Matron- Community Medicine

Job summary

Are you highly motivated, enthusiastic, caring and passionate, with experience working with Community Medicine services? Do you have extensive management experience? Can you make a difference to patients and staff, modelling outstanding care every time?

The Community Medicine directorate is made up multiple medical specialties- Diabetes and Endocrinology, Dermatology, Clinical Immunology and Allergy, Rheumatology, Medical Infusions Service, Anticoagulation Service and Sexual Health. You will have specific responsibility for nursing across the directorate and take a lead on quality and safety. Our planned care specialties have had to work flexibly with some staff being redeployed as part of the COVID response. Since our colleagues have returned to their teams, our focus has been to recover and restore our services. Now, we look to redesign our services to contribute to and support in the delivery of SWBH's vision- to be renowned as the best integrated care organisation in the NHS.

Main duties of the job

The post holder is responsible for providing effective clinical leadership to the nursing staff within Community Medicine Directorate specialties. The post holder will be the focus for professional development issues for the directorate, maintaining a highly visible presence to staff and patients, acting as a role model. The post holder will ensure that high quality, evidence based, patient focused care is provided. They will take a lead on Quality and Safety reporting for the directorate including promotion of a learning culture and development of quality initiatives to improve the quality of care delivered and patient experience.

As a key member of the Group Management Team the post holder will ensure all National and Local objectives are met within the sphere of responsibility. With particular emphasis on ensuring best practice for infection control, improving clinical care standards, providing a clean environment for care delivery and ensuring patients are treated with dignity and respect.

The post holder will be responsible for the development of new roles and new ways of working that will enhance the service and the staff whilst ensuring that standards are maintained and developed.

About us

Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust is an integrated care organisation. We are dedicated to improving the lives of local people, to maintaining an outstanding reputation for teaching and education, and to embedding innovation and research. We employ around 7,500 people and spend around £430m of public money, largely drawn from our local Clinical Commissioning Group. That Group and this Trust is responsible for the care of 530,000 local people from across North-West Birmingham and all the towns within Sandwell.

We understand that work is only one part of life. We are committed to helping colleagues achieve the best possible work/life balance. We are proud to offer supportive, inclusive and family friendly employment and flexible working policies. We have a wide range of professional services and employee networks to help our colleagues be at their best and find support if they need it.

Employer details

Employer name

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust

Address

SWB NHS Trust

City Hospital, Dudley Road

Birmingham

B18 7QH

Employer's website

https://www.swbh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust

Address

SWB NHS Trust

City Hospital, Dudley Road

Birmingham

B18 7QH

Employer's website

https://www.swbh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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