Job summary
The Directorate of Specialist Surgery is seeking a talented individual with multiple skills and an appetite for delivering a first class nursing service to join our team on the Charing Cross Hospital Site. The successful candidate will lead nursing and drive the quality and safety agendas on the ward, which is home to our multi-specialty elective surgical hub. This is a key nursing role carrying a high level of responsibility and workload, but with great opportunity. You will need experience of working at managerial level with demonstrable outcomes in advancing surgical nursing practice and in improving patient experience and patient care. A strong understanding of quality and safety in healthcare is essential. Included in the portfolio is a responsibility to provide senior quality and safety to our Breast and Audiology services
Great matrons have a strong sense of ownership of their wards and love to be in charge. They're honest and straight forward and they excel to high standards. They thrive on the busy nature of the role, they love being on top of things, they have passion and drive and keep going when things are tough. The job isn't for everyone but for those who have the right strengths and motivators it's energizing, rewarding and they love it.
Is providing excellent nursing care and getting the basics right one of your key drivers? Do you love developing others to become excellent at what they do?
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be a member of the Directorate senior nursing leadership team. You will be one of four clinical Matrons leading the nursing agenda under the guidance of the lead nurse across specialist surgery.
- To be responsible for the professional leadership of the Riverside Ward nursing team, demonstrating a supportive and flexible approach and a proactive, responsible attitude so as to promote confidence in the team and the service.
- To provide senior clinical leadership underpinning the quality and safety agenda on Riverside, Brest Services and Audiology
- To act as a clinical expert whilst also reviewing current practice, identifying areas for development, and planning the appropriate change using research and experience to evaluate the outcomes.
- To lead on the development of the senior nursing team on Riverside to ensure consistent high standards of practice and to raise the profile of nursing across all aspects of the service.
- To be responsible for the quality of the patient's environment in order to sustain excellent patient experience.
- To co-ordinate practice for multiple clinical areas.
- To ensure a high standard of financially effective care delivery across defined clinical areas.
About us
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities. We encourage staff to have the Covid vaccination to protect themselves, patients, other colleagues as well as the wider community. Please note it is an operational requirement to comply with infection prevention and control procedures within the Trust such as lateral flow testing, handwashing and the wearing of masks, according to the procedures in place at any time or location.
As part of our continued response to Covid19 we are still conducting the majority of our interviews virtually.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
- To maintain clinical credibility by acting regularly as a clinical practitioner in own area of expertise.
- To be highly visible, accessible and approachable to staff, patients and the public to ensure that open and honest communication channels are created and sustained.
- To maintain an overview of the standards of care being delivered across Riverside Wartd and instigate remedial action if necessary.
- To work with the Clinical Practice Educator in assessing the clinical skills required to deliver a safe and high quality service, identifying any deficits in this and developing programmes to address these issues.
- To ensure that the Riverside Ward nursing team has access to a procedural clinical competency framework to ensure that safe practice is assured.
- To act as a resource for junior staff. To guide and support developmental projects and advise on further resources inside and outside the Trust as appropriate.
- To act as a coach/ mentor for relevant members of staff.
- To maintain a high clinical profile through a daily walk around of all clinical areas and lead regular quality department rounds.
- To lead on infection control initiatives ensuring that all staff within the department comply with Trust and NHS policies.
- To assist the Lead Nurse on issues related to risk and governance.
- With the Business Manager ensure that all environmental issues, equipment and facilities are managed within the context of the Trusts Health and Safety policies and that all staffs are aware of their responsibilities.
Management
- Ensuring Riverside Ward is optimally staffed (both for safety and productivity).
- To be jointly responsible for the maintenance of computerised patient records on Cerner
- To be responsible for the nursing and non-pay budget.
- To be accountable for stock control, ordering and purchase of consumable and necessary equipment with budgetary limits pertaining to remit of management responsibility.
- To be responsible for daily operational performance monitoring of the external contractor for decontamination services, and escalate matters impacting onto patient quality and/or service delivery.
- Likewise to be responsible for any internal local decontamination processes and associated documentation ensuring that both are compliant with national guidelines of best practice.
- To assist in the resolution of any conflicts within the clinical area, resolving informal complaints locally and assisting in the investigation of and response to formal complaints as required
- To investigate accidents and incidents; identify and implement corrective action where necessary, in conjunction with the Lead Nurse and the leadership teams in breast and audiology.
