Matron for Critical Care and Pain Services, Band 8a

2 weeks ago


Gloucester, United Kingdom Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

To strategically lead the cross site Critical Care and Pain services, alongside the General Manager and Specialty Director

To lead the nursing, administrative, clerical and technical teams within Critical Care in an engaged, collaborative, cohesive, pro-active and progressive manner to maintain excellent standards of patient care and service delivery.

To lead the acute and chronic specialist pain nurses who deliver expert patient care and management within in-patient and outpatient services.

To deliver and role model effective, transformational leadership and operational decision making within Critical Care and Pain services.

To work in manner that promotes kind and compassionate leadership and on-going professional development of self and others

To work collaboratively with the senior teams for all services outlined to drive patient safety and quality forwards through the development and implementation of service and quality improvement projects.

To be an active member of the surgical divisional and trust wide senior team, supporting and leading on operational and quality initiatives and improvements as appropriate

To be an active and engaged member of the South-West Critical Care Network lead group

Main duties of the job

To be responsible and accountable for the effective delivery of nursing services within the Critical Care and Pain services.

To strategically and operationally lead the Critical Care and Pain Services alongside the service line 'tri', lead consultant and senior nursing team

To take the strategic, professional nursing lead to ensure the safe and effective delivery of care for patients, within the defined clinical services, ensuring responsiveness to the changing needs of the services and nursing teams

To lead and work collaboratively with the Band 7 Critical Care Ward Managers, Clinical Nurse Educators and Specialist Nurses and wider teams to determine and deliver on strategic objectives and to promote the overarching vision for the services

To work collaboratively and cohesively with the entire Critical Care inter-professional team to meet the needs of critically ill patients and their families

To maintain high visibility and clinical expertise, role modelling high standards of care, evidence-based practice and effective leadership within UK law, NMC and Trust policies and guidelines

To take the nursing lead within clinical governance and quality framework, helping to embed the culture of continuous improvement in line with Division, Trust and national direction and priorities.

About us

Gloucestershire is an urban area that lies on the northern edge of the South-West of England. It spans the Cotswolds, the Royal Forest of Dean and the Severn Vale and has a population of 565,000. Gloucestershire Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (GHT) is an acute District General Hospital (DGH) with 960 beds, one of the largest trusts in the UK.

The Department of Critical Care is a cross site service with two units one at Gloucestershire royal hospital (19 beds) and Cheltenham General Hospital (12 beds). The Critical Care team is made up of a dynamic MDT team who offer exceptional high standards of care to it patients and relatives. We have a compassionate leadership team who have a flat hierarchy and shared decision making model. The team is a flexible workforce working on both Critical Care sites. The delivery of quality and safety to our staff and patients is a key priority of the service.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please, see attached job description and person specification for more information on the main responsibilities of this vacancy.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Active registration with the NMC as a Registered Nurse Educated to degree level in a relevant field Masters level study or willingness to be supported towards achieving this Intensive Care nursing course Management / leadership qualifications or equivalent experience

Experience

Essential

Nursing management experience at Band 7 level within Critical Care Evidence of building effective working relationships with members of the multi-disciplinary team and other key stakeholders Experience of leading and managing change

Desirable

Knowledge around risk management and governance processes Understanding or budgets and financial sustainability

Knowledge/ Skills

Essential

In depth knowledge of Critical Care Nursing and operational processes within DCC Knowledge of Human Resource process and line management responsibilities Knowledge of leadership styles and change management strategy A good understanding of clinical governance, incident reporting and investigating Expert Critical Care nursing skills

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