Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity to join our Senior Leadership Team within Adult Community Services
If you are a compassionate, forward-thinking leader, who wants to maximise others potential and keeps patients at the heart of all we do then please get in touch.
Informal discussions encouraged to fully appreciate the role.
The post holder will provide visible clinical leadership within our adult community teams and provide direction for staff to maintain high clinical standards of care. The successful candidate will also support with the implementation of clinical and quality service improvements and the Community Assessment and Accreditation Scheme (CAAS) across all community teams
Quality Matrons are instrumental in promoting high standards of clinical care, reducing health inequalities, and promoting equality for all, workforce retention and recruitment, staff education and development, compassionate, inclusive leadership and patient safety.
Main duties of the job
The role of the Quality Matron will provide support and guidance, to the wards/departments/community teams with a focus' on 6 main themes: -
- Providing a clean environment
- Ensuring best practice in Infection prevention
- Improving clinical care standards
- Treating patients with dignity and respect
- Providing clinical areas with senior nurse leadership during working hours
- Ensuring all quality improvement is implemented and improved.
About us
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
We are currently in process of updating our values. For the latest information around our values and behaviours, please visit our careers website: https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/working-with-us/our-values/
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Conduct regular review of all wards/departments/community venues where clinical care is delivered eg treatment rooms alongside the team lead/nurse in charge on duty to check the environment is of a high standard and clean. Allow patients and visitors the opportunity to discuss their views or concerns.
- Monitor cleaning standards, both formally with Facilities/building management and informally with the community teams.
- Participate in the PLACE assessments, ensuring that all actions are carried out in a timely way.
- Working with the governance manager and team leads/ward managers ensure that appropriate Health and Safety risk assessments and audits are conducted and acted upon.
- Work with the team/wards to ensure team Governance boards are up to date and presentable.
- Support the implementation of the Nursing Assessment and Accreditation System (NAAS), Community Assessment and Accreditation System (CAAS), TAAS, OPAAS, striving for all teams to be a SCAPE (Safe, Clean & Personal Every time) team within 2 years.
- Ensure all actions arising from the NAAS, CAAS, TAAS, OPAAS are communicated and acted upon.
- Supporting the clinical teams and ensuring sustainability.
- Ensure vulnerable patients are identified and appropriate safeguards put in place.
- Ensure the results of patient and staff surveys are communicated and acted upon, and action plans developed.
Ensure compliance with relevant Healthcare Commission Core Standards CQC
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Conduct regular review of all wards/departments/community venues where clinical care is delivered eg treatment rooms alongside the team lead/nurse in charge on duty to check the environment is of a high standard and clean. Allow patients and visitors the opportunity to discuss their views or concerns.
- Monitor cleaning standards, both formally with Facilities/building management and informally with the community teams.
- Participate in the PLACE assessments, ensuring that all actions are carried out in a timely way.
- Working with the governance manager and team leads/ward managers ensure that appropriate Health and Safety risk assessments and audits are conducted and acted upon.
- Work with the team/wards to ensure team Governance boards are up to date and presentable.
- Support the implementation of the Nursing Assessment and Accreditation System (NAAS), Community Assessment and Accreditation System (CAAS), TAAS, OPAAS, striving for all teams to be a SCAPE (Safe, Clean & Personal Every time) team within 2 years.
- Ensure all actions arising from the NAAS, CAAS, TAAS, OPAAS are communicated and acted upon.
- Supporting the clinical teams and ensuring sustainability.
- Ensure vulnerable patients are identified and appropriate safeguards put in place.
- Ensure the results of patient and staff surveys are communicated and acted upon, and action plans developed.
Ensure compliance with relevant Healthcare Commission Core Standards CQC
Person Specification
oFirst level degree in a health related subject or evidence of equivalent experience
Essential
- Evidence of Community based experience
Desirable
- Evidence of political awareness
oCurrent NMC Registration
Essential
- NMC registered with no restrictions
Person Specification
oFirst level degree in a health related subject or evidence of equivalent experience
Essential
- Evidence of Community based experience
Desirable
- Evidence of political awareness
oCurrent NMC Registration
Essential
- NMC registered with no restrictions
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).