Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity, we are advertising for a Child Health Matron to join our team. We are looking to recruit to a 37.5 hour post mainly working Monday - Friday. Please note that there is an on-call requirement for this role.
Are you looking for a development opportunity, we are looking for an experienced clinically sound nurse with a broad range of nursing experience. The post holder will be provide dynamic collaborative leadership and direction across the areas within the Neonatal/Paediatric service. A visible and approachable leader who will support the delivery of high standards of care. Do you have operational management experience and are looking to take the next step, come and join us at WWL.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide professional, clinical, and managerial leadership withinpaediatric services. They will act as a role model to provide excellent leadership andoperational management in their assigned areas. Working collaboratively and cooperatively within the multi-disciplinary team their focus will be on the areas of patientsafety, experience and engagement and clinical outcomes will be essential.
The maternitytransformation programme sets out the 10 work streams that inform quality initiative andtransformation integral to the matron role but not limited to the transformation programme.The work streams are pivotal to collaborative working and building inter professional relationships within maternity and neonatal services.
About us
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that 'happy staff, makes for happy patients'. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and living our values 'the WWL Way'.
WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.
On-Call
Please note that senior positions (AFC band 8A or above) may be expected to participate in an on-call rota, if the role is predominantly operational.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- In conjunction with the Divisional Management Team participate in the production of the Divisions Annual Business Plan.
- To contribute to the formulation, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of theDivisions strategic and operational plan concerning, staff competency, staffobjectives and targets, time plans, quality improvement.
- Monitor service delivery and patient outcomes, identifying new initiatives andinvestigating any issues arising within the clinical area, formulating, and adjustingplans to ensure that care is delivered in the appropriate care setting.
- Co-ordinate and assess the operational planning of the service to enable the Trustsand the Divisional objectives to be met.
- First line management of Band 7 Nursing staff including ward mangers, team leaders,
- Specialist nurses and Shift co-ordinators.
- Collaborate with all staff to maintain a safe, clean working environment, recognisingchanging priorities and risks, and implementing corrective actions within own limitsand informing the relevant people.
- Lead the development of the work stream project plans and documents inaccordance with successful programme methodologies.
- Be operationally responsible for leading the design and implementation of amonitoring framework of activities and outcomes as well as ongoingmanagement of cross programme interdependencies, work stream resourcesand work stream level risks and issues.
- Hold others to account, in line with agreed milestone plans and deliverytargets, identifying risks and initial remedial actions.
- Provide clinical leadership and develop standards to promote high qualitypractice.
- Ensure the provision of safe, effective, and high-quality care for all patientsthrough neonatal and paediatric services from referral/admission totransfer/discharge within the multidisciplinary framework.
- Evaluate clinical practice and its outcomes to sustain and improve the qualityof care in all aspects of neonatal and paediatric services for inpatient andoutpatient.
- Establish and maintain effective communication with individuals and groupsabout difficult or complex matters overcoming any problems incommunication.
- Prioritise and delegate workload appropriately, assess performance, allocate,co-ordinate, monitor and assess the work of individuals/teams.
- Manage own workload autonomously.
- Ensure the accurate, clear contemporaneous, legible records are kept withevidence of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care.
- Develop and maintain nursing knowledge and practice by attending andparticipating in Continuing Professional Development and influence thedevelopment of others.
- Responsible for recognising and responding to situations which requires immediateaction within both hospital and community setting.
- Contribute to practice, education and development, act as a resource for thesupport and guidance of staff and represent corporate and Directorate levelinterests.
- Participate in senior on call rota.
- Ensure that staffing levels are appropriate to patient need by working with TeamLeaders and Nurses to assess patient dependency, adjust duty rotas and developproposals for changes to skill mix and staff establishments accordingly including theuse of information gathered from National and professional bodies.
- Leading by example to promote the service and disseminate good practice bothinternal and external to the Trust, demonstrating to nurses and staff the high standardof care that patients can expect.
- Liaise closely with multi-disciplinary staff to develop evidence based clinicalstandards, policies, and guidelines to support the efficient and effective servicedelivery.
- Provide visible, effective clinical leadership and management which fosters teamworkacross professional and organisational boundaries.
- Support the clinical governance leads within the Divisions by contributing to thedevelopment and maintenance of governance processes i.e., clinical incidentreporting, risk management, policies, and procedures.
- To act as a role model and work within legislation and Trust procedures, ensuring thecompliance of all staff working within the unit.
- Participate in the investigation of and action planning of reported incidents.
- Ensure all members of staff are aware of their responsibility for Safeguarding childrenincluding compliance with Trust policies and Safeguarding supervision.
- Ensure all staff comply with NMC regulations and work within their scope of practice.
- The range of duties and responsibilities outlined above are indicative only and areintended to give a broad flavour of the range and type of duties that will be allocated.
- They are subject to modification in the light of changing service demands and thedevelopment requirements of the postholder and may require rotation into other areasof the hospital within the Matron role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- In conjunction with the Divisional Management Team participate in the production of the Divisions Annual Business Plan.
- To contribute to the formulation, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of theDivisions strategic and operational plan concerning, staff competency, staffobjectives and targets, time plans, quality improvement.
- Monitor service delivery and patient outcomes, identifying new initiatives andinvestigating any issues arising within the clinical area, formulating, and adjustingplans to ensure that care is delivered in the appropriate care setting.
- Co-ordinate and assess the operational planning of the service to enable the Trustsand the Divisional objectives to be met.
- First line management of Band 7 Nursing staff including ward mangers, team leaders,
- Specialist nurses and Shift co-ordinators.
