Immunisation Matron

Job responsibilities

• The matron has a key role in the clinical leadership of immunisation across the trust and provides both clinical and operational support for the immunisation team
• They will be responsible and accountable for the direct delivery of care within the immunisation team ensuring effective professional specialist nursing leadership and pro-active resource management
• Provide expert clinical support on the Trust immunisation annual plan
• Key Responsibilities will include contributing to the strategic development of immunisation, maximising human and financial resources and the delivery of the Key Performance indicators identified. This will be supported by high quality communications with all groups of staff.

For further details / informal visits contact:

Name

Rachael Skates

Job title

Lead Nurse Physical Health and Infection Control

Email address

rachael.skates@spft.nhs.uk

Telephone number

07810855894

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse with current registration (mental health / LD/ Adult) appropriate to the job role
• Evidence of master's level education in related subject
• Evidence of significant relevant professional development

Desirable

• Completion of Mentorship Course/ENB equivalent

Knowledge/Experience

Essential

• Extensive clinical experience and practice in the care group in a range of settings
• Expert knowledge of nursing practice and multidisciplinary team working
• Evidence of inter-professional collaboration
• Advanced decision making skills that reflect a patient/carer focus
• Evidence of highly developed teaching skills and experience
• Evidence of implementing innovative practice
• Evidence of conducting audit/research
• Evidence of ability to drive change forwards through excellent leadership and the ability to create strategic vision.
• Able to demonstrate lateral thinking and generate novel solutions to meet the needs of this client group
• Promotion of best practice through clinical governance mechanisms
• Demonstrate evidence of successful change management within complex teams

Desirable

• Lived experience of mental health issues

Skills

Essential

• Initiates and leads changes within the service, provides expert advice
• Communicates and works directly with service users
• Communicates with a variety of senior staff both internal and external to the Trust
• Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information; where there may be barriers to understanding
• Advanced communication skills and evidence of change management skills. Implementation of care packages relating to the care group
• Ability to analyse, synthesise and present knowledge and information, including complex issues and concepts to a range of audiences and stakeholders.
• Deals with complex/highly complex facts or situations, requiring analysis, interpretation, comparison of a range of options
• Leads and provides expert guidance to colleagues, sets standards for good nursing practice
• Demonstrated ability to problem solve practice issues in a supportive and constructive manner
• Provide leadership by setting a clear direction in service planning for immunisation and leading discussions on the requirements to meet a safe, innovative, modern and high-quality service
• Plans, initiates and develops a multi-professional approach to the delivery of services through practice development, supervision, reflective practice and training sessions
• Ensure management of staff is consistent with Trust's HR Policies to the achievement of equality, equity and optimum performance
• Provide expert nurse leadership, advice and clinical Support to nurses and multidisciplinary teams across the care group
• Act as a lead change agent to manage the overall change process in potentially highly complex and contentious situations of service and workforce development and modernisation
• To lead in the demonstrable measurement of clinical efficacy as required by clinical governance
• To be proficient in IT skills in order to access information via the internet and intranet
• To be able to write reports and policies and other documentation for the care group as required
• To be able to enter and interpret data with regard to clinical input as required by the Trust
• Intense concentration required; - over a period of time in order to plan and deliver teaching packages to colleagues both in the care group and across the Trust
• Ability to deal with an unpredictable work pattern which includes conflicting demands and frequent need to focus on multiple tasks and deadlines
• Ability to manage frequent highly distressing or emotional circumstances in relation to the needs of the clients or staff within the care group
• Ability to manage highly contentious situations and to maintain position in the face of opposition
• Ability to manage complex issues with regard to staff performance and to be able to look for an appropriate resolution
• Ability to work directly with clients
• Some exposure to highly unpleasant conditions when working in acute settings in the care group

Approach/Values

Essential

• Demonstrate support for the values and beliefs of the Care Group and those of the Trust
• Demonstrate an understanding of the practices of Human Rights in the delivery of this role
• Team working
• Ability to travel across sites
• Punctual and flexible across hours of work when required

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).