Quality Matron

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Senior Leadership Team within Adult Community Services

If you are a compassionate, forward-thinking leader, who wants to maximise others potential and keeps patients at the heart of all we do then please get in touch.

Informal discussions encouraged to fully appreciate the role.

Quality Matrons are instrumental in promoting high standards of clinical care, reducing health inequalities, and promoting equality for all, workforce retention and recruitment, staff education and development, compassionate, inclusive leadership and patient safety.

The role of the Quality Matron will provide support and guidance, to the wards/departments/community teams with a focus’ on 6 main themes:
- Providing a clean environment

Ensuring best practice in Infection prevention

Improving clinical care standards

Treating patients with dignity and respect

Providing clinical areas with senior nurse leadership during working hours

Ensuring all quality improvement is implemented and improved.

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Conduct regular review of all wards/departments/community venues where clinical care is delivered eg treatment rooms alongside the team lead/nurse in charge on duty to check the environment is of a high standard and clean. Allow patients and visitors the opportunity to discuss their views or concerns.

Monitor cleaning standards, both formally with Facilities/building management and informally with the community teams.

Participate in the PLACE assessments, ensuring that all actions are carried out in a timely way.

Working with the governance manager and team leads/ward managers ensure that appropriate Health and Safety risk assessments and audits are conducted and acted upon.

Work with the team/wards to ensure team Governance boards are up to date and presentable.

Support the implementation of the Nursing Assessment and Accreditation System (NAAS), Community Assessment and Accreditation System (CAAS), TAAS, OPAAS, striving for all teams to be a SCAPE (Safe, Clean & Personal Every time) team within 2 years.

Ensure all actions arising from the NAAS, CAAS, TAAS, OPAAS are communicated and acted upon.

Supporting the clinical teams and ensuring sustainability.

Ensure vulnerable patients are identified and appropriate safeguards put in place.

Ensure the results of patient and staff surveys are communicated and acted upon, and action plans developed.

Ensure compliance with relevant Healthcare Commission Core Standards - CQC