At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC), we provide joined-up mental health, physical health and learning disability services to people of all ages across Gloucestershire. We run community hospitals and provide care and support in people's own homes and in a range of other locations across the county.
We are on a mission to enable people to live the best life they can and we have a vision to work together to provide outstanding care. We put people at the heart of our services, focusing on personalised care by asking 'what matters to you'.
We're passionate about making sure that everyone can contribute to achieving our mission and we are continually working to support healthy and happy high-quality teams in all areas of the Trust.
Our application process aims to understand each candidates knowledge, skills and experience. We have found that candidates that use AI to generate their answers can lack specificity and fail to address key criteria outlined in the job description.
It is really important to personalise your application to convey your individual skills, knowledge, and experiences effectively and for us to understand why you are applying for this role with GHC. We discourage over reliance on AI-generated applications as it will lessen your chances of success in securing an interview with us ., Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is an integrated physical health, mental health and learning disability community provider, rated 'Good' by the CQC.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for the post of Matron for Older Adults in Mental Health within the Trust.
The successful candidate will be responsible for managing the 3 Wards at the Charlton Lane Hospital Site in Cheltenham.
The Hospital has 3 wards,
Mulberry 18 Functional Beds
Chestnut 14 Functional Beds
Willow 16 Dementia/Organic Beds, + Manage and provide strategic leadership to clinical ward managers and the multi-disciplinary team
+ Responsible for the management of a designated clinical development, clinical environment, allocating and providing sufficient resources and opportunities to deliver person centred nursing care, involving service users and carers
+ Work within the Modern Matrons' charter to ensure good standards of cleanliness, health and safety
+ Manage the recruitment and deployment of people in an area of work
+ Supervise and teach qualified and unqualified staff including students
+ Be responsible for the identification of learning and development needs; to plan how these will be met and evaluate the effectiveness for learners and the impact on care
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification., · Implement the Modern Matron's Charter
· Work collaboratively with Matron Manager, Service Leads and Professional Leads to ensure services are planned, developed, implemented and monitored against national and local policies and to develop project plans to ensure service improvement
· To be able to confidently lead, manage and support service change based on developments within pathways & specific services
· Be fully appraised of relevant performance indicators (including a thorough understanding of their construction) and how information and clinical systems operate to achieve the targets
· Oversight and awareness of specific requirements for reporting/governance as requested by the ICB and NHSE
· Establish and maintain effective systems and processes that enable achievement of key performance indicators relevant to the service
· Ensure the service is managed within a designated budget and take appropriate action to maintain financial balance
If you are passionate about the value that great leadership can add to patient care, this is the role for you. You will be resilient, confident and possess the skills that will enable you to understand the service: you will be creative in your approach to problem solving and have an ability to think beyond your immediate role. It is essential that you are a team player, have excellent people and leadership skills and the credibility and ability to work with and influence at every level to deliver innovation and performance.
We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.
Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:
+ 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
+ 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
+ 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.
This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.
When joining us, as well as becoming part of a team that makes a difference, we also offer:
+ Free car parking at many of our sites
+ 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
+ A broad range of training and development opportunities, including apprenticeships up to Level 7 qualification.
+ A multi-professional preceptorship programme for all Newly Qualified; Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners.
+ Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when if you work unsocial hours
+ Flexible, family friendly and agile working opportunities
+ Recognition and long service awards
+ Fast Track physiotherapy
+ Our Wellbeing line
+ Access to discounts and salary sacrifice schemes; including Cycle to Work, Car scheme and discounts on travel, leisure and retailers.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date. Good luck with your application.
For more information please see the attached 'Additional Information for Applicants' document.
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