Matron - Emergency Department

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and experienced Matron for the Emergency Department based at the Whittington Hospital. Working together you will provide leadership and direction to our Emergency Department team. As Matron you will have responsibility for the delivery of high quality, responsive, safe and effective care that improves patient outcomes and patient experience. Proven skills and a working knowledge of leading, and an ability to demonstrate excellent communications skills are required.

The post holder will report to the Associate Director of Nursing for Emergency and Integrated Medicine and will work closely with the Clinical Lead and General Manager for Emergency and Urgent Care. You will provide leadership and direction to a number of senior sisters and practice development nurses within the a emergency department in order to develop and enhance excellent standards of patient care. The role’s focus will be on service improvement, ensuring high standards of quality and safety and provision of visible nursing leadership to the multi-disciplinary team. The post holder will work closely with the Clinical Lead and General Manager to ensure the ICSUs strategic objectives are met.

Whittington Health has a thriving and innovative Emergency Department with a focus on clinical excellence. The Whittington (ED) serves the diverse local community of North London in and around Archway and Highgate. We are a busy but very friendly central London ED, and we now see over 100,000 new attendances per year.

The Emergency Department has a co-located Urgent Care Centre, a Emergency Medicine Unit and a dedicated Children’s Emergency Department. The department has its own dedicated imaging suite with “hot-seat” radiology presence during the day and point of care ultrasound.

The Trust has led the way in Ambulatory Care, with the establishment of a new service that has received national acclaim.

This is an exciting time for the Emergency Department. You will have the opportunity to help shape the future direction of the department and take part in hospital wide initiatives to improve Emergency Care and the patient experience across the whole of the acute pathway.

We are keen to hear from individuals who have experience at working at a senior nurse level within an emergency department environment and are keen to embrace change and provide visible nursing inspiration.

Medical services have been delivered on the Whittington Hospital site for over 500 years. On 1st April 2011, Whittington Health was launched as a new Integrated Care Organisation (ICO) comprising The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust, NHS Islington and NHS Haringey. The Whittington and the community health services in Islington and Haringey are award winning organisations, delivering acute and community based health services to a population of 443,000 people.

The organisation is the biggest employer in the area, with over 4,500 staff; delivering healthcare not only on the acute hospital site which has 420 beds, but also from a variety of other community based health centres and through visits to patients homes across the boroughs to address the health needs of the local population. Whittington Health also works with other health, social care and voluntary sector partners to support patients and service users from their initial appointment whether it be with a community health team or at the hospital, all the way through to treatment and tailored after care.

We are one of the three main teaching campuses for the Royal Free and University College Medical School.

Our ICARE (Innovation, Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Excellence) Values not only help us shape what we do, but also how we do it and why. They are fundamental to the way we do business and care for our patients.

JOB SUMMARY

Working alongside an additional Lead Nurse, the post holder will operationally manage and clinically lead the nursing teams in the Emergency Department (ED) and Clinical Decision Unit (CDU). The post holder is expected to regularly undertake clinical care, including leading the ED shift and acting as a clinical leader providing advice and support and working closely with other members of the integrated teams. An essential component of the job is to support the teams in developing clinical skills, provision of complex clinical care, assessment and decision making and strategies for safe and effective discharge from the department and integrated working. S/he is the delegated budget holder for those nursing teams and is therefore expected to ensure that care provided is, as well as evidence based and in line with best practice, cost effective and productive. S/he is also expected to lead on particular areas of development in clinical practice and the service and to undertake other delegated tasks as agreed.

The post holder will take an active part in continuing to develop new ways of working across primary and secondary care within Whittington Hea