- To ensure there is an effective and efficient use of resources within the clinical areas.
- To be responsible for the collection, analysis and reporting of activity related data.
- To ensure that patients follow agreed pathways of care and are supported from arrival in department and onwards till safe and effective discharge from recovery.
- To be responsible for ensuring the Health and Safety measures are implemented and adhered to.
- To actively participate in annual assessments and ensure action plans are developed to address risk areas.
- To assist in the production of information required for the performance scorecard.
- To monitor the nursing establishment, ensuring timely recruitment and appropriate selection of staff. To assist in identifying and implementing appropriate retention initiatives.
- To participate in the audit process to improve patient care delivery and to develop tools to improve the quality of the service through audit.
- To provide appropriate guidance and support to staff in line with the Trusts disciplinary and sickness procedures. To lead in the implementation of HR policies and participate in formal procedures as requested by the Lead Nurse.
- To represent the Trust as appropriate and to negotiate and supervise standards of support and cleaning/waste management services within the clinical area.
- To assist the lead nurse in implementing new policies and service developments within the Directorate.
- To negotiate and supervise the implementation of environmental standards within the clinical area
- To be proactive in identifying areas for improvement and implement remedial action as necessary.
- Facilitate the cascade of information ensuring awareness of Directorate, Division, Trust and NHS initiatives, supporting staff discussion and responding to feedback.
- Ensures compliance with the Trust's Equality and Diversity Policy, supporting the delivery of the Trusts Race Equality Scheme and the Trust's duty to positively promote race equality and equality of opportunity for disabled people ensuring services are responsive to the needs of equality groups.
- To ensure that the Department is fully aware of Trust Child Protection Procedures and that strategies and plans are in place across the care group to accurate identify children and vulnerable adults at risk of abuse.
- To ensure that the Department is fully aware of the Trust Major Incident Plan and Business Continuity Plan and has full understanding of its role within this.
Service development and productivity
- Lead on operational practices and initiatives to improve and sustain team performance where the Riverside Ward nursing team has a key role i.e. length of stay, bed utilisation, SAFER, patient flow.
- Support the business manager on performance review of departmental capacity/performance through the provision of clinical expertise and insight into clinic data in order to identify shortfalls and determine change required to deliver sustainable improvement.
- Lead on development of the Riverside Ward workforce both in respect to recruitment strategies and modernisation of roles such as advanced practitioner.
- Act as clinical expert and feedback on safety and quality aspects of proposed service development helping formulate and implement workable solutions.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
- To maintain clinical credibility by acting regularly as a clinical practitioner in own area of expertise.
- To be highly visible, accessible and approachable to staff, patients and the public to ensure that open and honest communication channels are created and sustained.
- To maintain an overview of the standards of care being delivered across Riverside Wartd and instigate remedial action if necessary.
- To work with the Clinical Practice Educator in assessing the clinical skills required to deliver a safe and high quality service, identifying any deficits in this and developing programmes to address these issues.
- To ensure that the Riverside Ward nursing team has access to a procedural clinical competency framework to ensure that safe practice is assured.
- To act as a resource for junior staff. To guide and support developmental projects and advise on further resources inside and outside the Trust as appropriate.
- To act as a coach/ mentor for relevant members of staff.
- To maintain a high clinical profile through a daily walk around of all clinical areas and lead regular quality department rounds.
- To lead on infection control initiatives ensuring that all staff within the department comply with Trust and NHS policies.
- To assist the Lead Nurse on issues related to risk and governance.
- With the Business Manager ensure that all environmental issues, equipment and facilities are managed within the context of the Trusts Health and Safety policies and that all staffs are aware of their responsibilities.
Management
- Ensuring Riverside Ward is optimally staffed (both for safety and productivity).
- To be jointly responsible for the maintenance of computerised patient records on Cerner
- To be responsible for the nursing and non-pay budget.
- To be accountable for stock control, ordering and purchase of consumable and necessary equipment with budgetary limits pertaining to remit of management responsibility.
- To be responsible for daily operational performance monitoring of the external contractor for decontamination services, and escalate matters impacting onto patient quality and/or service delivery.
- Likewise to be responsible for any internal local decontamination processes and associated documentation ensuring that both are compliant with national guidelines of best practice.
