Matron - Children's Acute Care

3 weeks ago


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

Your dynamic, confident & motivated nature is just what we need in this important senior leadership role.

Leading our hospital services for children who require acute, this is a chance to really make your mark and influence the development and evolution of the children's services - this is your time to shine

We are looking for someone as passionate as we are, about providing the best care possible to our patients & families. You will have the ability to challenge current practice and to support and help, ensuring we are continually meeting our Trust values. That passion coupled with all your attributes and skills, will ensure you lead from the front, taking it all in your stride and inspiring the whole team.

This senior role is key in ensuring we have safe, effective & robust systems to provide assurance, monitor quality & safety so you will appreciate that we are looking for the right person. We need someone who can deliver against key objectives in a fast paced environment.

You will be working to provide leadership and support to the teams looking after children on ward 8 (inpatients ward), Children's Clinic and Children's Day Case Unit.

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, Always Safety First 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.

You will be joining teams from the areas identified and be part of a large number of staff delivering high quality care to our local population. We have a development package specifically designed for our matrons that is aligned to the National Competency Framework this is offered in tandem with our Core People Management Skills Training Programme and opportunities to attend our ILM training. We are also committed to supporting speciality training.

We are aiming for outstanding with CQC and a GOLD STAR with our quality accreditation scheme.

We have 9000 fantastic people working 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 & 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.

It goes without saying you will be supported in the progression of your career as part of a forward-thinking team with strong clinical leadership. You will be line managed by the Divisional Nurse Director for children and supporte4d by the Divisional Nurse Director for Medicine so will always have a point of contact to bounce ideas off as well as agree the changes necessary to drive the service forward.

We are working across boundaries with the ICS and ICP to design services that are innovative, responsive and child centred and inclusive.

Our team is aiming for outstanding with CQC and you can be part of this exciting journey.

**Duties will include, but not be limited to**:
Is responsible for ensuring the provision of Excellent Care with Compassion across a number of areas and or services.

Is responsible for ensuring that the nursing team and care support teams across their wards/departments/services are adequately resourced and organised in order to deliver excellent care with compassion.

Is responsible for ensure the nursing team and care support teams across their wards/departments/services are adequately supported and developed to deliver excellent care with compassion

Ensure clinical services are developed and delivered in line with national policy, trust priorities, available evidence and patient care needs.

Is responsible for 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.

Is responsible for 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


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