- Collaborate with all staff to maintain a safe, clean working environment, recognisingchanging priorities and risks, and implementing corrective actions within own limitsand informing the relevant people.
- Lead the development of the work stream project plans and documents inaccordance with successful programme methodologies.
- Be operationally responsible for leading the design and implementation of amonitoring framework of activities and outcomes as well as ongoingmanagement of cross programme interdependencies, work stream resourcesand work stream level risks and issues.
- Hold others to account, in line with agreed milestone plans and deliverytargets, identifying risks and initial remedial actions.
- Provide clinical leadership and develop standards to promote high qualitypractice.
- Ensure the provision of safe, effective, and high-quality care for all patientsthrough neonatal and paediatric services from referral/admission totransfer/discharge within the multidisciplinary framework.
- Evaluate clinical practice and its outcomes to sustain and improve the qualityof care in all aspects of neonatal and paediatric services for inpatient andoutpatient.
- Establish and maintain effective communication with individuals and groupsabout difficult or complex matters overcoming any problems incommunication.
- Prioritise and delegate workload appropriately, assess performance, allocate,co-ordinate, monitor and assess the work of individuals/teams.
- Manage own workload autonomously.
- Ensure the accurate, clear contemporaneous, legible records are kept withevidence of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care.
- Develop and maintain nursing knowledge and practice by attending andparticipating in Continuing Professional Development and influence thedevelopment of others.
- Responsible for recognising and responding to situations which requires immediateaction within both hospital and community setting.
- Contribute to practice, education and development, act as a resource for thesupport and guidance of staff and represent corporate and Directorate levelinterests.
- Participate in senior on call rota.
- Ensure that staffing levels are appropriate to patient need by working with TeamLeaders and Nurses to assess patient dependency, adjust duty rotas and developproposals for changes to skill mix and staff establishments accordingly including theuse of information gathered from National and professional bodies.
- Leading by example to promote the service and disseminate good practice bothinternal and external to the Trust, demonstrating to nurses and staff the high standardof care that patients can expect.
- Liaise closely with multi-disciplinary staff to develop evidence based clinicalstandards, policies, and guidelines to support the efficient and effective servicedelivery.
- Provide visible, effective clinical leadership and management which fosters teamworkacross professional and organisational boundaries.
- Support the clinical governance leads within the Divisions by contributing to thedevelopment and maintenance of governance processes i.e., clinical incidentreporting, risk management, policies, and procedures.
- To act as a role model and work within legislation and Trust procedures, ensuring thecompliance of all staff working within the unit.
- Participate in the investigation of and action planning of reported incidents.
- Ensure all members of staff are aware of their responsibility for Safeguarding childrenincluding compliance with Trust policies and Safeguarding supervision.
- Ensure all staff comply with NMC regulations and work within their scope of practice.
- The range of duties and responsibilities outlined above are indicative only and areintended to give a broad flavour of the range and type of duties that will be allocated.
- They are subject to modification in the light of changing service demands and thedevelopment requirements of the postholder and may require rotation into other areasof the hospital within the Matron role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse/Children's nurse
- Evidence of recent relevant professional development
- Educated to Masters level or working towards
Desirable
- Evidence of safeguarding training
- Leadership and Management training
- Coaching qualification
Experience
Essential
- Experience as an operational manger at Band 7 level or equivalent minimum of 2 years
- Extensive experience of working as a practicing nurse
- Experience of working with stakeholders to improve quality of service
- Change management experience
- Performance and operational oversight
Desirable
- Experience in senior management position or senior clinical role
- Experience of quality improvement methodology and implementation of project
- Experience of performance management
- Experience of supporting learners and students not meeting sign of stages
- Experience of interprofessional working
Skills
Essential
- Role modelling behaviours
- Excellent communicator with good leadership skills
- Able to demonstrate consistent adherence to trust values and behaviours
- Able to deliver high standards of evidence based individual client care
Desirable
- Experience of data collection and statistics
- Experience of report writing
- Investigation training
Knowledge
Essential
- Clear understanding of paediatric/neonatal issues and up to date knowledge of current NHS developments
- Evidence of clinical and professional expertise acquired through cpd and experience
- Up to date knowledge of national and local safety agendas
Desirable
- Health and safety training
Additional
Essential
- Leadership qualities
- Flexible with a positive approach to change
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse/Children's nurse
- Evidence of recent relevant professional development
- Educated to Masters level or working towards
Desirable
- Evidence of safeguarding training
- Leadership and Management training
- Coaching qualification
Experience
Essential
- Experience as an operational manger at Band 7 level or equivalent minimum of 2 years
- Extensive experience of working as a practicing nurse
- Experience of working with stakeholders to improve quality of service
- Change management experience
- Performance and operational oversight
Desirable
- Experience in senior management position or senior clinical role
- Experience of quality improvement methodology and implementation of project
- Experience of performance management
- Experience of supporting learners and students not meeting sign of stages
- Experience of interprofessional working
Skills
Essential
- Role modelling behaviours
- Excellent communicator with good leadership skills
- Able to demonstrate consistent adherence to trust values and behaviours
- Able to deliver high standards of evidence based individual client care
Desirable
- Experience of data collection and statistics
- Experience of report writing
- Investigation training
Knowledge
Essential
- Clear understanding of paediatric/neonatal issues and up to date knowledge of current NHS developments
- Evidence of clinical and professional expertise acquired through cpd and experience
- Up to date knowledge of national and local safety agendas
Desirable
- Health and safety training
Additional
Essential
- Leadership qualities
- Flexible with a positive approach to change
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Wrightington Wigan & Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Royal Albert Edward Hospital
Wigan Lane,
Wigan
WN1 2NN
Employer's website
http://www.wwl.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
