Clinical Matron for Elective Orthopaedic Hub

Job summary

A new and exciting opportunity for experienced and dedicated registered nurse or ODP to lead the new Hampshire Orthopaedic Hub. Situated in Royal Hampshire County Hospital (RHCH) in Winchester, the Hub will be the first of its kind within the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care System (ICS), to deliver a collaborative service for patients of multiple acute providers, in this case Hampshire Hospitals (HHFT) and University Hospital Southampton (UHS). This new development will comprise inpatient and day case areas, 2 theatres and a recovery space for lower limb arthroplasty patients supported by consultant orthopaedic surgeons from both Trusts and is planned to open in July 2025. The facility will operate six days a week with consultants from HHFT and UHS coming together to deliver this work for patients from both Trusts.Your leadership will guarantee the delivery of high quality care from admission to discharge. Within the principles of the Modern Matron framework, your key role will be to ensure clinical quality standards are consistently achieved, by providing inspirational and visible clinical leadership and delivering contemporary, high quality, safe, effective and evidenced based care. Working with other Clinical Matrons, colleagues and other key staff within the division and across the Trust as the custodian of patient experience, you will ensure patients, staff and the Trust have confidence in your area of responsibility.

Main duties of the job

What we look for:

• Relevant qualifications with sufficient experience of providing innovative leadership to creating an environment which is always improving and which puts the patient first.
• High levels of organisational and prioritisation skills with a resourceful and professional approach to work.
• Demonstration of excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to develop and maintain relationships with a variety of clinical and non-clinical staff.
• Compassionate leadership to ensure the development and sustainability of high performing teams.
• Broad clinical understanding and experience to ensure breadth of knowledge enabling resourcefulness, resilience and clinical leadership.
• Drive and ambition with a will to succeed.

The successful applicant will be involved in establishing and delivering a high-quality service using state of the art models of care, for patients undergoing elective joint replacement surgery by facilitating an ambulatory lower limb arthroplasty pathway. Working with key stakeholders to develop clinical pathways, audit and governance structures, that will establish a culture of innovation, productivity and constant improvement amongst the wider multidisciplinary team.

If this role appeals and you have the required knowledge, experience, skills, motivation and resourcefulness we welcome your application.

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.