Employer Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Matron Integrated Sexual Health and HIV
Band 8a
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full-time band 8a Matron post for the Integrated Sexual Health and HIV service.
The speciality has a strong reputation for training and innovation, and the multidisciplinary team work closely together to ensure patients receive the best possible care and outcome.
This role will work alongside other Matrons within the Family Health Care Group.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a highly motivated professional nurse to undertake the role of Matron.
You will have an extensive skill set in nursing management and leadership and be an effective communicator. You will be a positive role model and hold responsibility to support the developments of Clinical Governance and Service Improvement, modernise patient services and ensure the active involvement of patients and carers in the way services are developed, delivered and evaluated.
The post is critical in ensuring safe, quality patient care and experience is provided by the clinical teams and the health and wellbeing of staff remains high on the agenda.
See more details in the Job Description and Person Specification
Working for our organisation
With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please read the attached job description and person specification
Person specification
Physical
* IT skills to manage and report on complex information
Training & Qualifications
* Registered with appropriate regulatory body (NMC,HCPC) with a first degree
* Master’s degree or significant equivalent work experience / post basic training
* Complaints management or relevant experience
* Expert knowledge of Service User Experience and Engagement Agenda’s and good general knowledge of PALS Services.
* Extensive knowledge of the NHS and current clinical standards
* Experience of working across organisational and professional boundaries in the development of healthcare
* Facilitation of inter-professional learning
Communication and Relationship skills
* Excellent communications skills, written and oral
* Ability to build successful teams
* Ability to influence and motivate staff to deliver challenging targets
* Ability to manage conflict
* Able to motivate and support others and encourage effective team working.
Planning and organisation skills
* Understanding of pro-active performance management within a large service
* Ability to prioritise own workload and maintain consistent standards
* Forward thinking, innovative
* Demonstrates strong organisational skills and abilities
* Ability to work on own initiative but also as part of a multi-professional team across all Service User Experience Functions specifically including PALS, carer and engagement functions.
Analytical and Judgement Skills
* Strategic thinking
* Excellent problem solving skills using team when appropriate
* Understand highly complex clinical information and be able to inform clinical and patient experience strategy
* Business focused
* Sensitive to clinical and political demands
* Innovative thinker with the ability to cut through barriers to change
* ability to solve complex situations which require analysis and interpretation
Closing Dates: Please submit your application form as soon as possible to avoid disappointment; we reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the published closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.
Communication: All communication related to your application will be via the email address you have provided. Please ensure you check your email account including your junk email regularly.
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If you are aged 16 or 17 and applying for a role that is more than 20 hours a week, please be aware that you will be asked to commence an Apprenticeship within the Trust alongside your role, as long as there is a suitable apprenticeship standard available. This is in line with the current guidance in England that whilst young people under the age of 18 can leave school (on the last Friday in June) they must then do one of the following:
* Stay in full-time education, for example at a college
* Start an Apprenticeship
* Spend 20 hours of more a week working or volunteering, while in part-time education or training
Salary: The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.
Disability Confidence: All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.
At Risk of redundancy: NHS employees within the East Midlands who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.
ID and Right to work checks: NUH authenticate ID and right to work documentation including passports and driving licenses through a system called Trust ID. NUH will scan your ID and right to work documentation into the Trust ID system at your face to face ID appointment. The system will run a check against the key security features within your documentation. The system will provide us with an outcome of your check which will be stored securely on your personal file along with all other pre-employment check documentation.
Consent:
* Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service - I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the Occupational Health Department confidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.
* Disclosure and Barring Service: Your post may be subject to a DBS check which incurs a cost dependent on the level of check required (£49.50 for enhanced and £21.50 for standard). I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if it is required (by deduction from first month’s pay). Should I decide to withdraw from my job offer, I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of the DBS check undertaken by cheque or other agreed method.
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.
Name: Holly Royston-Ward
Job title: Head of Reproductive Health Nursing & Professions
Email address: holly.roystonward@nhs.net
Additional information
Natasha McVey - Interim Head of Reproductive Health Nursing and Professions - natasha.mcvey1@nhs.net
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