Surgery Matron

Job summary

An exciting opportunity to gain experience working within the Surgery Division in a secondment as a Matron. The secondment will be for 6 months.

For this role we are looking for an experienced senior nurse who would like to increase their skills and knowledge to provide leadership across the surgical wards to oversea the delivery of safe compassionate high-quality care and to ensure quality standards are achieved.

The Matron role is key to an effective, high performing, fully engaged team. The breadth of the role requires excellent communication, management, leadership, as well as education and teaching skills.

The successful applicant will support an experienced team of Band 7 Senior Sisters and Clinical Nurse Specialists working with the Critical Care, Outpatient and Theatre Matrons to support the Divisional and Deputy Heads of Nursing for Surgery.

If you would like further information and to discuss this secondment opportunity please contact Bernie Dunn - Divisional Head of Nursing ext. 2802 or Katie Ransby Deputy Divisional Head of Nursing ext. 3539

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be accountable to the Head of Nursing for ensuring the highest standard of clinical care is provided within wards and departments for which they are responsible, delivery of the Matrons 10 key responsibilities, and ensuring the principles of clinical governance and quality improvement are implemented at a local level.

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

About us

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk