Job summary
The Senior Matron's key responsibility is to provide viable, accessible leadership to all clinical areas within their given areas of responsibility.
The Senior Matron will support the Theatres (including the Lewisham Surgical Centre) and Day Care Ward Senior Nurses to promote excellence in nursing care to maintain and improve clinical standards. The post holder will ensure that all patients are treated with compassion, dignity and respect placing value on the diversity of the local community and beyond. They will promote best practice in the prevention of infection through ensuring a clean and safe environment, and that clinical practices are in accordance with Trust policy and best practice guidelines to minimise the risk of infection.
The Senior Matron will support and oversee practice, standards and productivity at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Woolwich.
The Senior Matron will ensure that the patient experience is of the highest quality inspiring patient and public confidence. This will be achieved through high visibility, accessibility and surveillance.
The Senior Matron will report directly to the Head of Nursing who has overarching responsibility for the operational management and strategic direction of nursing.
Main duties of the job
To manage the quality of the provision of nursing care at all times, within area of clinical responsibility, holding the Theatres and Wards, Matrons, Band 7 leads to account for delivery of their key performance indicators in clinical areas. In conjunction with the Divisional Director of Nursing and Head of Nursing ensure effective action is taken where Theatre and ward staff performance is at risk of falling below expected levels and standards are not maintained.
- Ensuring that the Trust's Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professional priorities are implemented locally.
To lead and ensure action is taken on issues of staff discipline, grievance, poor performance and sickness, including dismissal.
About us
Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:
- Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
- Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
- Improving the experience of staff with disability
- Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
- Making equalities mainstream
Job description
Job responsibilities
Review skill mix and deployment of staff within the area of responsibility, working closely with their Matrons and Band 7 leads within the remit of responsibility.
Ensure rostering meets service demands and is cost effective and adheres to Trust guidelines.
Review and agree bank and agency requirements and usage and control bank and agency spend.
Oversee recruitment processes and ensure they are adhered to in a timely manner.
Performance manages staff with direct responsibility for the continuous performance review/appraisal of Matron, Band 7 leads theatre practitioners
Matron, Band 7 leads in managing staff absence and report trends in sickness absence to the Head of Nursing.
Oversee the process of continuous performance review within the allocated area of responsibility.
Empower and enable staff to perform their roles effectively.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Review skill mix and deployment of staff within the area of responsibility, working closely with their Matrons and Band 7 leads within the remit of responsibility.
Ensure rostering meets service demands and is cost effective and adheres to Trust guidelines.
Review and agree bank and agency requirements and usage and control bank and agency spend.
Oversee recruitment processes and ensure they are adhered to in a timely manner.
Performance manages staff with direct responsibility for the continuous performance review/appraisal of Matron, Band 7 leads theatre practitioners
Matron, Band 7 leads in managing staff absence and report trends in sickness absence to the Head of Nursing.
Oversee the process of continuous performance review within the allocated area of responsibility.
Empower and enable staff to perform their roles effectively.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered nurse /ODP qualification
- Theatre Experience
- Significant years post registration
- Masters degree or equivalent experience
- Degree or equivalent clinical/advanced practice
Desirable
- Evidence of post registration qualification
- Management Leadership Qualification
Experience
Essential
- Clinical expertise relevant to the post
- Experience of managing staff
- Significant years' experience working at Band 8a or equivalent in an acute setting
- Leadership of clinical governance and patient safety
- Achievement of high quality patient care through evidence based practice
- Management of finances within a budget, including delivery of cost improvements
- Management/Clinical Leadership experience
- Experience of successfully leading and implementing change
- Experience in analysing complex problems and implementing workable solutions
- Ability to think and plan strategically, operationally and creatively and to prioritise work programs in the face of competing demands
Knowledge
Essential
- A good understanding of the changing NHS environment
- Highly developed written and verbal skills
- Ability to be intellectually flexible and to look beyond existing structures, ways of working, boundaries and organisations to produce more effective and innovative service delivery and partnerships
- A strong sense of personal and team accountability coupled with a clear understanding of the boundaries around delegated authority
Desirable
- Ability to work on service development projects
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Excellent inter-personal and communication skills
- High level of work organisation, self-motivation, drive for performance and improvement
- Flexibility in approach and attitude
- Strong sense of commitment to openness, honesty and integrity
- Able to work with staff at all levels across the Trust
- Self confident, assertive and pro-active
- Attentive to detail
- Able to work to tight deadlines and cope under pressure
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered nurse /ODP qualification
- Theatre Experience
- Significant years post registration
- Masters degree or equivalent experience
- Degree or equivalent clinical/advanced practice
Desirable
- Evidence of post registration qualification
- Management Leadership Qualification
Experience
Essential
- Clinical expertise relevant to the post
- Experience of managing staff
- Significant years' experience working at Band 8a or equivalent in an acute setting
- Leadership of clinical governance and patient safety
- Achievement of high quality patient care through evidence based practice
- Management of finances within a budget, including delivery of cost improvements
- Management/Clinical Leadership experience
- Experience of successfully leading and implementing change
- Experience in analysing complex problems and implementing workable solutions
- Ability to think and plan strategically, operationally and creatively and to prioritise work programs in the face of competing demands
Knowledge
Essential
- A good understanding of the changing NHS environment
- Highly developed written and verbal skills
- Ability to be intellectually flexible and to look beyond existing structures, ways of working, boundaries and organisations to produce more effective and innovative service delivery and partnerships
- A strong sense of personal and team accountability coupled with a clear understanding of the boundaries around delegated authority
Desirable
- Ability to work on service development projects
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Excellent inter-personal and communication skills
- High level of work organisation, self-motivation, drive for performance and improvement
- Flexibility in approach and attitude
- Strong sense of commitment to openness, honesty and integrity
- Able to work with staff at all levels across the Trust
- Self confident, assertive and pro-active
- Attentive to detail
- Able to work to tight deadlines and cope under pressure
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
