Job summary
An incredible opportunity has arisen for a permanent Modern Matron to join our Respite, Day and Residential Services in Teesside
- Do you aspire to improve standards of care and have the skills, confidence, commitment and energy to rise to a new challenge?
- Do you want to be part of a forward-thinking innovative service who firmly have the experience of service users, staff and partners at the front of all we do?
- Are you committed to improving the outcomes and lives of people who require short term care within an Adult Learning Disability Respite, Day and Residential setting?
If so, we are looking forward to hearing from YOU as we are seeking to appoint a full time Modern Matron to join our Short-Term Care Leadership team within the Durham Tees Valley and Forensics Care Group Adult Learning Disability Service.
Additional contact details:Joe Walker, Service Manager
josephwalker@nhs.net - 07867 206416
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide clinical leadership across our Respite Services in Middlesbrough and Stockton, our Day Services in Brotton and Middlesbrough and our Residential Home in Thornaby.
Our Matrons will:
Lead by example
Ensure service users receive quality care
Ensure staffing levels are appropriate to service user need
Improve the environment for service users
Make sure service users are treated with dignity and respect by the service
as well as:
Facilitate an environment and approach which encourages social integration for service users.
Supporting the Nursing and Governance leads in promoting professional nursing developments and addressing nursing issues within their area.
These roles are crucial in upholding excellent standards of patient safety as well as supporting all staff to deliver the highest quality of care possible. The role is also aligned to the Trust Nursing and Governance Directorate to promote professional nursing standards.
The successful candidate will be a significantly experienced nurse with current NMC registration as a Learning Disability/ Mental Health Nurse who has demonstrable leadership experience. There is an expectation that the post holder(s) be part of the Adult Learning Disability collective leadership approach to develop the whole service to improve the lives of patients, their families and carers, through the promotion of excellent clinical and professional skills.
About us
We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.
From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care --our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.
We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.
We're committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.
We won't rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical Responsibilities, Patient Contact
Responsible for the senior clinical leadership of nursing teams within the designated area.
Ensures that staffing levels in the area are clinically appropriate and meet requirements.
Accountable for ensuring that the highest professional standards and attitudes towards the care of patients are maintained and delivered at all times.Empowers nurses to undertake a range of nursing practice relevant to their competency level.
Provides direct care to patients.
Develops training as required.
Administrative ResponsibilitiesDevelops efficient and effective processes for office and resource management in all clinical areas.Implements efficient and effective operational and performance management systems and processes for the clinical team.
Responsibility for Information & Information SystemsResponsible for the maintenance of accurate and comprehensive patient records.Responsible for ensuring that all staff in the designated area record, store and retrieve information in accordance with Information Governance, Data Protection and NMC requirements.Makes effective use of the Trusts information systems.Writes reports relating to nursing matters for consideration and decision making by the management team.
Scrutinises, validates and signs-off the electronic roster for their combined areas.Responsibility for Planning/Organising & Strategic/Business Development
Effectively delivers the local and Trust strategic priorities, national frameworks and other local and national policies and targets relevant to the specialty area.Provides a professional nursing perspective to locality business planning activities, the Service Development Group and other Governance forums.Leads the implementation of workforce development programmes to achieve effective and efficient service delivery.Assesses competing demands, prioritises effectively and decides on the best use of personal and others available time.Policy DevelopmentResponsible for development of policies and protocols for the service area as needed and provides a senior nurse perspective to the development of Trust-wide policies as required.Ensures the practical implementation of Trust policy in the designated area and provides senior nursing advice on any modifications to policy which may be required.Service Development, Project ManagementUses the techniques of the Trusts Quality Improvement System to lead development and quality improvement activity within the designated area.Delivers service development plans relevant to the specialty area.Ensure that clinical services are developed in partnership with service users and carers.Financial ResponsibilitiesPersonal duty of care to complete time sheets, mileage forms, expense claim sheets etc.
Monitors and contributes to the effective management of the operational budget for the area.Responsibility for Physical Resources, Estates, Hotel ServicesWorking with the Estates Department, Health and Safety team and the IPC team, ensures environmental standards e.g. hygiene are maintained and risk of infection is minimised.
