Under the guidance and direction of the Head of Nursing, the Clinical Matron (Matron) is the professional/quality lead for the nursing staff within their specialist areas and is responsible for providing clear leadership and support to all clinical teams.
Responsibilities
* To provide strong clinical and professional leadership and a supportive approach to Team Leaders and clinicians within the multidisciplinary team (MDT)
* To be a visible, accessible and authoritative presence in the clinical areas
* To work within the Modern Matrons Charter to ensure good standards of infection control, privacy and dignity, cleanliness and health and safety
* To oversee and monitor the quality, timeliness and development of nursing care in accordance with all relevant professional standards
* To ensure the environments in which service care and treatment is provided are fit for purpose, clean, well ordered and maintained
* To ensure all nursing practice is in accordance with statutory and corporate policies, including those specific to service user care
* To be responsible for the professional management of the clinical environment, ensuring the right staff with the right skills to deliver person centred nursing care, involving service users and carers
* To supervise and teach registered and non‑registered staff including students
* To be responsible for the identification of learning development needs; to plan how these will be met and evaluate the effectiveness for learners and impact on care
* To be responsible for the provision of safe staffing levels, ensuring the privacy and dignity of service users.
As Clinical Matron you will join an existing group of senior nurses across our Specialist Services and work collaboratively, with excellent peer support, in delivering the highest standard of nursing leadership within your services, being an exemplary professional role model to others, and leading and building a robust nursing workforce.
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse on NMC register
* Educated to Master's degree or currently working towards a Master's degree
* Evidence of continuing personal and professional developmentLeadership course evident or working towards
* Mentorship course, Wide knowledge of developments in the NHS impacting on the Trust, including comprehensive understanding of current NHS initiatives and targets
Desirable criteria
* Confident with HR policies and procedures and demonstrable evidence of managing significant numbers of staff
* Accreditation (CQC, AIMS) and revalidation knowledge and experience, Management experience in clinical NHS environment
* Excellent understanding of the management of safe staffing
* Significant experience of people management and effective leadership
* Ability to lead the service areas with vision and determination
* Ability to offer encouragement and support to others to foster both personal and professional development, Effective communication skills including analysis and presentation of reports
* Ability to provide presentations when expressing ideas to groups and individuals
Physical skills essential
* Advanced IT skills and ability to use a variety of software packages, such as windows, able to manipulate spread sheets
* Car driver (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010 which prevents you from driving)
* You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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