Matron - Digestive Diseases

**Main area**
- Division A - Digestive Diseases**Grade**
- Band 8a**Contract**
- Permanent**Hours**
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week**Job ref**
- 180-A-237321**Employer**
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust**Employer type**
- NHS**Site**
- Addenbrookes Hospital-Division A**Town**
- Cambridge**Salary**
- £50,952 - £57,349 p.a. pro rata**Salary period**
- Yearly**Closing**
- 24/08/2023 23:59**Interview date**
- 07/09/2023Job overview

**Are you a highly motivated and compassionate leader who is looking to fulfil their potential at a higher grade?**

**Within Division A we have an exciting opportunity to join our friendly and supportive Matron team. Because of promotions within the matron team we have a vacancy for a matron to cover our surgical wards that form part of Digestive Diseases speciality - L4 and M4 in the Addenbrooke’s Treatment Centre.**

**We are looking for someone who is a natural role model, who consistently demonstrates the Trust values with a passion for supporting and developing others while delivering high quality, safe care to our patients. This is an important Nursing leadership role in an innovative and supportive Division here at Cambridge University Hospital NHS Trust.**

Main duties of the job

The post holder will:
Provide professional and managerial leadership to the relevant nursing teams and providing a highly visible and authoritative presence ensuring the provision of high quality, responsive services with the needs of the patient at the centre of care delivery

Provide nursing leadership to assigned inpatient and theatre teams

Work in partnership with Divisional Head of Nursing and the wider Divisional Management Team to ensure effective and efficient management of services to meet agreed standards within the resources available.

Be accountable for all clinical aspects of quality within the service

Maintain a visible presence where patients, carers, staff and visitors can turn for assistance and upon whom they can rely to ensure that the fundamental and specialist aspects of care are met. This includes working clinical shifts.

Support the Divisional Head of Nursing by leading and developing nurses, nursing practice and improvements in patient care

Working for our organisation

**Come Nurse with us**

Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the country. It comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital. We provide accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge and regional and national specialist services. It’s a great place to nurse, work and live.

You will work on a vibrant hospital campus with a friendly community feel; we have excellent facilities to practise your skills and abilities to support your career pathway and development. Our values of **Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent** support the delivery of outstanding care. We have a fully electronic patient record system that is improving health-care quality; this is transforming services, improving patient safety and clinical outcomes.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

Closing date is midnight on 24 August 2023

Interviews are due to be held on 7 September 2023

**Why choose Cambridge University Hospitals?**

Our values and reputation for outstanding care

Opportunities to experience a range of specialities

Career and development opportunities

Preceptorship and mentoring programmes delivered by a dedicated clinical education support team

Research experience and opportunities

Lovely location and quality of life
- Excellent schools/colleges and transport links (road, rail and air)**Benefits to you**

We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse, day nurseries and access to a great transport system with easy access to airports and rail travel.

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases alternative working hours will be considered.

Person specification

**Qualifications**:
Essential criteria

Current and relevant registration on NMC register

Additional relevant acute care

Clinical/Nursing qualification or equivalent experience

Educated to degree level or equivalent experience

Evidence of Continuous Professional Development
- Management & leadership trainingDesirable criteria

Relevant postgraduate qualification

Recent attendance on a leadership development programme
- MSc or willing to work towardsExperience

Essential criteria

Substantial experience of managing a Clinical area / Team

Demonstrable success in working collaboratively across professions and services

Demonstrable success in: - managing change & innovative working - introducing evidence based practice

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