Ensures standardised and efficient systems are in place to manage the environment from a clinical risk perspective including suicide prevention.Ensures compliance with EMSA regulations and compliance with CQC Fundamental standards.Leads and manages the medical devices and clinical procedures activity.Ensures the maintenance of healthy, safe, secure and efficient working environments across the designated area.Research, Audit and GovernanceLeads the development and implementation of contemporary evidence-based clinical practice to achieve safe and effective clinical practice.Maintains a personal professional portfolio of learning activity in compliance with NMC requirements.Maintains awareness of and disseminates relevant issues from current research and promotes staff involvement in this activity.Implements systems of governance and clinical benchmarking to assure a safe, therapeutic and efficient experience for all service users, their families and carers which are linked into the locality Clinical Governance structure.Carries out the Modern Matron Lead Audits for the area, including hygiene audits, and takes necessary corrective action, implementing and monitoring action plans arising from the audits.Ensures lessons are learned from incidents and complaints arising within the clinical areas.Acts upon Governance information within the service as required and escalates as necessary.Where nursing care is being compromised, attempts to achieve a resolution locally. Raises concerns and potential solutions via managerial or professional accountability routes where local resolution has not been possible.
Oversees the application of safeguarding systems in own area.Leads the development and implementation of contemporary evidence-based clinical practice to achieve safe and effective clinical practice.
Analysis, Judgement and Decision MakingAnalyses and interprets a range of complex facts and situations when assessing patient conditions in order to advise on the development of appropriate intervention plans.
Interprets complex data and information relating to clinical and other performance measures and takes corrective action or promotes good practice, including the use of Ward Dashboard and IIC information and the Safe Staffing returns.Uses judgement, evidence-based practice and analysis when investigating and responding to patient complaints.Uses judgement and analysis when investigating and making decisions with regard to staff grievances and disciplinary/capability matters.Responsible for maintaining appropriate boundaries with patients.Works within the NMC Professional Code of Conduct, as an autonomous practitioner accountable for own professional practice.Take decisions commensurate with the role of senior nurse with responsibility for the operational management and clinical leadership of several wards and teams.Uses own interpretation when applying broad clinical guidelines in a range of situations and initiates actions independently to safeguard patients and ensure delivery of high-quality care in the best interests of the patients at all times.Uses own judgement when applying professional policies in a range of situations, taking decisions relating to the operational management of the service and initiating actions independently to manage situations as they arise.Works on own initiative to resolve difficult or critical situations which require immediate action or decisions under pressure and where guidance from more senior colleagues is not available.Uses own judgment to decide when to escalate issues to senior managers.Staff Management, Training and Development, HRActs as a role model for the teams in the clinical area.
Ensures the maintenance of an effective clinical learning environment and the required systems to support student nurse training in the designated area.Works in partnership with educational establishments and the Practice Placement Facilitation Team to develop and provide effective clinical educational placements and appropriate support to colleagues in post-registration educational programmes.
If required, acts as a mentor and assessor.Provides expert clinical supervision for staff working within the service area including formal supervision, case conferences, skills modelling etc.In conjunction with operational managers, delivers skilled performance appraisal, mentoring and supervision to others in the designated area, and acts as a Confirmer for relevant individuals within Nursing and Midwifery Council Revalidation requirements or other professional registration processes.Develops and delivers specialist clinical training within the service area for teams at different levels according to need and across disciplines.Ensures Human Resource policies and procedures are implemented correctly within the designated area, including recruitment and ongoing employment procedures. Ensures mandatory and statutory training requirements are met.CommunicationCommunicates in a way which recognises difference and ensures that people feel included and their individual communication needs are met.Provides a reassuring presence in the clinical areas for service users, their families and carers.Communicates complex and highly sensitive information regarding patients needs.Works in partnership with service user groups, experts by experience and PALSCommunicates accurate and comprehensive clinical information to other health professionals at multiagency meetings to inform decision making.Provides a senior nursing perspective in discussions with colleagues.
Communicates highly sensitive or contentious information to staff regarding e.g. disciplinary matters, organisational change.Ensures that staff engage proactively with visitors to the ward and communicate in a professional and courteous manner at all times.The post holder must
Comply with the terms of the contract of employment, the Staff Compact and the Trusts Statement of Values and Behaviours.Be aware of, comply with and keep up to date with all Trust Policies and Procedures.Maintain registration with the appropriate professional body where applicable and comply with the relevant code of conduct.Fully participate in management, clinical and professional supervision / appraisal sessions relevant to the role, as required by the Trust.Other RequirementsThe post holder may be required to undertake duties not specified in the job description, but which are commensurate with the role and/or band as required by service need.The post holder may be required to work in locations other than those specified in the job description as required by service need.The post holder may be required to work flexible hours as required by service need.There may be a requirement to change the job description in light of developing service needs.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical Responsibilities, Patient Contact
Responsible for the senior clinical leadership of nursing teams within the designated area.
