Job summary
Are you an enthusiastic, dynamic, and innovative senior nurse looking for the next challenge in your nursing career?
Are you interested in developing your role in Emergency Care and attracted to joining a progressive team who have a vision of developing new pathways across the 'Emergency Floor'?
Do you have the drive and determination to ensure that the Emergency Care team strive to consistently deliver outstanding care and exemplary experiences to their patients?
Are you knowledgeable in Emergency Care and have the experience and skills needed to provide professional clinical guidance and support the team through visible leadership, to deliver safe, high quality and cost-effective care, whilst also maintaining compliance with emergency care standards?
Could you be the ideal candidate to be our new Emergency Department Matron? If so, we would like to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
- Provide senior clinical leadership.
- Identify new ways of working and influence others, whilst considering various perspectives.
- Able to respect the feelings of others and can be responsive to both individuals and organisational needs.
- Provide specialist clinical knowledge and expertise in their related field.
- Provide a positive visible role model; influencing best practice from the clinical base.
- Work closely and supportively with the Department/ Service Managers in the allocated area, to develop and improve nursing practice.
About us
Why colleagues think we are "a great place to work!"
What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
Alongside NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme, you'll have access to NHS discount schemes.
We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
What do we stand for?
Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
We are working hard to increase diversity at all levels within the trust. We believe a diverse workforce can have a positive effect on both staff wellbeing and patient outcomes.
We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities and care-experienced candidates.
We are proud to achieve the Gold award for the Armed Forces Covenant and support applications from the Armed Forces Community. Please contact Pam.Daley@nhs.net (our Armed Forces Covenant Lead) if you would like guidance or assistance with your application.
We make employment decisions by matching our service needs with the skills and experience of candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide senior clinical leadership by being creative with both human and physical resources; can look at new ways of working, highlighting new possibilities and can influence others, having the ability to see and understand situations from various perspectives.
The post holder needs to be able to respect the feelings of others and can be responsive to both individuals and organisational needs, having the ability to be supportive of others particularly when experiencing change management.
The post holder will need to provide specialist clinical knowledge and expertise in their related field. They will be a driver of qualitative, innovative, productive, safe evidence-based nursing care which promotes best practice and best outcomes for patients.
Outcomes will be based on direct and indirect patient feedback, internal and external audits, peer reviews, Matrons rounds, and corporate quality targets for both patients and staff.
The role is one that is 50% clinical and 50% managerial. The post holder will provide a positive visible role model; influencing best practice from the clinical base; challenging, encouraging, coaching, and mentoring appraisal needs of staff as they become apparent.
The post holder will work closely and supportively with the Department/ Service Managers in the allocated area, to develop and improve nursing practice, improve staff morale, resolve problems for patients and their relatives efficiently and effectively, ensuring that the workforce levels and skill mix are safe and appropriate.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide senior clinical leadership by being creative with both human and physical resources; can look at new ways of working, highlighting new possibilities and can influence others, having the ability to see and understand situations from various perspectives.
The post holder needs to be able to respect the feelings of others and can be responsive to both individuals and organisational needs, having the ability to be supportive of others particularly when experiencing change management.
The post holder will need to provide specialist clinical knowledge and expertise in their related field. They will be a driver of qualitative, innovative, productive, safe evidence-based nursing care which promotes best practice and best outcomes for patients.
Outcomes will be based on direct and indirect patient feedback, internal and external audits, peer reviews, Matrons rounds, and corporate quality targets for both patients and staff.
The role is one that is 50% clinical and 50% managerial. The post holder will provide a positive visible role model; influencing best practice from the clinical base; challenging, encouraging, coaching, and mentoring appraisal needs of staff as they become apparent.
The post holder will work closely and supportively with the Department/ Service Managers in the allocated area, to develop and improve nursing practice, improve staff morale, resolve problems for patients and their relatives efficiently and effectively, ensuring that the workforce levels and skill mix are safe and appropriate.
Person Specification
Eduction, Qualifications & Training
Essential
- RN or AHP
- Degree in related field (or equivalent experience)
- Relevant post registration experience
- Significant related experience in a clinical area
- Teaching and Assessment recognised qualification
Desirable
- Completion of appropriate management and leadership programme
- Working towards Masters in related subject or willing to complete
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience at a senior nursing level within related field.
- Proven track record in change management, team leadership, performance management.
Desirable
- Previous experience to teaching, lecturing large audiences
Skills, Abilities, & Knowledge
Essential
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to demonstrate appropriate non antagonistic behaviour in stressful situations.
- Evidence of participation in audit, research, and development of staff
- Proven track record when dealing with human resource issues.
Desirable
- Proven ability to utilise word, power point and excel to a level of producing documents, reports
- Proven ability to analyse highly complex problems and to develop and successfully implement practical and workable solutions to address them
Special Circumstances
Essential
- Good team worker
- The post holder is required to work across all sites and will be required to travel between the sites in a timely manner.
Person Specification
Eduction, Qualifications & Training
Essential
- RN or AHP
- Degree in related field (or equivalent experience)
- Relevant post registration experience
- Significant related experience in a clinical area
- Teaching and Assessment recognised qualification
Desirable
- Completion of appropriate management and leadership programme
- Working towards Masters in related subject or willing to complete
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience at a senior nursing level within related field.
- Proven track record in change management, team leadership, performance management.
Desirable
- Previous experience to teaching, lecturing large audiences
Skills, Abilities, & Knowledge
Essential
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to demonstrate appropriate non antagonistic behaviour in stressful situations.
- Evidence of participation in audit, research, and development of staff
- Proven track record when dealing with human resource issues.
Desirable
- Proven ability to utilise word, power point and excel to a level of producing documents, reports
- Proven ability to analyse highly complex problems and to develop and successfully implement practical and workable solutions to address them
Special Circumstances
Essential
- Good team worker
- The post holder is required to work across all sites and will be required to travel between the sites in a timely manner.
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).
