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Site Walsall Manor Hospital/ New Cross Hospital Town Walsall Salary £53,755 - £60,504 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 20/05/2025 23:59
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust provides integrated acute and community Healthcare in the West Midlands serving a population of 260,000 residents. Walsall Manor Hospital houses the full range of district general hospital services. The £170 million development was completed in 2010 and we are continually upgrading. Construction of the new integrated critical care unit was completed in 2018, extension of a Neonatal Unit and an approved plan to build a brand new, state of the art Emergency Department which commenced in 2021
We provide high quality, friendly and effective community health services from multiple sites covering Walsall. Our multidisciplinary services include rapid response and homebased care, so that those with long term conditions and the frail elderly can remain in their own homes.
We are recommended by colleagues as a place to work which is supported by the trusts values to work as part of a team, being respectful, compassionate and professional. We are committed to investing in our workforce
Following our recent CQC visit the Trust was rated as outstanding for care and this has been recognised by NHS Improvement.
The work we do is highly rewarding, and in addition to an attractive salary, we offer a valuable range of benefits, including: salary sacrifice scheme; car leasing scheme; on-site staff accommodation (subject to availability); the ability to retain your NHS pension (where applicable) or the opportunity to join an alternative scheme; and the opportunity to develop and implement your expertise in an encouraging yet challenging environment
We would particularly welcome applications from people from a Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic background and from people with a disability; these groups are currently under-represented at senior level, we value diversity within our Trust and are working to achieve equality in our recruitment.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment at this time, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks, and so that we can support those who may be undecided about vaccination. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information at COVID-19 Vaccination | How to access your vaccine in the Black Country and West Birmingham (blackcountryandwestbirmccg.nhs.uk ) where you can also find out more about how to access vaccination. There is a current Government consultation underway which will determine whether some new starters may need to be vaccinated.
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is proud to be part of the Armed Forces Covenant. The Trust currently holds the Bronze Award which underlines the Trust’s commitment to supporting the Armed Forces Community. As an organisation, we are aiming to achieve the next level Silver award, with our sights firmly on Gold.
RESPECT - COMPASSION - TEAMWORK - PROFESSIONALISM
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to work across both, Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust and The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, in the role of Quality Matron. Reporting to the Head of Nursing Quality, you will work collaboratively across both organisations to ensure that quality and safety are central in our pursuit of providing high quality patient care and experience.
In conjunction with the Head of Nursing Quality, the post holder will be required to define, scope, plan, manage and deliver the activities of nursing and midwifery quality improvements with clear project management structures and outcome measures to ensure that systems and processes are in place to consistently deliver the fundamentals of care across nursing and midwifery in all care settings within both Trusts. Furthermore, the post holder will lead the implementation and delivery of any agreed quality and safety monitoring approaches and accreditation programmes for the clinical areas and provide advice, guidance and support to Ward/Department teams on quality and safety issues.
PLEASE NOTE, WE MAY CLOSE THIS VACANCY EARLY IF WE RECEIVE HIGH NUMBERS OF APPLICATIONS.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be an excellent nursing or midwifery leader, and a role model, highly visible in the clinical areas to implement and monitor the quality of care and to ensure that the fundamentals of care are consistently delivered. The post holder will have a proven track record of delivering quality improvements in nursing and midwifery care to ensure that the highest quality and evidence-based care is provided to all patients.
This is an attractive role that will suit to a highly experienced senior nurse or midwife, with demonstrable experience in quality and safety improvements and wider quality agendas. A strong track record of achieving outcomes for the benefit of patients, and a strong focus on patient and staff experience and quality of care is essential. You will be supported to utilise your skills and experience and further grow as an expert and leader to meet your future aspirations.
If this role is of interest to you and you feel that you meet the person specification requirements, then we want to hear from you!
Working for our organisation
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is an integrated Trust and the only provider of NHS acute care in Walsall, serving a population of 284,300, providing inpatient and outpatient services at the Manor Hospital as well as a wide range of services in the community. Walsall Manor houses the full range of district general hospital services under one roof. The £170 million development was completed in 2010 and the continued upgrading of existing areas ensures the Trust now has a state-of-the-art Critical Care Unit, Neonatal Unit, Obstetric Theatre, and Integrated Assessment Unit facilities.
A new Urgent Emergency Care Centre was opened in March 2023. The two-storey development has significantly improved emergency care facilities and capacity and has provided almost 5,000 square metres of additional clinical space.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Ensure High Quality, safe and effective clinical care
- As a visible clinical leader, set standards of care and professionalism and promote teamwork within a multi-professional environment, demonstrating critical analysis and decision-making skills, leading the delivery of designated quality workstreams, influencing and facilitating the sustainment or improvement within the Trusts.
