Job summary
We are offering an exciting opportunity to work within the Trauma and Orthopaedics Directorate. Working along side the Senior matron and the Trauma and orthopaedic Team, you will need to develop a close working relationship with Staff, Consultants, Departments Directorates and Trust Managers across the Multi disciplinary Team. We are seeking An experienced healthcare professional to lead and develop the service and workforce to drive forward initiatives to enhance standards and transform practice. There will be a requirement to work across all UHD sites
This role requires an NMC Registration
Base Location: Royal Bournemouth and Poole Hospital
Interview Date: TBC
Main duties of the job
To provide clinical and professional leadership to assigned clinical wards and departments and specialist nursing/midwifery teams ensuring that action is taken at all levels to empower nurses/midwives/AHP's to provide high standards of care in a safe environment.
The right candidate will be given opportunities to lead on areas such as:
- monitoring of clinical standards
- sustainable safe staffing
- ensuring patient experience is of the highest quality
- promoting best practice in the prevention of infection
- elements of transformation work
- visible clinical leadership
About us
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Matron is responsible for delivering the Trusts Strategy and objectives, within their area of responsibility including:
- Ensuring the standardisation of services across all relevant areas to the best possible level, so that all patients experience equally high quality care;
- Supporting the planning and managing services to ensure the best possible use of resources;
- Supporting the development of a sustainable safe workforce that is fit for the future within area of responsibility;
- Ensuring services are delivered in a culture where patient safety, high clinical quality, service improvement and financial accountability are paramount;
- Transformation of the service in line with UHD objective
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Matron is responsible for delivering the Trusts Strategy and objectives, within their area of responsibility including:
- Ensuring the standardisation of services across all relevant areas to the best possible level, so that all patients experience equally high quality care;
- Supporting the planning and managing services to ensure the best possible use of resources;
- Supporting the development of a sustainable safe workforce that is fit for the future within area of responsibility;
- Ensuring services are delivered in a culture where patient safety, high clinical quality, service improvement and financial accountability are paramount;
- Transformation of the service in line with UHD objective
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- 1st Level Registered nurse/Midwife /AHP on relevant part of the Register
- First degree or equivalent.
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Proven track record of operational management in the acute healthcare setting managing a ward / service/ department. Including staff, financial/budgetary and change management
- Experience in the acute healthcare setting in clinical leadership/clinical management position
Knowledge
Essential
- Extensive knowledge of National and Local NHS care and N&M agenda
- Highly developed specialist knowledge for field of practice, underpinned by theory and experience
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- 1st Level Registered nurse/Midwife /AHP on relevant part of the Register
- First degree or equivalent.
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Proven track record of operational management in the acute healthcare setting managing a ward / service/ department. Including staff, financial/budgetary and change management
- Experience in the acute healthcare setting in clinical leadership/clinical management position
Knowledge
Essential
- Extensive knowledge of National and Local NHS care and N&M agenda
- Highly developed specialist knowledge for field of practice, underpinned by theory and experience
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
