Modern Matron

**We have an a newly created opportunity for a Modern Matron (Cancer Care) to lead our cancer nursing teams at The London Clinic to deliver exceptional specialist care for our cancer patients within the oncology and haematology service. This post is located at The London Clinic’s Duchess of Devonshire Wing in London, W1G 6JA, and we are offering a competitive inclusive salary range of £64,000 - £70,000 per annum (Band 8b equivalent).**

Established in 1932, The London Clinic is one of the UK’s largest private hospitals, with state-of-the-art facilities located on Harley Street. We have circa 1350 employees, a total of 8 premises, and we are dedicated to providing the best, personalised healthcare with a breadth of surgical and medical expertise. The Duchess of Devonshire Wing is our award-winning cancer centre, which comprises of 8 levels, including state-of-the-art radiotherapy & chemotherapy suites as well as 47 dedicated patient bedrooms. With the latest advances in surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy and immunotherapy, we treat an extensive range of cancers.

**Job Profile**

This influential post will provide visible, inclusive and approachable senior clinical leadership across the oncology & haematology service (circa 64 staff). You will have direct line management of Ward Managers & Clinical Nurse Specialists, inspiring and motivating the teams to have the skills, authority and autonomy they need to deliver outstanding person-centred care as well as continuously improve the patient safety and experience.
- Job Type: This is a full-time, permanent position working 37.5 hours per week.
- Shift/Working Pattern: Monday to Friday; 9am-5:30pm.
- Job Location: This role is located at The London Clinic’s Duchess of Devonshire Wing in London, W1G 6JA (Close to Regents Park & Baker Street tube stations).
- Salary: The attractive salary range for this role is £64,000 - £70,000 per annum, dependent on skills & experiences.
- Benefits package: We offer a comprehensive package which includes a contribution pension scheme (total annual contribution up to 20%), Private Medical Healthcare, 33 day’s annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays), season ticket travel loan, a wide range of discounts with a variety of retailers and services, plus an extensive range of other benefits. We also offer excellent career development; with clear career pathways and access to further education.

**Duties & Responsibilities**
- To line manage two Ward/Unit Managers and the Oncology CNS teams (13 posts across GI, Haematology, Palliative, Gynaecology, Liver, Breast).
- Provide expert clinical advice for staff and promote strong links between primary and secondary care services in order to effectively manage the needs of both patients and consultants.
- Lead and implement The London Clinic’s cancer services priorities and strategy in partnership with the Director of Nursing, Head of Cancer and Heads of Service, ensuring compliance to regulations, patient safety, patient satisfaction and continued business success
- Accountable for the overall financial performance of cancer nursing services ensuring all nursing budgets are managed and understood.
- Lead and focus on continuous quality improvement as well as ensuring that staffing levels meet patient needs; empowering nurses to take on a wider range of clinical tasks; ensuring that patients’ needs are met; improving wards for patients and resolving problems for patients and their relatives by building close therapeutic relationships with them.

**Skills & Experience**
- RGN with valid NMC registration with experience operating in a cancer nursing leadership role.
- Strong evidence of people management, including experience of leading specialist cancer services teams.
- Experience of assessing training needs, as well as corporate and clinical governance issues, and national and local policies and how they impact on service provision.
- Significant Experience of measuring and evaluating outcomes in order to secure improvement through continuous improvement as well as active involvement in quality improvement change processes from previous working environments / teams.
- Excellent interpersonal skills; active listening, negotiation, assertiveness, negotiation, decision making, social awareness with the ability to network internally and externally.

The London Clinic has a supportive and warm working culture where your contribution is valued, and you can help us deliver our three core values: “We go further”, “We work as one” and “We personalise care.” We are an organisation that holds charitable status, and this helps us to drive forward our mission of reinvesting our income to deliver better patient outcomes. The CQC rated us as ‘Good’, and Macmillan, one of the UK’s largest cancer charities, graded our cancer care ‘excellent.’

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £64,000.00-£70,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Childca