Matron - Safe Staffing

Wye Valley NHS Trust

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Job summary

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, organised and efficient Matron for Safe Staffing. This is a visible role providing day to day leadership for maintaining safe staffing across the Trust. As the Matron for Safe Staffing, you will bring your nursing expertise to support the clinical divisions to maximise the provision of nursing staff to clinical areas of the Trust, particularly to the inpatient wards.

The post holder in conjunction with Associate Chief Nursing will lead on nurse workforce utilisation and safe staffing across the organisation. You will support the provision of sustainable staffing which is safe, effective and affordable.

To provide professional leadership and management for the development, implementation and monitoring of acuity and other national safe staffing strategies for Nursing.

The post holder is responsible and accountable for the overall clinical and operational day-to-day delivery of safe nurse staffing, utilising the Trust's acuity tool, in accordance with set objectives, targets, quality standards, controls and resource constraints to ensure the delivery of a high quality, patient centred service that meets patient need.

Main duties of the job

Operational responsibility to ensure safe nurse staffing levels, including leading daily operational staffing meetings, documenting actions and completion of a daily nurse staffing plan.
Support the implementation and ongoing use of the Trust's acuity tool, monitoring and analysing daily acuity and dependency staffing data to support staff staffing decisions.
Develop processes in partnership with Chief Nurse, Associate Chief Nurse, Matrons and Ward Leaders to improve roster efficiency and support in reducing the dependency on temporary staff.
Support with Workforce data reporting in relation to Safe Staffing as per national guidance and requirements, the development of the Care Hours Per Patient Day (CHPPD) metric and the use of workforce related data to support strategic and operational decision making.
With the support of the Associate Chief Nurse, take responsibility for the leadership and coordination of twice yearly nursing skill mix reviews using multiple methodologies to ensure a triangulated approach.
Synthesise and analyse skill mix review and workforce information to inform local workforce planning priorities and the local delivery plan.

About us

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT and the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care wed want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust they tell us its a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

The Trust encourages applications from people outside of the NHS and welcomes the valuable experiences and skills they can bring to the organisation.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time all the time.

Date posted

10 August 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£50,952 to £57,349 a year pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

229-COR-5526745

Job locations

Wye Valley NHS Trust

Union Walk

Hereford

HR1 2ER

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more information about the role and responsibilities please see the attached job description and person specification

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more information about the role and responsibilities please see the attached job description and person specification

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

NMC Registration Educated to Degree Level or equivalent experience

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities

Essential

Knowledge of e-rostering

Personal Attributes

Essential

Good team member with proven ability to lead, motivate , inspire and encourage collaborative working to improve

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

NMC Registration Educated to Degree Level or equivalent experience

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities

Essential

Knowledge of e-rostering

Personal Attributes

Essential

Good team member with proven ability to lead, motivate , inspire and encourage collaborative working to improve

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).