Children's Services Matron for Planned Care

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dedicated children's nurse to come and join the team at Croydon as a Children's community matron. The post will lead the assessment and strategic planning of complex operational issues and challenges within Children's community services. This will demand high levels of analysis, judgment, decision making and interaction to identify and agree clear solutions and recommendations that the post holder will be responsible for leading their teams to implement.

Visible leadership through clinical presence and development of the teams. To lead on the development of a clear plan to develop nurses and nursing practice and the provision of a safe effective and high quality care for the patients, carers and families.

Interviews: 17th April 2025

Main duties of the job

Responsible for demonstrating continuous improvements in standards of clinical nursing care within Children's community service.

Continuously improving patient satisfaction and patient experience in relation to being treated with dignity and respect.

To maintain personal clinical competence and acumen through regular, direct clinical involvement. To spend a minimum of 40% of time working clinically (rostered) within areas of responsibility as agreed by the Head of Nursing and Associate Director of Nursing.

To monitor the nursing establishments in conjunction with sisters/charge nurses, ensuring timely recruitment and appropriated selection of staff. To assist in identifying and implementing appropriate recruitment and retention initiatives.

To work in close association with the Matron for Children's services unplanned care and the Matron for Children's services unplanned care ensuring joint working, excellent communication and that adequate provision is made for cross cover during periods of leave.

To ensure that there are strategies in place at department level to ensure the protection of vulnerable children and adults.

About us

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon. The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 4,100 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity.Our main hospital site, Croydon University Hospital is one of the busiest in London. We're also leading the way in providing more healthcare outside hospitals at clinics, specialist centres and in people's homes. Our experienced district nursing teams, Allied Health Professionals and community matrons look after people of all ages across Croydon.Across the NHS everyone is working hard to meet growing demand and we're no exception. But with the right people on board, we are rising to this challenge, putting our people in the driving seat, encouraging innovation and transforming our services to give local people the quality of care they deserve. Croydon Health Services puts a great deal of importance on education and training throughout the careers of all of our staff.If you want the opportunity to have a real impact, challenge yourself and be part of an NHS Trust that's making a real difference then a career at Croydon Health Services could be just what you're looking for.