal and external reviews. Develop and maintain effective communication and working relationships with other professional groups, and staff within the Division and the Develop plans of action within defined areas to respond to maternity experience surveys and ensure responses are acted upon. Work in partnership with the local maternity services network. Support and promote equality, diversity and the rights of women, birthing people, the public and colleagues within the health care environment. Engender a culture of respectful relationships. Working collaboratively with the Trust complaints and patient advisory service, ensure that any complaints received are dealt with promptly. To ensure that working conditions are safe in accordance with the Health and Safety at Work Act and Trust local policies. Lead on departmental risk assessment, COSHH and other health and safety issues and ensure safe practice with regard to manual handling, safer sharps, infection prevention and control. To carry out any other duties that may be required and are consistent with the responsibility and grade of this post and needs of the service. Please see attached job description and person specification to this advert for further details.

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