Job summary
12 Month Secondment
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a 12 month secondment in the Specialist Ambulatory Services and Medical Specialities Directorates for an enthusiastic and forward-thinking leader to join our friendly team as an Outpatient Matron at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital. If you are passionate about patient care and wish to influence and develop nursing leaders for the future, come and join us.
We seek a passionate, highly motivated, and proactive individual who enjoys working within a busy environment, alongside a large MDT caring for patients in Centralised Outpatient Department, Specialist OPD and Rare Disease Centre department. The successful candidate will need to demonstrate evidence of Senior Nursing leadership, excellent communication skills, transformation skills and a willingness to develop the service.
The matron for this post will work predominantly at STH site and Guy's site to provide operational matron cover. The successful candidate will work closely with the Head of Nursing and Deputy Head of Nursing and be instrumental in delivering on all aspects of clinical governance. You will actively participate and contribute to the ongoing development of clinical practice, research and standards of care within the directorates.
Visible leadership is key in this role and the successful candidate will be someone who encompasses our Trust values.
Closing date: 25th June 2024
Interview date: 3rd July 2024
Main duties of the job
Through strong clinical leadership the Matron will support the Departmental Sisters/Charge Nurses to promote excellence in nursing care to maintain and improve clinical standards.
The post holder will ensure that all patients are treated with compassion, dignity and respect, placing value on the diversity of the local community and beyond. He/she will promote best practice in the prevention of infection through ensuring a clean and safe environment.
The Matron's key responsibility is to ensure that the patient experience is of the highest quality inspiring patient and public confidence. This will be achieved through high visibility, accessibility and surveillance. The post holder will be expected to work clinically for 75% of their time and where required will be a specialist in their clinical area.
The successful candidate will also have key working relationships with other senior nursing colleagues across the integrated specialist medicine.
About us
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.
We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and - as part of King's Health Partners - we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research's biomedical research centres, established with King's College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.
We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. Performance management:
To manage the delivery of all nursing aspects of the agreed outputs for their area of responsibility, as set out in the Performance Contract, by:- Holding Ward/Departmental Sister/Charge Nurse to account for delivery of their objectives in clinical areas.
- Ensuring effective action is taken where nursing performance is at risk of falling below expected levels and standards are not maintained.
- Ensuring that the Trusts Nursing and Midwifery priorities are implemented locally.
2. Risk & clinical governance:
Ensure patients are cared for in a clean and safe environment taking remedial action if standards are not maintained.Be champions for driving the infection prevention and control agenda and challenging poor practice.Manage and respond to complaints and adverse incidents.Undertake root cause analysis and develop action plans, ensuring that this leads to change in practice.Lead on the implementation of patient safety strategies such as Standards Took Kit, Saving Lives and Clinical Indicators.
3. Professional leadership and staff management:
Be a visible leader who is accessible to patients, visitors and staff.Provide professional and clinical leadership.Take forward and develop the specialist contribution nursing and midwifery can make in the designated areas.Develop Ward/Departmental Sister/Charge Nurse in leadership and management.
4. Departmental & staff organisation:
Work in collaboration with the clinical teams on a daily basis. Monitor and action decisions in relation to clinical areas ensuring an appropriate nursing skill mix in relation to activity and acuity. Manage and report any risk issues to the Head of Nursing in a timely manner.
The Matron will:
Review skill mix and deployment of staff within the area of responsibility, working closely with other Matrons within the Directorate.Ensure nurse rostering meets service demands and is cost effective and adheres to Trust guidelines.Review and agree bank and agency requirements and usage and control bank and agency spend.Oversee recruitment processes and ensure they are adhered to in a timely manner.
Please see attached job description for full details.
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. Performance management:
To manage the delivery of all nursing aspects of the agreed outputs for their area of responsibility, as set out in the Performance Contract, by:- Holding Ward/Departmental Sister/Charge Nurse to account for delivery of their objectives in clinical areas.
- Ensuring effective action is taken where nursing performance is at risk of falling below expected levels and standards are not maintained.
- Ensuring that the Trusts Nursing and Midwifery priorities are implemented locally.
2. Risk & clinical governance:
Ensure patients are cared for in a clean and safe environment taking remedial action if standards are not maintained.Be champions for driving the infection prevention and control agenda and challenging poor practice.Manage and respond to complaints and adverse incidents.Undertake root cause analysis and develop action plans, ensuring that this leads to change in practice.Lead on the implementation of patient safety strategies such as Standards Took Kit, Saving Lives and Clinical Indicators.
3. Professional leadership and staff management:
Be a visible leader who is accessible to patients, visitors and staff.Provide professional and clinical leadership.Take forward and develop the specialist contribution nursing and midwifery can make in the designated areas.Develop Ward/Departmental Sister/Charge Nurse in leadership and management.
4. Departmental & staff organisation:
Work in collaboration with the clinical teams on a daily basis. Monitor and action decisions in relation to clinical areas ensuring an appropriate nursing skill mix in relation to activity and acuity. Manage and report any risk issues to the Head of Nursing in a timely manner.
The Matron will:
Review skill mix and deployment of staff within the area of responsibility, working closely with other Matrons within the Directorate.Ensure nurse rostering meets service demands and is cost effective and adheres to Trust guidelines.Review and agree bank and agency requirements and usage and control bank and agency spend.Oversee recruitment processes and ensure they are adhered to in a timely manner.
Please see attached job description for full details.
Person Specification
Qualifications Education
Essential
- First Level Register Nurse
- Evidence of equivalent knowlege and experience to master level
- A proven track record of operation management at a senior level in an acute hospital
Previous experience
Essential
- Demonstrates previous success in delivering and leading change
- Ability to think and plan strategically, tactically and creatively
- A good understanding of the changing NHS environment
Skills / knowledge/ ability
Essential
- Well developed leadership and influencing skills
- A demonstrable commitment to improving patient services
Person Specification
Qualifications Education
Essential
- First Level Register Nurse
- Evidence of equivalent knowlege and experience to master level
- A proven track record of operation management at a senior level in an acute hospital
Previous experience
Essential
- Demonstrates previous success in delivering and leading change
- Ability to think and plan strategically, tactically and creatively
- A good understanding of the changing NHS environment
Skills / knowledge/ ability
Essential
- Well developed leadership and influencing skills
- A demonstrable commitment to improving patient services
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).
