Cas Matron

Band 8a

**Main area**
- CAS Matron
- **Grade**
- Band 8a
- **Contract**
- Permanent: fixed term /secondment would be considered
- **Hours**
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Job ref**
- 164-5262507**Site**
- City campus
- **Town**
- Nottingham
- **Salary**
- £50,952 - £57,349 Per annum
- **Salary period**
- Yearly
- **Closing**
- 24/05/2023 23:59Job overview

Cancer and Associated Specialties have an exciting opportunity for an experienced senior nurse to join us in the CAS Matron team.

The Cancer and Associated Specialties Division at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust comprises of multiple specialties including Oncology, Renal, Burns & Plastics, Sarcoma, Urology, Thoracic surgery, Breast Surgery, Palliative care, Infectious diseases, Pathology and Haematology.

Our CAS Matrons are pivotal in supporting our nursing teams and the wider specialty teams.

If you are a motivated, inspiring Nurse leader, ready for the next step in your Nursing career then please contact us for more information or an informal visit, we would be delighted to hear from you.

In addition to the below summary you need to familiarise yourself with full job description and person specification documents attached to the advert

Main duties of the job

The Matron will be accountable for the efficient and effective operational management of the nursing workforce, guaranteeing provision of high quality evidence based nursing practice which will be delivered within a hospital, community and outreach setting

The Matron will be a strong clinical leader, easily identifiable, highly visible and accessible to patients, carers and staff

The Matron will have a particular responsibility to support the developments of Clinical Governance and Service
Improvement, to modernise patient services and ensure the active involvement of patients and carers in the way services are developed, delivered and evaluated

Leading by example the Matron will drive up standards of clinical care and have the authority to get the essential components of care right for patients - clean wards and departments, quality care, ensuring patients are treated with dignity and respect, resolving problems for patients and relatives and ensuring high standards are maintained throughout the Services.

Working for our organisation

In the CAS Division we are strive to provide the best experience for our patients, their loved ones and our teams.

Adopting the Trust values of being caring and helpful; Safe and Vigilant for our patients and colleagues; Being Clinically Excellent and driving innovation to meet the needs of our patients; Using our Resources wisely whilst Providing Quality products, services and experiences for staff and patients

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Provide strong, visible, clinical leadership to energise, inspire and empower nurses and other clinical staff in pursuit of a shared vision to ensure the effective and safe delivery of services across the Division

Challenge, in a positive manner, current working practices within specialties and promote a culture of continuous improvement.

Maintain professional competence, authority and credibility by undertaking regular clinical sessions and being highly visible to staff, actively seeking feedback about the quality of services.

Work closely with the Specialty and Division Leadership Teams to redesign processes in collaboration with other members of the multi-professional team in order to deliver an improved patient and staff experience and modernisation of services.

Implement systems and processes that create and maintain a culture which actively promotes staffs’ contribution to the development and delivery of clinical governance and risk management objectives.

For full details of all duties, please refer to job description

Person specification

Training & Qualifications

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria
- Masters degree or equivalent post basic training

Experience

Essential criteria
- Management/Leadership experience
- Knowledge of budgets/financial control

Desirable criteria
- Project management experience

Communication/relationship skills

Essential criteria
- Able to motivate and support others
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Bring your whole self to work for us at NUH. We love diversity and we value your difference, your unique skills, knowledge and experience. Becoming one of our people may realise your potential, helping us to raise our performance in delivering world class healthcare to the diverse patient populations we serve.

**Salary**: The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.

Disability Confidence: All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.

At Risk of redundancy: NHS employees within the East Midlands who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specif