Matron Emergency Department

4 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Matron position in the adult Emergency Department at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington.

St Mary's Emergency Department is a busy, fast paced unit and is one of the busiest major trauma centres in the country. This environment brings exciting opportunities for new ways of working, improvements in care delivery and improved staff development and multi-disciplinary team working. Key to the delivery of these new systems and making best use of these unique new opportunities is a motivated, highly skilled and highly visible nursing leader.

The Matron will be an accessible expert who will take responsibility for the delivery and maintenance of high quality care as well as the implementation of new ways of working in collaboration with the wider MDT.

The post holder should demonstrate clinical expertise in the nursing care of patients, as well as excellent patient assessment skills and have sound management knowledge.

The post holder will also demonstrate the ability to provide strong, consistent leadership and maintain good interpersonal relationships with their colleagues.

The post holder will be professionally accountable for standards of care, patient experience, workforce, and the well-being of staff.

Main duties of the job

To provide professional leadership and clinical role modelling in order to inspire the nursing team in the Emergency Department.

To provide a clear focus for clinical leadership, providing a highly visible and authoritative presence, in order to facilitate the provision of high quality care, ensuring that the needs of the patient are placed at the centre of care delivery.

To support the Lead Nurse / Business Service Manager in the delivery of a high quality patient focused care which contributes to the patient's overall experience.

To deputise as required for the Lead Nurse or Business Service Manager to develop and embed procedures, guidelines and protocols to support the development of a safe and efficient service.

To monitor the level of service provided by the support services through regular audit and take remedial action as necessary.

To supervise the professional development and appraisal of staff through their line management structure

To take responsibility for clinical standards of care Monitoring of Quality Indicators, infection control prevention and patient experience.

To foster a culture of incident reporting and responding to incidents, reflection, equal opportunity, openness, mutual respect between the professions and professional development within the unit.

About us

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person Specification

Education/ qualifications

Essential

RN level 1 Degree in Nursing or Equivalent Post registration qualification in Emergency Nursing

Desirable

Leadership/Management Qualification

Experience

Essential

Extensive experience in Emergency Care as a Band 7 Experience of effective leadership Work within the scope of the NMC Code Standards of conduct, performance and ethics for nurses and midwives.

Skills/knowledge/ abilities

Essential

Leadership skills Able to prioritise and meet deadlines Able to compile complex written information Ability to adapt to changing needs of service Flexible

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