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Location

Walsall, West Midlands | United Kingdom

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Job description

The Matron will provide nursing/midwifery leadership to all clinical staff and to actively promote and implement the Trusts strategy for nurses and nursing, focusing on the key objectives and ensuring all clinical staff are committed to its principles.

The Matron will provide leadership and monitor national quality indicators. The Matron will be innovative and provide effective support to facilitate staff and team development and ensure effective communication systems operate within the directorates/countywide services.

The Post holder will support their Directorates in the delivery of key performance targets and lead and contribute to service and business development, resource management and nursing development with support from the Divisional Director of Nursing.

The Matron will use performance management processes to hold ward managers to account for the standards of practice and resource management in their areas of responsibility
• Be easily identifiable, visible and accessible to patients and visitors, and in control of the resources necessary to ensure the delivery of the fundamentals of nursing care, acting as a change agent to implement the NHS modernisation agenda and Trust nursing strategi
• Provide clinical leadership which inspires and motivates others, enabling them to empower all Ward/Departmental Sisters/Charge Nurses/Midwives to have the authority and autonomy they need to improve the patient experience, and to resolve clinical issues such as discharge delays and environmental problems
• Promote and implement professionalism and traditional values amongst nurses/midwives and will undertake clinical work to maintain their professional competence, authority and credibility. Have a key role in the initiatives being undertaken to reduce the incidence of hospital acquired infection
• They will also be responsible for standards of environment cleanliness in line with the NHS Clean Hospitals programme, again influencing the reduction of hospital acquired infections.

We are looking to recruit a highly skilled and experienced Senior Nurse to the role of Matron for Non-Elective Services in the Division of Surgery, which includes Wards 10, 11 and 12 (Orthopaedic Trauma, General Surgery and Short Stay & Admissions).

Post holder should have:
• Experience at working at Band 7 or above, that includes:
• Evidence of advanced knowledge and understanding of Surgical specialties
• HR processes and practical delivery,
• Team building
• Budgetary skills
• Change Management
• Registered Nurse (Level 1) qualification
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
• Master’s Degree Level qualification or equivalent experience
• Project Management qualification/training
• Experience of Emergency Care
• Willing to undergo training in relation to post
• Complaints management training
• Performance management Training

Post holder will act as a highly experienced, knowledgeable and educated member of the team who is able to work autonomously making high level decisions.
• Make a significant contribution to the work led by the Director of Nursing/DIPC to ensure the Trust’s enhances its compliance with the Hygiene code, and ensures the provision of a safe, clean patient care environment.
• Ensure that effective and robust communication systems are in place for patients, visitors and staff, and will actively promote a culture of health education and ill-health prevention
• Ensure that all staff have a clear understanding of the care and environmental standards they are expected to maintain and will take prompt action to rectify poor performan
• Develop a culture that is flexible and positive to change, where staff feel valued and where opportunities are actively created for individuals to maximise their potential and excel.
• Act as a clinical role model, assessing and delivering care needs as a significant part of their role.
• They will also ensure high standards of clinical care are consistently achieved and monitored

For more details please Look at The Job Description Attached.

This advert closes on Sunday 3 Mar 2024

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