Job summary
There is an exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, highly motivated and innovative individual to apply for the position of Matron in the Emergency Department in the Medicine & Emergency Care Business Unit. You will join a team of fifteen Matrons, each with responsibility for individual areas across a large Medicine and Emergency Care Business Unit.
If you are enthusiastic, dynamic and highly motivated, seeking to drive forward the provision of high-quality care and the patient safety agenda, then this post is for you.
We are seeking to appoint an experienced Senior Nurse with significant experience at Ward Manager's level or equivalent to join our established Matron team.
The role will be to provide highly visible leadership and have professional responsibility for the development of the nursing teams, by motivating and empowering the teams to ensure high standards of patient centred care. You will demonstrate effective leadership and continually monitor and maintain clinical standards.
The successful candidatewill work closely with the Chief Matron, Operational and GeneralManagers and Business Unit Directors in the delivery of the Trust and Business Unit agenda.
Main duties of the job
- To ensure the highest standard of safe clinical care.
- Responsible to the Chief Matron, for coordinating with colleagues, to improve the quality of patient food and the patient's environment and to reduce the risk of cross infection.
- To provide visible, accessible and authoritative presence in the hospital environment.
- To respond to enquiries from relatives/carers and other organisations and services.
- Deal with concerns to improve the patient experience, investigate and respond to incidents and complaints.
- To take shared responsibility with the Chief Matron/Lead Clinician/Clinical Director/General Manager for Clinical Governance.
- To lead on improving standards of cleanliness.
- To provide a focus for research and development.
- Responsible, in conjunction with Chief Matron and the Director of Nursing for the implementation of the modernisation agenda for nursing.
About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To ensure the highest standard of safe clinical care through the provision of effective leadership and management of clinical staff.
Responsible to the Chief Matron under the Matrons Charter, for coordinating with ward colleagues, Infection Control Department, Catering Department and Nutrition/Dietetics Department to improve the quality of patient food and the patients environment and to reduce the risk of cross infection.
To provide visible, accessible and authoritative presence in the hospital environment. Ensuring patients and their families and members of the multidisciplinary team can gain assistance, advice and support.
To respond to enquiries from relatives/carers and other organisations and services.
Deal with concerns and actively problem solve to improve the patient experience, investigate and respond to incidents and complaints within target timescales.
To take shared responsibility with the Chief Matron/Lead Clinician/Clinical Director/General Manager for Clinical Governance.
To lead on improving standards of cleanliness through participation in regular audits.
To provide a focus for research and development, initiating and facilitating an evidence-based culture.
Responsible, in conjunction with Chief Matron and the Director of Nursing for the implementation of the modernisation agenda for nursing including the development of staff in relation to the Chief Nurse.
To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To ensure the highest standard of safe clinical care through the provision of effective leadership and management of clinical staff.
Responsible to the Chief Matron under the Matrons Charter, for coordinating with ward colleagues, Infection Control Department, Catering Department and Nutrition/Dietetics Department to improve the quality of patient food and the patients environment and to reduce the risk of cross infection.
To provide visible, accessible and authoritative presence in the hospital environment. Ensuring patients and their families and members of the multidisciplinary team can gain assistance, advice and support.
To respond to enquiries from relatives/carers and other organisations and services.
Deal with concerns and actively problem solve to improve the patient experience, investigate and respond to incidents and complaints within target timescales.
To take shared responsibility with the Chief Matron/Lead Clinician/Clinical Director/General Manager for Clinical Governance.
To lead on improving standards of cleanliness through participation in regular audits.
To provide a focus for research and development, initiating and facilitating an evidence-based culture.
Responsible, in conjunction with Chief Matron and the Director of Nursing for the implementation of the modernisation agenda for nursing including the development of staff in relation to the Chief Nurse.
To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- 1st Level live NMC (RG) RN(C
- PP126/127 or equivalent teaching/assessing D32/33 qualification
- Diploma in Nursing
- Degree in Nursing or related subject or equivalent level of knowledge through in-depth experience
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Evidence of qualification to undertake the supervision, teaching and assessing of students (essential requirement for post, expectation this will be completed within an 18 month period)
- Registered Mentor
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- 1st Level live NMC (RG) RN(C
- PP126/127 or equivalent teaching/assessing D32/33 qualification
- Diploma in Nursing
- Degree in Nursing or related subject or equivalent level of knowledge through in-depth experience
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Evidence of qualification to undertake the supervision, teaching and assessing of students (essential requirement for post, expectation this will be completed within an 18 month period)
- Registered Mentor
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).
