Job summary
This vacancy is open to employees of Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust only.
Band 8a
Full time: 37.5 hours per week
Permanent contract
Are you looking to join a creative, innovative, supportive and empowered team? Are you an experienced Registered Nurse with proven organisational, leadership and influential skills at Band 7 level or an existing senior nurse/Matron looking to use your wealth of leadership experience and skills within a Corporate setting?
We are recruiting to the Quality Matron post within the Corporate Nursing Team!
Main duties of the job
The Quality Matron will lead on the delivery of the Accredited Clinical Environment (ACE) scheme at PHU. Working closely with Quality Matron at IWT who provides leadership to QAAS (Quality Assurance and Accreditation Scheme), there will be opportunities for peer support and joint working to ensure consistent standards across both organisations.
QAAS and ACE are core components of the Trusts quality assurance programme providing multi-disciplinary visits to a range of services across the organisations. The Matron will work closely with the Senior Nursing Leadership teams, including DNDs, Heads of Nursing, Senior Matrons, Matrons and Senior Sisters/Charge Nurses/Ward Leaders on quality and service improvement work.
About us
Our vision for Single Corporate Services
Isle of Wight NHS Trust (IWT) and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust (PHU) have a shared vision of a single corporate service across our two organisations, supported by a single set of identical systems and processes, under joint leadership, to drive significant efficiencies, improve employee experience, and return time to patient care.
This vacancy is part of the Single Corporate Services Division.
Why are we changing the way we deliver Corporate Services? Working as a partnership, both IWT and PHU have a shared vision for excellence in care for our patients and communities; with a set of strategic aims underpinning how we will achieve this. The creation of a single corporate service is essential for us to support our clinical and operational services, and our wider transformation programme.
The single corporate service is delivered across both organisations. You may be based at either IWT or PHU and individuals may be required to undertake business travel between sites. For leaders managing staff across multi-site locations, you will need to be visible and provide in person leadership. The arrangements and frequency will be agreed locally.
Base location for this post: Queen Alexandra Hospital, Southwick Hill Road, Cosham, Portsmouth, PO6 3LY, Portsmouth. Across site travel will be required at times; the frequency will be agreed locally.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This role will establish and foster effective working relationships with colleagues from the multi-disciplinary teams across both organisations, utilising skills in negotiating and influencing to secure and support change and improvement in care and service delivery.
The role of Quality Matron is pivotal in driving quality and safety, providing active and visible clinical leadership and assurance for service users and staff.
For a full list of roles and responsibilities, please see the attached job description.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This role will establish and foster effective working relationships with colleagues from the multi-disciplinary teams across both organisations, utilising skills in negotiating and influencing to secure and support change and improvement in care and service delivery.
The role of Quality Matron is pivotal in driving quality and safety, providing active and visible clinical leadership and assurance for service users and staff.
For a full list of roles and responsibilities, please see the attached job description.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse on the NMC register
- Educated to degree level in nursing, midwifery or leadership and management and / or Registered Allied Health Professional, or Pharmacist with live registration with the Registering Authority
- Management qualification or relevant experience
Desirable
- Recognised teaching and assessing qualification
- Educated to Master's Level
- Evidence of development of Evidence Based care.
Experience
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
- In depth knowledge of the quality governance agenda including health and safety, clinical risk issues and quality initiatives.
Desirable
- Knowledge and experience of human resource management Project management experience
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse on the NMC register
- Educated to degree level in nursing, midwifery or leadership and management and / or Registered Allied Health Professional, or Pharmacist with live registration with the Registering Authority
- Management qualification or relevant experience
Desirable
- Recognised teaching and assessing qualification
- Educated to Master's Level
- Evidence of development of Evidence Based care.
Experience
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
- In depth knowledge of the quality governance agenda including health and safety, clinical risk issues and quality initiatives.
Desirable
- Knowledge and experience of human resource management Project management experience
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).
