Matron

Job responsibilities

1. Ensures self and others practice is in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Councils standards of conduct.
2. Acts as an ambassador of the nursing / midwifery profession, ensures self and others practice to the highest professional standards.
3. Acts as a role model for nursing / midwifery staff and clinical staff, responsible for leading, line managing and supporting professional and support staff and for ensuring that each practices in accordance with his/her role, job description and professional parameters.
4. To offer support and leadership to Ward Managers and non-ward based managers enabling them to ensure that the basics of care are met appropriately.
5. Ensures that all direct line report staff have clear and agreed performance objectives that support the delivery of the Directorate and the Trust values (mission statement).
6. Responsible for ensuring that the Trusts Organisational Development Strategy is supported and implemented within own Clinical Directorate.
7. Participates in skill mix review, workforce redesign and recruitment and retention strategies to develop and modernise the workforce in conjunction with the Head of Nursing / Midwifery and Business Manager.
8. Responsible for the effective management of staff sickness and absence of their teams as well as maintaining an overview of ensuring absence percentage targets are not breached, taking action where required.
9. Ensure that staffing levels are appropriate to patient need by working with Team Leaders and Senior Nurses and Midwives to assess patient dependency and adjust duty rotas accordingly, and to develop proposals for changes to skill mix and nursing establishments using information gathered from national and professional bodies.
10. To daily give assurance that department and wards are assessed for the correct skill mix/ staffing levels to meet the needs of the service.
11. Participate in the Duty Matron Rota as required providing senior nurse support for site issues that may present eg Fire Duty Nurse, staffing, complaints, bed pressures, incidents etc.
12. Ensure that staff are aware of their responsibility for Safeguarding including compliance with Trust policies and safeguarding supervision where necessary.
13. Undertake monthly quality reviews of documentation from IT systems and the bedside documents to provide assurance of service delivered to patients.

Qualifications

Essential

• Current NMC Registration
• Qualified in speciality
• Masters level studies or equivalent portfolio of evidence

Desirable

• Post basic qualification in leadership and /or management
• Teaching qualification
• IOSH Course

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of involvement in the development of programmes of care protocols
• Evidence of professional leadership, leading to innovation in practice
• Experience of successfully managing the implementation of change
• Significant experience at senior level / Line management experience

Desirable

• Evidence of proactive involvement in the development of nurses / midwives and nursing and midwifery practice
• Experience in clinical audit / benchmarking

Skills

Essential

• Evidence of effective people management and leadership skills
• Demonstrate effective communication / negotiation skills is able to make operational judgements involving complex facts/situations
• Can demonstrate assertiveness, tact and diplomacy appropriately
• Strong analytical skills and ability to consider the wider picture
• Computer literacy

Desirable

• Presentation skills

Knowledge

Essential

• Demonstrates specialist expertise underpinned by theory
• Knowledge of budgetary control and Standing Financial Instructions
• Knowledge of key performance indicators for clinical governance
• Evidence of understanding of the role of Modern Matron

Desirable

• Knowledge of workforce planning
• Experience in setting establishments and using workforce toolkits

Additional

Essential

• Speak English to an appropriate standard relevant to their role, i.e. with confidence and accuracy, using correct sentence structures and vocabulary, and without hesitation.
• Honest, open minded, treat colleagues with dignity and respect
• Capacity to work with clinicians and staff at all levels
• Inspires others and leads by example
• Flexible approach
• Able to participate in Duty Matron rota

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).