Job overview
We are seeking a motivated and experienced Children’s Nurse to join our growing Children’s Directorate as a Part-Time Matron for the Children’s Emergency Department (CED) and the Children’s and Young People’s Assessment Unit (CYPAU).
You will help create a compassionate, equitable and transparent working culture that reflects our Trust values. Working collaboratively, you will ensure high-quality care through effective leadership, mentorship and strong partnerships across multidisciplinary and multi-agency teams.
Supported by the Director of Nursing for Children and Young People, you will work closely with the Head of Nursing, the Children’s Directorate Matron team, Children’s Site Practitioner Team, Band 7 colleagues and the CED education team. You will also have access to corporate training, in-house leadership development and university partnerships to support your professional growth.
Across both Queen’s and King George Hospitals, you will lead and mentor the Band 7 team, support innovative clinical practice and education initiatives, and contribute to strategic service development and efficiency.
If you are an experienced Band 8 leader in children’s nursing, committed to collaboration, high-quality care and driving clinical and strategic improvements, we welcome your application.
Main duties of the job
The Matron role is a senior nursing/midwifery role providing leadership and direction to nursing/midwifery staff within a designated service line across Queen’s and King George Hospitals, and other satellite sites.
Thepostholder will workina serviceline triumviratewiththe Clinical Leadand the ServiceManager, with a particular focus on day-to-day management of nursing/midwifery services across their areasof responsibility. They will be responsible for ensuring provision of high quality, safe, well-governed, productive and cost-effective services which support the Trust in delivering its strategic objectives. They will practice atan advanced level demonstrating a high level of autonomy and decision-making.
Working for our organisation
We’re an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with. We’re no longer in special measures; we’ve opened two new theatres at our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH); and, in recognition of our progress, we’ve been shortlisted for Trust of the Year at the Health Service Journal Awards.
We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen’s and get rid of corridor care.
Our patients are benefitting from our Women’s Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub.
These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 94,000 scans a year.
The majority of our 8,000 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.
We’re looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.
Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.
All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.
Person specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. Registered Children’s Nurse on the Nursing and Midwifery Council (RSCN/RN (Child)
Desirable criteria
2. Master’s degree in nursing/midwifery or equivalent level of experience
Skills/Abilities
Desirable criteria
3. Ability to work across professional teams and organisational boundaries.
Experience/ Knowledge
Essential criteria
4. Extensive experience at manager level or equivalent managerial role
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.