Band 8a Physical Health Matron

Do you wish to help the division challenge traditional views of professional roles within Learning Disability Healthcare services?
An exciting opportunity has arisen as a direct result of large scale Strengthening Operational Structures transformation programme recently undertaken throughout the Trust, for a dynamic and innovative Registered Allied Health Professional or Nurse with experience of working in Learning Disability Services to fill a matron post, and who will help to influence and shape this multi-professional role.
This Modern Matron post will support the provision of high quality, compassionate and responsive leadership, ensuring robust arrangements are in place to support evidence based, and high-quality clinical service delivery to service users within our community.
This will involve Quality Improvement, development of integrated pathways both within the trust and across the system, governance (including complaints, investigations and proactive risk management) and be confident in promoting good practice and good relationships within multi-professional/agency working.
Due to the strong commitment to evidence-based practice throughout the Trust, CPD will be well-supported, and involvement in audit, research and policy development is encouraged and facilitated.
The post holder will be responsible for the clinical operational management and clinical improvement of services listed in Appendix 1 adjoined to this job description.
The post holder will oversee the clinical effectiveness of the service(s) overseeing the Service(s) response to Complaints, Patient Experience and Staff Survey feedback. This information will be used by the post holder, in parallel with Incident, Safety, Safeguarding, ECI, clinical harms and the outcomes from clinical forum, to ensure the service delivers high quality and effective care.
The post holder will work in liaison with the Service Manager in rota management (including safe staffing), the delivery of activity against agreed activity plans, managing overall caseload and waiting time performance for service(s) listed in Appendix 1. The postholder will support on Cost Improvement Schemes for their respective areas, as well as ensuring service delivery is maintained within the set budget for respective Service(s) providing clinical expertise and leadership when delivering these. Where required the post holder will support to the development of business cases and continued transformation/improvement of service(s). The post holder will lead on the recruitment and retention of the clinical workforce across the respective services.
Be Part of Our Team...
BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to ‘Be Part of Our Team’ and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.
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Modern Matron in the Learning Disability Division covering our physical health teams and bedded areas, focusing on the delivery of safe high-quality care to adults with learning disabilities across Birmingham
Applicants must possess excellent interpersonal, communication and planning skills. You will need to be flexible, adaptable, have an interest in quality improvement and be confident in promoting good practice and good relationships within multi-professional/agency working.
Provide clinical operational leadership and responsibility for the Service(s) listed in Appendix 1, this will include clinical advice and expertise where required.
To maintain Complex Clinical Caseload in respective clinical field where necessary, this will require the post holder to maintain own professional knowledge and personal development.
Provide Clinical leadership in the development of clinical/standard operational processes, ensuring clinical policies and practices are in place and adhered to for all services.
To maintain visibility within clinical areas and support staff regarding clinical matters/patient care, to ensure patients receive best possible outcomes and experience.
Where required to provide Service clinical operational lead