Job responsibilities
Acorns Childrens Hospice Trust are looking for a Matron for our Birmingham Hospice to provide expert leadership to the hospice care team and be accountable for the delivery of high-quality care, uphold professional standards and provide assurance to families and the organisation.
About the Role
Established in 1988, Acorns Children's Hospice Trust is a registered charity, based in Birmingham. We provide palliative care, end of life care and symptom management for life limited/life threatened babies, children and young people up to 18 years and support their families.
As Matron, you will be an active member of our Care Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and accountable for the delivery of high-quality care within the hospice. Youll work with your Deputy Matron and use your expert decision making and clinical judgement to uphold professional standards, develop the team and provide assurance to families and the organisation.
The Matron, as the Registered Manager, will be highly visible, accessible and have an authoritative presence within the hospices clinical areas, to which children and their families and others can turn for assistance, advice and support.
The Matrons role will focus on:
- Improving clinical care standards in conjunction with the Senior Care Team
- Ensuring best practice in infection control is undertaken in all defined clinical areas.
- Ensure safe staffing levels are maintained and the workforce objectives are reviewed, and actions taken to maintain these.
- Work in conjunction with the Senior Care Team to have oversight of off duty schedules across sites.
- Being responsible, in conjunction with the Care SLT Leads and Care Executive Directors, for the delivery and implementation of local and national initiatives.
- Providing leadership to the professional and direct care teams across all clinical areas.
- Ensuring that senior nursing teams are empowered and enabled to enhance service delivery. Using evidence-based practice/techniques to highlight that the above roles are delivering an increased quality in the delivery of care.
About You
You will be a registered child nurse, with a recognised management or leadership qualification and extensive experience of paediatric nursing. Youll have experience of supporting families who have experienced loss or bereavement.
Youll be leading a large, multi-disciplinary team of team leaders, nurses and care assistants, so previous management experience is essential. Youll be highly IT literate, with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Youll have a strong commitment to the organisational performance and to the care that we provide.
What We Offer
- £53,000 to £58,000 per annum
- 37.5 hours per week
- Employee discounts from leading retailers
- Employee gym discount scheme
- Bike-to-Work scheme
- Generous contribution to group personal pension plan or continuation of current NHS pension scheme
- NHS pension scheme life assurance or Acorns group life assurance scheme
You need to be eligible to work in the UK to be considered for this role. We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and therefore any successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check for children and will be asked to provide two satisfactory references.
As a UNICEF Gold Rights Respecting organisation we are committed to ensuring that the United Nations Convention for the Rights of the Child is embedded into both culture and practice within the organisation. As an employee you will be a Duty Bearer for Childrens Rights and support all children to be Rights Holders.
Find out about our culture, career development, benefits and more here: Why work for Acorns?
