Job summary
An exciting new opportunity is available to join our Site Management and Patient Flow teams at Scarborough and York Hospitals as a Site Matron, providing senior clinical leadership and site management 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
This role is central to delivering safe, high-quality care and a positive patient experience--supporting patients, families and carers, and ensuring national safety standards are met.
We're looking for a highly experienced registered nurse with strong leadership skills and a track record of improving quality, patient safety and flow in an acute setting. You'll be a visible, values-led role model with the confidence to make decisions, coordinate resources and drive continuous improvement.
Main duties of the job
- Providing senior clinical leadership, advice and support to maintain safe and effective patient flow across the site.
- Act as a visible, positive role model, demonstrating behaviours aligned to organisational and professional values and codes.
- Work with Trust colleagues to deliver national standards for emergency patient flow safely and on time, and to improve patient experience.
- Coordinate demand and capacity, including site and bed management plans, to support emergency and elective access standards, mixed-sex accommodation, infection and safety requirements.
- Ensure an appropriately skilled workforce is available and deployed efficiently, supporting retention, development and innovation in practice.
- Coordinate complex workforce redeployment and nursing resource reallocation in response to changing demand, liaising with Care Group Matrons and Ward Managers as required.
- Build networks and partnerships regionally and nationally, sharing best practice and embedding learning within the Trust.
- Work within Trust policies, protocols, procedures and guidelines, taking corrective action to protect patient and staff safety and maintain service standard
If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you!
About us
Trust Information Pack:
https://yorkhospitals.pagetiger.com/hdjgxd
Our benefits
We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:
Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
A generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) to support with relocation expenses for hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully. If you would like to discuss a potential relocation package, please speak to the recruiting department/manager.
A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers
For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For more information about our Trust, please visit:
https://yorkhospitals.pagetiger.com/hdjgxd
A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description. Various hours are available. We are recruiting to both permanent and secondment opportunities. If you are applying for a secondment opportunity, please ensure you have the permission of your current line manager first.
Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit your application at the earliest opportunity.
Working for the Trust
Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.
Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact:yhs-tr.recruitment@nhs.net.
As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.
Armed Forces Friendly Employer
We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britains Reservists and Employers. This means that we have made a statement of intent to support all Defence personnel, including with applications for employment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For more information about our Trust, please visit:
https://yorkhospitals.pagetiger.com/hdjgxd
A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description. Various hours are available. We are recruiting to both permanent and secondment opportunities. If you are applying for a secondment opportunity, please ensure you have the permission of your current line manager first.
Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit your application at the earliest opportunity.
Working for the Trust
Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.
Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact:yhs-tr.recruitment@nhs.net.
As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.
Armed Forces Friendly Employer
We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britains Reservists and Employers. This means that we have made a statement of intent to support all Defence personnel, including with applications for employment.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential
- Level 1 Registered Nurse
- Master level qualification in health care leadership or in a relevant nursing specialty or equivalent qualifications or knowledge
- Post Graduate qualification in Health Service Management or equivalent experience
- Evidence of Continuing professional Development
Desirable
- Operational Health Commander Training
- Other relevant specialist training/courses as part of CPD
Experience & Knowledge
Essential
- At least 3 years at senior level in nursing
- Additional specialised knowledge of healthcare leadership acquired through experience combined with demonstrable evidence of specialist work, short courses and extended self-study
- Experience of implementing change in clinical practice or service delivery to improve the quality of patient care
- Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of the national policy context for nursing practice and development, including knowledge of the nursing strategy, NHS Plan and National Service frameworks
- Extensive knowledge of National standards relating to patient flow
- Knowledge of HR policies/procedures relevant to managing people and able to effectively manage a team.
- Excellent negotiation and facilitation skills and able to manage conflict situations including where significant barriers to understanding or acceptance exist such as lack of understanding of OPEL levels across the organisation and the need to balance the needs of all patients across all sites; and co-operation is required. This can involve situations where stakeholders (internal and external) are hostile / highly emotive
Person Specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential
- Level 1 Registered Nurse
- Master level qualification in health care leadership or in a relevant nursing specialty or equivalent qualifications or knowledge
- Post Graduate qualification in Health Service Management or equivalent experience
- Evidence of Continuing professional Development
Desirable
- Operational Health Commander Training
- Other relevant specialist training/courses as part of CPD
Experience & Knowledge
Essential
- At least 3 years at senior level in nursing
- Additional specialised knowledge of healthcare leadership acquired through experience combined with demonstrable evidence of specialist work, short courses and extended self-study
- Experience of implementing change in clinical practice or service delivery to improve the quality of patient care
- Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of the national policy context for nursing practice and development, including knowledge of the nursing strategy, NHS Plan and National Service frameworks
- Extensive knowledge of National standards relating to patient flow
- Knowledge of HR policies/procedures relevant to managing people and able to effectively manage a team.
- Excellent negotiation and facilitation skills and able to manage conflict situations including where significant barriers to understanding or acceptance exist such as lack of understanding of OPEL levels across the organisation and the need to balance the needs of all patients across all sites; and co-operation is required. This can involve situations where stakeholders (internal and external) are hostile / highly emotive
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
