Job summary
St Bartholomew's Hospital is recruiting an experienced critical care nurse to join our nurse leadership team as matron. This is an exciting time of positive change as we have recently celebrated our 900 year anniversary and look forward to critical care service expansion and development.
Applicants should have extensive nurse leadership experience in a large adult critical care unit and be able to demonstrate clinical credibility. The ability to provide visible clinical leadership, inspire others and demonstrate compassionate leadership is essential for the role.
The adult critical care unit (ACCU) at St Bartholomew's hospital is currently funded for 53 beds (40 x Level 3 & 13 x Level 2) with expansion plans to support our elective activity in the next 12 months. The ACCU is spread across four clinical areas, bringing together a wide range of expertise in clinical care, research, and education for cardiovascular and complex cancer conditions.
The hospital is one of the busiest cardiothoracic centres in the UK, performing many surgeries including complex aortovascular and serves both our local population and national referrals. The ACCU has a well-established ECMO program providing respiratory and cardiac support alongside our recently introduced cardiogenic pathway
Main duties of the job
Professional development for all our team remains a key priority. The successful applicant will be supported in the role by ACCU Matron peers, Senior Nurse and the Associate Director for Nursing. There is access to a wide range of leadership and clinical development opportunities, both within the Trust, the North East London Adult Critical Care Network and with partner education institutes. We have successfully introduced clinical academic pathways within critical care, actively encourage research and have the support of our Director of Research and Innovation.
The role will also contribute to the site nursing leadership team with the opportunity to undertake site wide duties and responsibilities.
Main duties of the role:
Provide supportive and clear objectives to the post holders direct line reporters.
Deliver on service key performance indicators:
- Quality & safety framework
- Clinical strategy
- Financial objectives
- Strategy for education & research
Deliver and actively contribute to the key performance indicators relates to the sites "safe and compassionate" quality improvement plans, this includes local and site wide quality improvements work streams.
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment..
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below
We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below
We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.
Person Specification
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Evidence of ongoing dynamic continuing professional development linked to demonstrable clinical competencies .
- Extensive experience at a senior level in a relevant clinical environment
- Experience in teaching, mentorship and supervision of staff
- Knowledge of clinical governance , audit, research and improvement agenda
- Management of complaints and incidents and the implementation of subsequent learning.
Desirable
- Experience in leading on quality, governance, clinical audit, performance standards and clinical improvements.
Skills
Essential
- Relevant specialist clinical skills
- Excellent managerial, operational, leadership and organisational skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to problem solve and initiate change
Desirable
- Ability to interpret and analyse complex data and findings
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC Registered Nurse
- Relevant First Degree in health care related subject
- Specialist post registration qualification relevant to post
Desirable
- Relevant Master's Degree or working towards it
Person Specification
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Evidence of ongoing dynamic continuing professional development linked to demonstrable clinical competencies .
- Extensive experience at a senior level in a relevant clinical environment
- Experience in teaching, mentorship and supervision of staff
- Knowledge of clinical governance , audit, research and improvement agenda
- Management of complaints and incidents and the implementation of subsequent learning.
Desirable
- Experience in leading on quality, governance, clinical audit, performance standards and clinical improvements.
Skills
Essential
- Relevant specialist clinical skills
- Excellent managerial, operational, leadership and organisational skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to problem solve and initiate change
Desirable
- Ability to interpret and analyse complex data and findings
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC Registered Nurse
- Relevant First Degree in health care related subject
- Specialist post registration qualification relevant to post
Desirable
- Relevant Master's Degree or working towards it
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).
