Deputy Matron ICU

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Job Description

Deputy Matron Critical Care

Cromwell Hospital, Kensington, London, SW5 0TU

Permanent

£52,054 £57,838 per annum plus fantastic benefits

Full time 37.5 hours per week, (Monday Friday inc. One Clinical shift per week)

About the Unit

Our newIntensive Care Unit opened in March 2020, and has 10 individual rooms (4 isolated rooms) with state-of-the-art technology. We cover all critical care, and are nurse led with 1:1 patient ratio. We have a critical care outreach team, clinical informatics team, and a clinical educator, who focuses on the continuous development of our nurses, and healthcare assistants.

Role Overview

The Deputy Matron for Critical Care is an influential role and recognised as being crucial to the delivery of the Cromwell Hospitals Strategy. Youll support the Modern Matron with its key responsibilities and will manage the nurses across their areas, supporting the Team Leaders to provide safe staffing levels and high-quality nursing care. You will be a role model to the staff, highly visible and ensuring a high level of professionalism is maintained.

If you are interested in applying and want to find out more information about the role please contact Lyndsey Seaton on Lyndsey.seaton@bupa.com

What youll do:

• Manage the ward/department, providing strong leadership to teams and ensuring senior clinical presence.

• Lead on identifying deficits and implement programmes to address the issues

• Using their knowledge and experience to work with the Matron, drive up the standards of clinical care

• Manage quality improvement initiatives to drive up high quality clinical care

• Investigate complex incidents and identify and implement corrective action

• Act as a change agent and innovator, promoting an effective change culture within nursing teams

• Work with the Matron in the financial management of the service being aware of budgets and working within them

What youll bring:

• Registered Nurse Adult/ RN (essential)

• Teaching/assessing qualification (essential)

• Evidence of significant clinical experience in Intensive care and ability to function at level required. (essential)

• Knowledge of NMC Codes and guidelines and their implications for practice

• Management qualification or working towards obtaining one.

Why BUPA?

As a leading health insurer and healthcare provider, with the purpose to help people live longer, healthier happier lives, our customers are our focus. We reinvest profits into our care homes, health centres, dental practices, offices and our hospital to provide better healthcare.

BenefitsOur benefits are driven by what matters to our people. Its important to us that these benefits support a work-life balance that keeps people healthy, both mentally and physically. As a Deputy Matron youll be eligible for:

• Payment of Professional Registration Fees

• Equivalent to 25 days holiday per year, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell

• Enhanced pension and life insurance

• Support with travel costs via a season ticket loan or cycle2work

• Discounted access to online gym sessions

• Annual performance-based bonus

• Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind

• Option to join dental insurance scheme at a discounted rate

• Access to our Digital GP platform on you mobile

• Emotional wellbeing support

• Access to family mental health line

• Financial wellbeing channels

• Support for carers

Diversity and Inclusion

Bupa is committed to making sure that every applicant is assessed solely based on personal merit and qualifications. We actively celebrate the diversity of our colleagues and provide an inclusive environment so you can truly be you at Bupa. We want to you are treated fairly regardless of disability or circumstance, thats why were happy to offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

Whether youve found your feet or are discovering a new path.

Welcome to a place that celebrates you.

This isnt where you've been.

This is where you're going.

This is what we have belief in.

If you are interested in applying and want to find out more information about the role please contact Lyndsey Seaton on Lyndsey.seaton@bupa.com

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of significant clinical experience in Intensive care and ability to function at level required.
• Experience in a Senior/Leadership Position

Qualifications

Essential

• Current NMC PIN (Adult)
• Teaching/Assessing Qualification

Desirable

• Management Qualification or working towards one

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Cromwell Hospital

Address

164-178 Cromwell Road

London

SW5 0TU

Employer's website

https://careers.bupa.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)