Job summary
***This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested***
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Trust as a Matron for In-Patient Services on a 9-month secondment. This is a key senior leadership role within our inpatient division, offering the opportunity to provide strong professional/ operational leadership and to influence service delivery at a strategic level.
You will be responsible for the management, quality, safety and performance of inpatient nursing services. You will work collaboratively with the Senior Management Team to ensure high standards of patient care, staff experience and clinical governance, while supporting service transformation and improvement.
This role is ideal for an experienced senior nurse leader who is passionate about delivering outstanding patient-centred care, developing teams, and driving innovation in a community inpatient setting.
To succeed in this role, you will have:
Substantial nursing leadership and management experience
Experience of leading inpatient services and managing complex teams
A proven track record in quality improvement, governance and service development
Excellent communication, leadership and influencing skills
A commitment to equality, diversity and inclusive leadership
Main duties of the job
The post holder will:
Provide visible professional and operational leadership across inpatient wards and services
Be accountable for the delivery, quality and performance of inpatient nursing services
Ensure safe, effective and compassionate care for patients and their families
Lead workforce planning, recruitment, retention and staff development initiatives
Drive quality improvement, audit and service development projects
Promote a positive, inclusive and supportive culture for staff
Work closely with multidisciplinary teams, senior leaders and external partners to improve pathways and outcomes
What we offer
Extensive support for leadership and professional development
The opportunity to influence and shape inpatient service delivery
A supportive and collaborative senior leadership team
NHS pension and staff benefits
About us
Be Part of Our Team...
BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.
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- Please ensure you check your Trac account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you during the shortlisting and selection process
- Please ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully. Please particularly ensure that you provide full details of all referees including business email address, telephone contact details and postal address
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details on the main job and responsibilities, please refer to the attached Job Description.
Informal visits are welcome and encouraged.
Applications from colleagues from BME backgrounds are particularly welcomed, as they are currently underrepresented in our senior nursing team. We are committed to addressing this imbalance and supporting career progression into senior leadership roles in line with our WRES objectives.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details on the main job and responsibilities, please refer to the attached Job Description.
Informal visits are welcome and encouraged.
Applications from colleagues from BME backgrounds are particularly welcomed, as they are currently underrepresented in our senior nursing team. We are committed to addressing this imbalance and supporting career progression into senior leadership roles in line with our WRES objectives.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree level education or equivalent experience
- Membership/Registration of relevant professional body
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Experience
Essential
- Significant relevant experience working at senior management level
- Significant relevant experience of and exposure to performance setting and monitoring
- Significant experience of managing budgets within financial constraints/targets
- Significant experience of line managing staff/teams
- Experience in preparing reports to be presented to senior level stakeholders and committees
- Significant experience of utilising PC tools/programmes to manipulate, analyse and present information to be distributed to senior level colleagues
- Experience in identifying education and training needs of staff, supporting them in their professional development
- Significant clinical experience in relevant professional area
Skills/ Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of local health economy
- Knowledge of current NHS Framework
- Comprehensive understanding of the quality agenda for NHS
- Robust understanding of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and the ability to lead improvements for both patients and the workforce
- Ability to work on own initiative without frequent supervision
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build rapport and credibility with clinical and managerial Teams
- Knowledge of workforce planning, recruitment and retention
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree level education or equivalent experience
- Membership/Registration of relevant professional body
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Experience
Essential
- Significant relevant experience working at senior management level
- Significant relevant experience of and exposure to performance setting and monitoring
- Significant experience of managing budgets within financial constraints/targets
- Significant experience of line managing staff/teams
- Experience in preparing reports to be presented to senior level stakeholders and committees
- Significant experience of utilising PC tools/programmes to manipulate, analyse and present information to be distributed to senior level colleagues
- Experience in identifying education and training needs of staff, supporting them in their professional development
- Significant clinical experience in relevant professional area
Skills/ Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of local health economy
- Knowledge of current NHS Framework
- Comprehensive understanding of the quality agenda for NHS
- Robust understanding of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and the ability to lead improvements for both patients and the workforce
- Ability to work on own initiative without frequent supervision
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build rapport and credibility with clinical and managerial Teams
- Knowledge of workforce planning, recruitment and retention
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).
