Matron

We have an exciting opportunity to join our dedicated senior nursing team in Integrated Medicine and Community Clinical Business Unit at Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We are looking for a specialty Matron who is passionate about leading change and adding value to patient care.

Our Clinical Business Unit consists of General Medicine, Elderly Medicine, Stoke Unit, Frailty Unit, Forget Me Not Unit, Discharge Lounge and Discharge Services. The successful applicant will join the Matron Team covering the CBU and will also have exposure to other specialties on the Trust Matron rota.

The post holder should be an experienced nurse manager who is enthusiastic, dynamic and keen to make a positive impact on nurse training, education, professional development, patient experience, continuously improving key performance indicators and improving the quality of patient care.

This is an excellent opportunity for a registered nurse with managerial experience who is passionate about high standards of patient care to work strategically within a busy Trust and Clinical Business Unit.

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience of our staff. We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, our communities and our staff and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work and learn.

Straddling the neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system. Our hospitals are ideally situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of these boroughs.

Warrington Hospital is home to our emergency, critical care and maternity services, Halton Hospital is focused on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre, although many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs.

A CQC-rated ‘good’ organisation with ‘outstanding’ features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.

Our workforce of nearly 5,000 across both sites comprises more than 50 nationalities. We strive to be an equal, diverse and inclusive employer, which is recognised as a pioneer in its equality, diversity and inclusion work. The Trust is proud to have achieved numerous external accreditations and is working towards achieving the Anti-Racist Organisation Framework, recognising the importance of anti-racism in all that we do.

The full details of this role are available within the Job Description and Person Specification attached to this vacancy.