- Display clinical and professional credibility through enabling and empowering staff to develop their own improvement ideas to support the delivery of safe, high-quality care.
- Develop, and work to, an annual workplan relevant to assigned workstream/s, which have been agreed and ensure these are monitored through relevant steering/working groups.
- Act as a change agent, developing clinically effective practice through the effective utilisation and integration of evidence-based practice, setting, implementing, and monitoring evidence-based standards of care, policies and procedures.
- Ensure a culture of continuous quality improvement using research, audit, patient feedback and learning from patient safety events.
- Promote a clean and safe environment for staff, patients and visitors by ensuring compliance with legislation, policies and protocols including health and safety, healthcare associated infection prevention, clinical governance, including risk management and incident reporting
- Ensure a high standard of record keeping in accordance with Nursing and Midwifery Council, Health and Care Professions Council, national legislation and local standards.
- Support effective communication with the multi-professional team.
- Assess the risks involved in the care of patients and ensure utilisation of evidence-based practices and protocols to minimise those risks.
- Monitor the standards of care and escalate and support teams when standards fall below expected levels.
- Report incidents and near misses promptly and appropriately and take effective action to minimise future risk.
- Apply in practice your awareness of Quality Improvement (QI) methodology and liaise/ collaborate with the QI Team/s.
- Lead on scoping excellent systems of work nationally and internationally for local adoption or adaption.
- Identify and lead audit projects as required. Ensure that audit recommendations are reported, and recommendations are implemented where practicable.
- Using analytical skills, the post holder will be required to interrogate data from a variety of sources, process, develop, and present reports and outcomes to wider audiences including senior level staff in the organisation, local and national bodies. The post holder will be analysing complex data, interpreting findings and outlining improvements and expectations within teams.
- Develop and deliver high quality educational support, encompassing best practice, policy, and procedure, to teams, as part of quality improvement work as required either as a request from educational colleagues or independently as detailed in annual workplan.
- Share knowledge, develop broad individual and team skills and seek out creative opportunities, as well as standardising practice.
- To lead/oversee quality workstreams as indicated by the Head of Nursing Quality based on National nursing excellence priorities, local quality indicators and internal quality frameworks, which will include, but not limited to:
· Clinical Accreditation and audit.
· Eat, Drink, Dress, Move to Improve, the Trust’s prevention of deconditioning strategy, which encompasses nutrition and hydration, safer mobility, falls prevention, mouth care and tissue viability.
· Improvements in the deteriorating patient workstreams
Person specification
Qualifications
* First level registration Nursing Midwifery Council
* Health-related post-graduate education at Masters level or working towards
* Evidence of professional updating in last 12 months
* Management Training
Experience/skills
* Budgetary Management
* Completion of QI training
Abilities
* Data collection analysis
* Effective leadership skills
* Ability to manage change
* knowledge of current NHS policy
Please note your application will be transferred from the NHS Jobs system to internal Walsall Healthcare Trac System. All correspondence will be sent via Trac
Following our recent CQC visit the Trust was rated as outstanding for care and this has been recognised by NHS Improvement.
** Please Note that this post may be identified as suitable and a preference given for Internal at Risk Employees**
We would particularly welcome applications from people from a Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic background and from people with a disability; these groups are currently under-represented at senior level, we value diversity within our Trust and are working to achieve equality in our recruitment.
IMPORTANT NOTE ON COMPLETION OF REFERENCE SECTION OF APPLICATION FORM
References from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. When completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover this period. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.
Please review the attached Job description and person specification carefully before applying to ensure that you meet the essential job requirements.
Candidates should be aware that, regardless of country of origin, their ability to communicate in written and spoken English to the standard required to carry out the post, will be assessed during the selection process.
Referee email addresses should be provided on your application form.
Following the closing date, if you have not heard from us within 6 weeks you may assume your application has been unsuccessful.
We reserve the right to close this job early. Interested applicants are therefore advised to apply as early as possible.
If a large number of applicants meet the essential criteria then random selection will be applied.
We are committed to operating flexible working practices wherever possible and committed to equal opportunities.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Please note this vacancy may close early due to high volume of applications
Name Amy Boden Job title Deputy Chief Nursing Officer Email address amy.boden@nhs.net Telephone number 07789924280 Additional information
Alternatively Head of Nursing Quality Amanda Watts a.watts3@nhs.net
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