- To assist in the resolution of any conflicts within the clinical area, resolving informal complaints locally and assisting in the investigation of and response to formal complaints as required
- To investigate accidents and incidents; identify and implement corrective action where necessary, in conjunction with the Lead Nurse and the leadership teams in breast and audiology.
- To ensure there is an effective and efficient use of resources within the clinical areas.
- To be responsible for the collection, analysis and reporting of activity related data.
- To ensure that patients follow agreed pathways of care and are supported from arrival in department and onwards till safe and effective discharge from recovery.
- To be responsible for ensuring the Health and Safety measures are implemented and adhered to.
- To actively participate in annual assessments and ensure action plans are developed to address risk areas.
- To assist in the production of information required for the performance scorecard.
- To monitor the nursing establishment, ensuring timely recruitment and appropriate selection of staff. To assist in identifying and implementing appropriate retention initiatives.
- To participate in the audit process to improve patient care delivery and to develop tools to improve the quality of the service through audit.
- To provide appropriate guidance and support to staff in line with the Trusts disciplinary and sickness procedures. To lead in the implementation of HR policies and participate in formal procedures as requested by the Lead Nurse.
- To represent the Trust as appropriate and to negotiate and supervise standards of support and cleaning/waste management services within the clinical area.
- To assist the lead nurse in implementing new policies and service developments within the Directorate.
- To negotiate and supervise the implementation of environmental standards within the clinical area
- To be proactive in identifying areas for improvement and implement remedial action as necessary.
- Facilitate the cascade of information ensuring awareness of Directorate, Division, Trust and NHS initiatives, supporting staff discussion and responding to feedback.
- Ensures compliance with the Trust's Equality and Diversity Policy, supporting the delivery of the Trusts Race Equality Scheme and the Trust's duty to positively promote race equality and equality of opportunity for disabled people ensuring services are responsive to the needs of equality groups.
- To ensure that the Department is fully aware of Trust Child Protection Procedures and that strategies and plans are in place across the care group to accurate identify children and vulnerable adults at risk of abuse.
- To ensure that the Department is fully aware of the Trust Major Incident Plan and Business Continuity Plan and has full understanding of its role within this.
Service development and productivity
- Lead on operational practices and initiatives to improve and sustain team performance where the Riverside Ward nursing team has a key role i.e. length of stay, bed utilisation, SAFER, patient flow.
- Support the business manager on performance review of departmental capacity/performance through the provision of clinical expertise and insight into clinic data in order to identify shortfalls and determine change required to deliver sustainable improvement.
- Lead on development of the Riverside Ward workforce both in respect to recruitment strategies and modernisation of roles such as advanced practitioner.
- Act as clinical expert and feedback on safety and quality aspects of proposed service development helping formulate and implement workable solutions.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential
- Post registration qualification or experience in surgical nursing
- Educated to postgraduate diploma/degree level or equivalent experience
- Recognised teaching/assessing qualification
- Recent team leadership experience Management certificate or equivalent experience
- oManagement certificate or equivalent experience.
Desirable
- Educated to or working towards master's level qualification.
Experience
Essential
- Considerable experience at Band 6 and above
- Current experience of clinical practice in a relevant care setting
- Knowledge of current developments in nursing & political awareness of NHS
- Experience of managing a clinical team including human resources management.
Desirable
- Project Management skills
Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities
Essential
- Demonstrable commitment to and expertise in nursing relevant to the field
- Experience of developing policies and procedures.
- Computer literate.
Desirable
- Service improvement experience
- Ability to undertake root cause analysis
Person Specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential
- Post registration qualification or experience in surgical nursing
- Educated to postgraduate diploma/degree level or equivalent experience
- Recognised teaching/assessing qualification
- Recent team leadership experience Management certificate or equivalent experience
- oManagement certificate or equivalent experience.
Desirable
- Educated to or working towards master's level qualification.
Experience
Essential
- Considerable experience at Band 6 and above
- Current experience of clinical practice in a relevant care setting
- Knowledge of current developments in nursing & political awareness of NHS
- Experience of managing a clinical team including human resources management.
Desirable
- Project Management skills
Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities
Essential
- Demonstrable commitment to and expertise in nursing relevant to the field
- Experience of developing policies and procedures.
- Computer literate.
Desirable
- Service improvement experience
- Ability to undertake root cause analysis
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).
