Matron

2 weeks ago


Preston, United Kingdom Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time

We are looking for an enthusiastic, dynamic, and innovative Matron or aspiring Matron to join the Medical Division at Lancashire Teaching Hospital.

Under the guidance of the Divisional Nurse Director and Deputy you will contribute to delivering the managerial and professional support on a day to day basis to all nursing staff, to ensure the smooth running of the departments within the Clinical Business Unit (CBU). You will help the departments to achieve both excellent clinical care, whilst also supporting the delivery of key national performance metrics.

You will need to possess the ability to work as a key decision maker alongside the multi professional team, ensuring the safe implementation of nursing strategy within the department, in accordance with research, policy, national standards and the NMC Code.

As the Matron you will help support the CBU on all aspects of clinical care and be focused on patient safety, patient experience and quality assurance frameworks. You must be able to demonstrate a compassionate approach to the care of patients and the public, whilst also possessing the ability to ensure robust clinical operational demands are met while the multi professional team are fully supported in achieving their duties.

You will provide professional leadership, guidance, development and support for nurses and care staff ensuring the provision of excellent care with compassion. You with monitor and improve the efficient and effective management of resources and the care environment so that services and staff are organised to meet the needs of the patient by providing a consistently excellent quality of care.

A proven track record in leadership within Medicine is essential, as are excellent interpersonal communication and organisational skills.

If you are confident, well organised and see yourself as a visible nurse leader with high standards, excellent clinical skills and knowledge with extensive experience of working within acute and speciality medicine then we would like to hear from you

We have 9000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.

Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.

You’ll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you’d never have done. You’ll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.

You’ll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.

To ensure the provision of excellent care with compassion the Modern Matron is responsible for:

- ensuring the provision of Excellent Care with Compassion across a number of areas and or services
- ensuring that the nursing and care support teams within their wards, departments and services are appropriately resourced and organised for the maximum benefit of patients
- ensuring staff and services are adequately supported and developed to deliver excellent care with compassion in line with the Trust’s Values, Nursing & Midwifery Professional Framework, The 6 C’s, Safety and Quality Strategy, Governance framework, CQC standards, NICE guidance, other strategic local and national plans and policies
- leading and developing staff by being a visible authoritative role model providing clinical and managerial leadership, support and direction, capitalising on research and development opportunities, supporting staff to reach their full potential
- Ensure clinical services are developed and delivered in line with national policy, Trust priorities, available evidence and patient care needs
- leading and developing staff by being a visible authoritative role model providing clinical and managerial leadership, support and direction, capitalising on research and development opportunities, supporting staff to reach their full potential
- Contributing to the delivery of the trust and directorate safety quality and clinical governance priorities and associated work programmes
- ensuring the productive operation of their areas through the monitoring and maintenance of the highest standards of clinical care that create safe, clean and organised services ( including implementation of the infection control policy and action plans) and by developing processes designed to increase the time nurses spend in therapeutic contact with patients
- Take part in the site management rota providing leadership guidance and support for all staff across the trust in line with the


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