Matron - Outpatients

Job summary

Role: Matron

Banding: 8a

Division: Cancer and Core Clinical Services

Responsible to: Head of Nursing

Accountable to: Director of AHP and Nursing

Are you an experienced senior nurse with specialist understanding of Outpatients? Would you like to work within an organisation determined to improve patient care and experience? Would you like the autonomy to innovate your services and inspire your team? Are you committed to delivering the best of care through the best of people? If you have answered yes:

Apply to join the great team at Medway.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a highly motivated individual to provide vision, professional leadership, clinical and operational direction to all staff in the Outpatient setting.

The successful post holder will be required to provide nursing leadership and manage all aspects of the pathway and communicate effectively with the senior management team.

In addition, you will provide strong professional and managerial leadership to the nursing team, working collaboratively with all health professionals to ensure high quality standards of care, clinical governance, effectiveness and deliver on key national and local performance targets.

Our values are B old, E very Person Counts, S haring and Open and T ogether. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today

About us

Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of theBest of Careby the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.

As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy - Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.

Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.

Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:

B - Bold

E - Every person counts

S - Sharing and open

T - Together

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

To manage the delivery of all nursing and lead aspects of the agreed outputs for the areas of responsibility and provide assurance by:

Holding Senior Sister / Charge Nurse to account for delivery of their objectives in clinical areas.

Ensuring effective action is taken where nursing performance is at risk of falling below expected levels and standards are not maintained.

Ensuring that the Trusts nursing and midwifery priorities are implemented locally.

Ensure patients are cared for in a clean and safe environment taking remedial action if standards are not maintained.

Be champions for driving the infection prevention and control agenda and challenging poor practice.

Manage and respond to complaints and adverse incidents.

Undertake root cause analysis and develop action plans, ensuring that this leads to change in practice.

Establish and maintain effective communication with patients, relatives and staff to contribute to the active resolution of potentially complex situations, conflicts and issues.

Lead on the implementation of patient safety strategies and service improvement

Share best practice and drive improvements in patient care through the Trust Nursing, Midwifery and AHP Strategy group and Matrons meeting.

In conjunction with the Head of Nursing, the Matron will be responsible for monitoring and maintaining excellent clinical standards within clinical teams.

Be a visible leader who is accessible to patients, visitors and staff.

Provide professional and clinical leadership.

Take forward and develop the specialist contribution nursing and midwifery can make in the designated areas.

Develop Senior Sister / Charge Nurse in leadership and management.

Ensure that nursing staff comply with Trust-wide policies and procedures.

Represent the Trust at local and National forums promoting achievements in patient care.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

First level registered nurse Broad clinical experience relevant to the post.

Desirable

Evidence of a Masters level qualification in nursing or a postgraduate qualification is desirable but not essential, or evidence of equivalent experience and knowledge.

Knowledge

Essential

Ability to be intellectually flexible and to look beyond existing structures, ways of working, boundaries and organisations to produce more effective and innovative service delivery and partnerships Ability to think and plan strategically, tactically and creatively, and to prioritise work programs in the face of competing demands. Well-developed leadership and influencing skills with the ability to enthuse, motivate and involve individuals and teams, and have them understand the Trust's and your performance expectations

Experience

Essential

Demonstrable previous success in leading and delivering change and performance with and through clinical teams A proven track record of operational service management at a senior level in an acute hospital environment, including staff management, financial management and change management. A strong sense of personal and team accountability coupled with a clear understanding of the boundaries around delegated authority.

Skills

Essential

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with good listening skills High level of work organisation, self-motivation, drive for performance and improvement, and flexibility in approach and attitude Strong sense of commitment to openness, honesty and integrity in undertaking the role

Values Based Question

Essential

How would you ensure you represent MFT in a positive way?

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