Matron

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced senior nurse to join the Medicine, Urgent Care Division at Stockport Foundation Trust within the role of substantive Matron in order to support the senior nursing team in ensuring high quality care continues to be delivered.

You will be a highly visible leader, able to evidence how you have positively influenced nursing and patient care in current and previous roles.

You will be working with a dynamic, busy and friendly nursing team within the Division of Medicine, Clinical Support & Emergency Department that includes diabetes, stroke, complex medicine, care of the elderly, pharmacy and the outpatient services. This is an opportunity to display your leadership skills within a diverse population of patients receiving care from engaged and motivated teams

If you have extensive experience in a nursing leadership role, and have an exceptional track record of leading teams, then we would like you to be part of our team, championing the patient experience and developing services within our vibrant Medicine Division.

Are you driven to make a difference to improving the health outcomes for our adult population, are you passionate and highly motivated to affect and implement change? Do you aspire to work within a future focused, high performing, developing team.

You should be passionate about nursing and want to make a difference and will be value driven and place them central to all service provision. You will be an experienced senior nurse with experience at matron level desirable but not essential, who has also held previous senior leadership roles and have a proven record of delivering high quality care for patients to enhance service users’ experience and promote positive health outcomes.

You will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, clear decision making capabilities, be a vocal advocate for the patient and have current knowledge and expertise in the care of patients in medical context.

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

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.

**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

Registered Nurse on NMC Register

Educated to Master’s degree level, or currently working towards a Master’s degree, or equivalent experience.

Evidence of continuing personal and professional development

Leadership course evident or working towards

Wide knowledge of developments in the NHS impacting on Trust including Comprehensive understanding of current NHS initiatives and targets.

Confident with HR policies and procedures and demonstrable evidence of managing significant numbers of staff.

Excellent understanding and evidence of successful financial management of budgets

Clear understanding of E roster staffing

Ability to lead with vision and determination

Effective written communication skills including analysis and presentation of reports

Able to give effective oral presentations when expressing ideas to groups or individuals

Ability to analyse complex issues and make decisions

Leadership and organisational skills

Negotiating / influencing skills

Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines

Logical approach to problem solving

Ability to relate to groups and individuals at all levels

Able to work independently and as part of a team

Able to offer encouragement and support to others to foster both personal and professional development

If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £41.50. 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.

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.