Matron - Ed Adults

2 months ago


Croydon, United Kingdom Croydon Health Services NHS Trust Full time

To be highly visible and proactive leader acting as a clinical resource and ensuring the sustained delivery of high standards of nursing care and service delivery.

To be responsible for exploring current practice, identifying areas for development and planning the appropriate change using current evidence to evaluate outcomes.

To be responsible for the quality of the patient's environment and lead on facilitating changes which improve the patient's experience.

To play a key operational role and maintain a proactive approach to managing patient flow through the service.

Matron - Emergency Department Adults

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and dynamic senior
nurse to lead the nursing team across our Emergency department.

clinical areas. The post holder will contribute to quality improvement and
modernisation of the patient experience, set and maintain standards of
clinical excellence and continuously strive to improve quality. In the role
the post holder will provide strategic, professional, and operational nursing leadership to ensure that we deliver excellent care to our patients at all times.

Applicants should have proven experience at Band 7; possess
excellent communication and interpersonal skills and be able to demonstrate success in delivering effective, safe and cost efficient services in a complex healthcare environment, including financial, staff and workforce development, risk and change management.

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon. The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 4,100 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity.

Our main hospital site, Croydon University Hospital is one of the busiest in London. We’re also leading the way in providing more healthcare outside hospitals at clinics, specialist centres and in people’s homes. Our experienced district nursing teams, Allied Health Professionals and community matrons look after people of all ages across Croydon.

Across the NHS everyone is working hard to meet growing demand and we’re no exception. But with the right people on board, we are rising to this challenge, putting our people in the driving seat, encouraging innovation and transforming our services to give local people the quality of care they deserve. Croydon Health Services puts a great deal of importance on education and training throughout the careers of all of our staff.

If you want the opportunity to have a real impact, challenge yourself and be part of an NHS Trust that’s making a real difference then a career at Croydon Health Services could be just what you’re looking for.

Please see the attached supporting document (Job Description) which contains more information about the role



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