Matron - Neonatal Services

7 DAY ROTA

The Matron for Neonatal Services will be available to patients, their families and staff to provide assistance, advice and support and to address any problems and concerns as required.

In conjunction with the Lead Nurse and Divisional Nursing Director, the Matron will contribute to the strategic direction of Neonatal Services through meeting key performance and national and local activity targets.

The Matron will work closely with the Lead Nurse, Divisional Nursing Director and Clinical Director to engage with commissioners ensuring that the strategic direction is identified and developed within service specifications and funding streams.

The Matron is accountable jointly with the Clinical Director of the Paediatric and Neonatal Directorate for managing patient flow efficiently and effectively and for all aspects of clinical governance within their remit.
As a member of the senior team within the Division, the Matron for Neonatal Services will act as a professional role model to all nurses and will take corrective action to uphold the standards required of the Trust and the profession.

Responsibility for Patient Care
- Ensure that care is provided on the neonatal unit that is safe; promote and encourage a culture of identifying concerns relating to safeguarding children or vulnerable adults.
- Provide specialist advice, support and leadership to patients and carers in relation to area of expertise. Provide the role of a senior neonatal nurse within the Division and in wider forums
- Act as a role model at all times and contribute to the provision of nursing expertise and specialist knowledge
- Exercise clinical skills/expertise in care of neonates; maintain clinical skills and knowledge and ensure that specialist knowledge is shared amongst nursing staff.
- Ensure safe staffing levels of experienced expert neonatal nurses; ensure sufficient nurses available on rotas to maintain nurse/patient ratio
- Establish and maintain a highly effective communication with patients and carers in order to develop a therapeutic relationship within which sensitive, distressing and complex issues are often addressed
- Promote patient and public experience feedback through local initiatives to drive innovation and change
- Ensure the use of risk assessments and health and safety management, utilising the Trust’s incident reporting system, to improve the quality of patient care
- Encourage and promote an evidence-based culture in staff through the use of clinical guidelines, audit and research

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

Our mission is to make a difference every day. Our values are that we care, we respect, and we listen

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

The salary for the role is only one part of the excellent package of benefits we offer to you:

- Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
- NHS pension scheme membership
- Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
- NHS Staff discounts
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
- Stockport Credit Union
- for local financial advice

Are you a dynamic and enthusiastic Neonatal nurse? We are looking to recruit a Neonatal Matron for Stockport NHS Foundation Trust so if you are looking for a new opportunity to shape the future of this service this could be the job for you.

If you are looking for career development where you can innovate and lead change, and you are highly motivated, energised, dynamic and looking to make a real difference to patient and staff experience then this is an exciting opportunity for you.

You will need to be flexible in your approach to work and in the hours that you may be required to work in order that we can provide a service to our patients and their families.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust’s policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.

If successful, this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £41.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary.

In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £13.