Ensures that staffing levels in the area are clinically appropriate and meet requirements.
Accountable for ensuring that the highest professional standards and attitudes towards the care of patients are maintained and delivered at all times.Empowers nurses to undertake a range of nursing practice relevant to their competency level.
Provides direct care to patients.
Develops training as required.
Administrative ResponsibilitiesDevelops efficient and effective processes for office and resource management in all clinical areas.Implements efficient and effective operational and performance management systems and processes for the clinical team.
Responsibility for Information & Information SystemsResponsible for the maintenance of accurate and comprehensive patient records.Responsible for ensuring that all staff in the designated area record, store and retrieve information in accordance with Information Governance, Data Protection and NMC requirements.Makes effective use of the Trusts information systems.Writes reports relating to nursing matters for consideration and decision making by the management team.
Scrutinises, validates and signs-off the electronic roster for their combined areas.Responsibility for Planning/Organising & Strategic/Business Development
Effectively delivers the local and Trust strategic priorities, national frameworks and other local and national policies and targets relevant to the specialty area.Provides a professional nursing perspective to locality business planning activities, the Service Development Group and other Governance forums.Leads the implementation of workforce development programmes to achieve effective and efficient service delivery.Assesses competing demands, prioritises effectively and decides on the best use of personal and others available time.Policy DevelopmentResponsible for development of policies and protocols for the service area as needed and provides a senior nurse perspective to the development of Trust-wide policies as required.Ensures the practical implementation of Trust policy in the designated area and provides senior nursing advice on any modifications to policy which may be required.Service Development, Project ManagementUses the techniques of the Trusts Quality Improvement System to lead development and quality improvement activity within the designated area.Delivers service development plans relevant to the specialty area.Ensure that clinical services are developed in partnership with service users and carers.Financial ResponsibilitiesPersonal duty of care to complete time sheets, mileage forms, expense claim sheets etc.
Monitors and contributes to the effective management of the operational budget for the area.Responsibility for Physical Resources, Estates, Hotel ServicesWorking with the Estates Department, Health and Safety team and the IPC team, ensures environmental standards e.g. hygiene are maintained and risk of infection is minimised.
Ensures standardised and efficient systems are in place to manage the environment from a clinical risk perspective including suicide prevention.Ensures compliance with EMSA regulations and compliance with CQC Fundamental standards.Leads and manages the medical devices and clinical procedures activity.Ensures the maintenance of healthy, safe, secure and efficient working environments across the designated area.Research, Audit and GovernanceLeads the development and implementation of contemporary evidence-based clinical practice to achieve safe and effective clinical practice.Maintains a personal professional portfolio of learning activity in compliance with NMC requirements.Maintains awareness of and disseminates relevant issues from current research and promotes staff involvement in this activity.Implements systems of governance and clinical benchmarking to assure a safe, therapeutic and efficient experience for all service users, their families and carers which are linked into the locality Clinical Governance structure.Carries out the Modern Matron Lead Audits for the area, including hygiene audits, and takes necessary corrective action, implementing and monitoring action plans arising from the audits.Ensures lessons are learned from incidents and complaints arising within the clinical areas.Acts upon Governance information within the service as required and escalates as necessary.Where nursing care is being compromised, attempts to achieve a resolution locally. Raises concerns and potential solutions via managerial or professional accountability routes where local resolution has not been possible.
Oversees the application of safeguarding systems in own area.Leads the development and implementation of contemporary evidence-based clinical practice to achieve safe and effective clinical practice.
Analysis, Judgement and Decision MakingAnalyses and interprets a range of complex facts and situations when assessing patient conditions in order to advise on the development of appropriate intervention plans.
Interprets complex data and information relating to clinical and other performance measures and takes corrective action or promotes good practice, including the use of Ward Dashboard and IIC information and the Safe Staffing returns.Uses judgement, evidence-based practice and analysis when investigating and responding to patient complaints.Uses judgement and analysis when investigating and making decisions with regard to staff grievances and disciplinary/capability matters.Responsible for maintaining appropriate boundaries with patients.Works within the NMC Professional Code of Conduct, as an autonomous practitioner accountable for own professional practice.Take decisions commensurate with the role of senior nurse with responsibility for the operational management and clinical leadership of several wards and teams.Uses own interpretation when applying broad clinical guidelines in a range of situations and initiates actions independently to safeguard patients and ensure delivery of high-quality care in the best interests of the patients at all times.Uses own judgement when applying professional policies in a range of situations, taking decisions relating to the operational management of the service and initiating actions independently to manage situations as they arise.Works on own initiative to resolve difficult or critical situations which require immediate action or decisions under pressure and where guidance from more senior colleagues is not available.Uses own judgment to decide when to escalate issues to senior managers.Staff Management, Training and Development, HRActs as a role model for the teams in the clinical area.
