Matron for Neonatal Services
2 days ago
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and dynamic Matron join our innovative and highly skilled team.
We offer excellent leadership and professional development opportunities, our team will support you to gain the skills and confidence required to achieve your professional goals.
Our local neonatal unit consists of 28 cots, 10 of which are designated to ITU/HDU 18 special care. Within our service we manage a 6 bedded Transitional care area, located on the Post-natal ward, where mothers can remain with their babies up until they are discharged.
We also provide a well-established and highly regarded Neonatal Outreach service which facilitates the early discharge of babies safely into the community.
Our progressive level 2 unit is currently working towards UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative accreditation and the Bliss Baby Charter.
The Matron will work with the Director of Midwifery, Divisional Director and Divisional General Manager and Senior Management Team to provide professional leadership and management to the Nursing Service for the Division.
The Matron will provide strong clinical leadership within the Service and be highly visible and accessible to patients.
Leading by example, the Matron will drive up standards of clinical care and have the authority to get the essential components of care right for patients, ensuring patients are treated with dignity and respect, resolving problems for patients and relatives and ensuring that high standards of care are maintained throughout the Service.
The Matron will be accountable for the efficient and effective operational management of the nursing workforce, guaranteeing provision of high quality evidence based nursing practice which will be delivered within a hospital, community and outreach setting.
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
**We run the following hospitals**:
- The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
- New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
- Hertford County, Hertford
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
In the paragraphs above you have read an overview about the role we would like to offer and general information about main duties of the post holder. Please see attached - job description which describes in full details the duties, responsibilities and reporting relationships of the advertising role.
Main role requirements are below but for the full details please refer to attached a person specification.
- Work with the minimum of supervision and co-ordinate his / her activities in order to ensure that an efficient service is provided.
- Manage budgets and resources efficiently and effectively.
- Have responsibility to line manage delegated teams.
- Comply with the NMC - ‘The Code’
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