Job summary
We are recruiting for a Matron in Medicinewho wishes to join #TeamIOWNHS. You should share our passion and drive to ensure that our patients receive quality and compassionate care and work with us to ensure the Trust continues its journey towards "great people, great place".
Main duties of the job
Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.
For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the 'Job Description and Main Responsibilities' section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.
We are passionate about providing excellent CARE, which is why our values are Compassion, Accountable, Respect and Everyone counts. Our mission is to make sure that our community is at the heart of everything we do and that we hold our values across all our services.
We are committed to endorsing inclusion, diversity and multiculturalism throughout out services and as such, our procedures and policies ensure that applicants are always treated fairly throughout the recruitment process.
Why not come and see for yourself the CARE we give to our patients and staff. Apply to be part of our team today.
About us
Working for our Trust brings a variety of benefits, including an onsite day nursery, cycle-to-work scheme, discounts at local businesses and gyms, and the opportunity to hire Trust's beach hut in Ryde. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
The Isle of Wight is a unique and stunning gem located off the South Coast of England, a short ferry journey from Portsmouth and Southampton, with journey times taking from as little as 10 minutes. London can be reached in 90 minutes by rail from Southampton or Portsmouth. The island offers an amazing coastline with beautiful countryside, year-round events, festivals and award-winning attractions.
Our 2020-2025 strategy sets out to ensure that we continue to be a provider of excellent and compassionate care. As part of this strategy, we are proactively taking steps to ensure that we recruit and retain the highest quality of talent to provide CARE and we would welcome applications from under-represented groups to ensure our Trust is an inclusive and diverse employer.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Matron is responsible for the leadership and management of nursing or midwifery within a defined group of clinical services in a Division. (See diagram) They are a key member of the management team for the Division, working closely with the Head of Nursing for the care group. They have joint responsibility for the effective delivery of quality, financial and operational performance of the service line including ownership of Key Performance Targets and Measures for the service. Service specific aims, objectives and KPIs will be detailed in each post holders personal appraisal.
They are responsible for the delivery of safe, clinically and cost effective and compassionate care within the service providing assurance evidence in this regard to the Associate Director of Nursing, and Head of Nursing. This includes but is not limited to health care acquired infection, privacy and dignity including single sex accommodation, nutrition, patient involvement and engagement, learning and improving service quality by learning from incidents and complaints.
Matron has professional leadership responsibility for Sisters, Team Leaders and responsibility for the delivery of nursing services within the Care Group. This responsibility may extend to groups of Allied Health Professionals.
Matron establishes and fosters an effective working relationship with colleagues from the multi-disciplinary team across the services managed within the Care Group utilising their negotiating and influencing skills to secure and support change and improvement in care and service delivery within the Care Group.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Matron is responsible for the leadership and management of nursing or midwifery within a defined group of clinical services in a Division. (See diagram) They are a key member of the management team for the Division, working closely with the Head of Nursing for the care group. They have joint responsibility for the effective delivery of quality, financial and operational performance of the service line including ownership of Key Performance Targets and Measures for the service. Service specific aims, objectives and KPIs will be detailed in each post holders personal appraisal.
They are responsible for the delivery of safe, clinically and cost effective and compassionate care within the service providing assurance evidence in this regard to the Associate Director of Nursing, and Head of Nursing. This includes but is not limited to health care acquired infection, privacy and dignity including single sex accommodation, nutrition, patient involvement and engagement, learning and improving service quality by learning from incidents and complaints.
Matron has professional leadership responsibility for Sisters, Team Leaders and responsibility for the delivery of nursing services within the Care Group. This responsibility may extend to groups of Allied Health Professionals.
Matron establishes and fosters an effective working relationship with colleagues from the multi-disciplinary team across the services managed within the Care Group utilising their negotiating and influencing skills to secure and support change and improvement in care and service delivery within the Care Group.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered nurse (relevant to the field of practice of the Care Group and or Matron).
- Live NMC Registration.
- Educated to a bachelor's degree level in Nursing, Midwifery, Leadership and Management, Allied Health Professional degree or direct experience or transferable education.
- Management Qualification or relevant experience for at least 2 years.
- Expert knowledge of nursing practice and understanding of related clinical services providing clinical advice to annual planning and service developments.
- Evidence of a leading role in improving clinical services and delivering the clinical governance agenda
- Experience of managing a budget and resources.
- Demonstrate a broad understanding of both Care Group and Trust objectives.
Physical Skills
Essential
- Ability to initiate, lead and manage change.
- Organisational and leadership skills.
Aptitudes
Essential
- Specialist knowledge of the professional leadership and management of nursing, midwifery, or Allied Health Professional services has been developed.
- Evidence of ongoing and relevant personal and professional development in the last 2 years.
- Expert knowledge of nursing and Allied Health Professional practice and understanding of related clinical services providing clinical advice to annual planning and service developments.
- Ability to initiate, lead and manage change.
- Organisational and leadership skills.
Abilities
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal negotiating and influencing skills.
- Excellent communication skills both oral and written.
- Demonstrate innovation and flexible thinking to solve difficult problems.
Communication Skills
Essential
- Ability to understand and contextualise complex information for dissemination to all levels across the Division.
- Have interpersonal, negotiating and influencing skills
- Be able to effectively communicate both oral and written.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered nurse (relevant to the field of practice of the Care Group and or Matron).
- Live NMC Registration.
- Educated to a bachelor's degree level in Nursing, Midwifery, Leadership and Management, Allied Health Professional degree or direct experience or transferable education.
- Management Qualification or relevant experience for at least 2 years.
- Expert knowledge of nursing practice and understanding of related clinical services providing clinical advice to annual planning and service developments.
- Evidence of a leading role in improving clinical services and delivering the clinical governance agenda
- Experience of managing a budget and resources.
- Demonstrate a broad understanding of both Care Group and Trust objectives.
Physical Skills
Essential
- Ability to initiate, lead and manage change.
- Organisational and leadership skills.
Aptitudes
Essential
- Specialist knowledge of the professional leadership and management of nursing, midwifery, or Allied Health Professional services has been developed.
- Evidence of ongoing and relevant personal and professional development in the last 2 years.
- Expert knowledge of nursing and Allied Health Professional practice and understanding of related clinical services providing clinical advice to annual planning and service developments.
- Ability to initiate, lead and manage change.
- Organisational and leadership skills.
Abilities
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal negotiating and influencing skills.
- Excellent communication skills both oral and written.
- Demonstrate innovation and flexible thinking to solve difficult problems.
Communication Skills
Essential
- Ability to understand and contextualise complex information for dissemination to all levels across the Division.
- Have interpersonal, negotiating and influencing skills
- Be able to effectively communicate both oral and written.
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).