Ensures the maintenance of an effective clinical learning environment and the required systems to support student nurse training in the designated area.Works in partnership with educational establishments and the Practice Placement Facilitation Team to develop and provide effective clinical educational placements and appropriate support to colleagues in post-registration educational programmes.
If required, acts as a mentor and assessor.Provides expert clinical supervision for staff working within the service area including formal supervision, case conferences, skills modelling etc.In conjunction with operational managers, delivers skilled performance appraisal, mentoring and supervision to others in the designated area, and acts as a Confirmer for relevant individuals within Nursing and Midwifery Council Revalidation requirements or other professional registration processes.Develops and delivers specialist clinical training within the service area for teams at different levels according to need and across disciplines.Ensures Human Resource policies and procedures are implemented correctly within the designated area, including recruitment and ongoing employment procedures. Ensures mandatory and statutory training requirements are met.CommunicationCommunicates in a way which recognises difference and ensures that people feel included and their individual communication needs are met.Provides a reassuring presence in the clinical areas for service users, their families and carers.Communicates complex and highly sensitive information regarding patients needs.Works in partnership with service user groups, experts by experience and PALSCommunicates accurate and comprehensive clinical information to other health professionals at multiagency meetings to inform decision making.Provides a senior nursing perspective in discussions with colleagues.
Communicates highly sensitive or contentious information to staff regarding e.g. disciplinary matters, organisational change.Ensures that staff engage proactively with visitors to the ward and communicate in a professional and courteous manner at all times.The post holder must
Comply with the terms of the contract of employment, the Staff Compact and the Trusts Statement of Values and Behaviours.Be aware of, comply with and keep up to date with all Trust Policies and Procedures.Maintain registration with the appropriate professional body where applicable and comply with the relevant code of conduct.Fully participate in management, clinical and professional supervision / appraisal sessions relevant to the role, as required by the Trust.Other RequirementsThe post holder may be required to undertake duties not specified in the job description, but which are commensurate with the role and/or band as required by service need.The post holder may be required to work in locations other than those specified in the job description as required by service need.The post holder may be required to work flexible hours as required by service need.There may be a requirement to change the job description in light of developing service needs.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RNMH / RNLD, current professional registration with NMC
- BSc/BA degree in Health related field (if not already a degree level nurse)
- Professional knowledge acquired through degree/diploma supplemented by specialist training or equivalent experience to master's level equivalent
- Recognised clinical teaching qualification or equivalent clinical mentoring and teaching experience
- Evidence of continuous personal development
- Key skills in literacy, numeracy and ITQ level 2 (or equivalent)
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of delivering care across a range of inpatient settings
- Demonstrates good understanding of health delivery within respite / short term care services
- Can demonstrate previous experience within leadership roles
Skills
Essential
- Can demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication across a range of platforms
- Demonstrates effective leadership
Desirable
- Evidence of practice innovation within healthcare settings
Knowledge
Essential
- Sound knowledge of nursing processes and application in practice
- Excellent knowedge of clinical risk management and harm minimisation and decision making under pressure
- Significant evidenced based knowledge and applications within area of practice
- Significant knowledge of clinical governance and quality improvement
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RNMH / RNLD, current professional registration with NMC
- BSc/BA degree in Health related field (if not already a degree level nurse)
- Professional knowledge acquired through degree/diploma supplemented by specialist training or equivalent experience to master's level equivalent
- Recognised clinical teaching qualification or equivalent clinical mentoring and teaching experience
- Evidence of continuous personal development
- Key skills in literacy, numeracy and ITQ level 2 (or equivalent)
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of delivering care across a range of inpatient settings
- Demonstrates good understanding of health delivery within respite / short term care services
- Can demonstrate previous experience within leadership roles
Skills
Essential
- Can demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication across a range of platforms
- Demonstrates effective leadership
Desirable
- Evidence of practice innovation within healthcare settings
Knowledge
Essential
- Sound knowledge of nursing processes and application in practice
- Excellent knowedge of clinical risk management and harm minimisation and decision making under pressure
- Significant evidenced based knowledge and applications within area of practice
- Significant knowledge of clinical governance and quality improvement
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).
