Clinical Matron - CCU/Cardiology and the Heart Function Service

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity for a highly skilled Cardiac nurse to join the growing Cardiology team at Hampshire Hospital Foundation Trust. The organisation has recently opened a state of the art Heart Centre with two Cardiac Cath labs, we have a 27 bed inpatient ward with multiple dynamic teams collaborating to deliver high level cardiac care to our community.

This role will requires strong nursing leadership for the CCU and Cardiology ward, supporting both elective and non elective care. In addition, the role also supports the Heart Function Team, offering care across both sites of our hospital and the wider community.

We take pride in our innovative approach and are seeking to add to our dynamic and committed team. These roles provide an exciting chance to join a team that promotes a warm and supportive environment for all its colleagues. We strive to exceed expectations by encouraging every employee to contribute to our wider mission of discovering ways to enhance patient care. Additionally, we are dedicated to assisting you infulfilling your role's daily responsibilities.

Main duties of the job

The Clinical Matron has 24- hour accountability in a leadership role for quality, staff, finance and performance of their area. As the Clinical Matron you will practice as an autonomous senior leader within the boundaries of your scope of practice.

This role will requires:

• Strong nursing leadership for the CCU and Cardiology ward,
• Supporting both elective and non elective care.
• Supporting the Heart Function Team, offering care across both sites of our hospital and the wider community.
• Enhanced clinical skills and provide clinical expertise both within their own clinical environment and across the organisation
• Be required to support the Organisational Strategy in the achievement of professional, operational and clinical governance objectives.

About us

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.