Job summary
Temporary cover for maternity leave
The Northern Centre for Cancer Care are seeking to temporarily appoint a highly experienced, motivated and enthusiastic matron to manage and have oversight of the delivery of chemotherapy in Newcastle and North Cumbria.
This is a senior post within Northern Centre for Cancer Care & Northern Centre for Cancer Care North Cumbria, working closely with the senior management team and Trust senior nursing teams.
The post holder will be responsible for the safe and effective care of chemotherapy patients across the Newcastle and North Cumbria and will be pivotal in the ongoing development of the service.
- Interview Date:27 July 2023
- 37 hours 30 minutes /Week
- You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
Main duties of the job
Key responsibilities include:
- Leading by example
- Ensuring patients receive quality care (positive patient experience, effective nursing care, patient safety)
- Ensuring staffing is appropriate to patient need
- Empowering nurses to take on a wider range of clinical activities
- Improving hospital cleanliness
- Improving wards for patients
- Making sure patients are treated with respect and dignity
- Preventing hospital acquired infections
- Resolving problems for patients and their relative
This is a busy and challenging role with a requirement for some travel between Newcastle and North Cumbria to support the service.
If you are a confident, well organised, strong, visible leader with high standards, excellent clinical skills and knowledge with extensive experience, who thrives in a busy and diverse clinical environment then we would like to hear from you.
About us
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with over 18,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.
Rated 'Outstanding' by theCQC for the second consecutive time in 2019, we have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- The purpose of this role is to provide clinical, operational and strategic oversight for the nursing aspects of the chemotherapy day unit provision across the region.
- The post is pivotal in the preparation and implementation of enhancements of the chemotherapy units in Newcastle and North Cumbria. This role therefore has both Matron and project management aspects.
- 24 hour Matron Accountability for the wards and departments in their portfolio.
- Ensuring appropriate systems and processes are in place to ensure the continuity of safe and effective care at all times.
- Deputises for Operational Manager as required / appropriate and is part of Management Team.
- Work closely with the Directorate Management Team in Cancer Services and Corporate Senior Nursing Team in Newcastle Hospitals to ensure service is in line with Trust standards.
- Deliver key elements of the project plan in line with agreed timescales
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate.The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first months pay.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- The purpose of this role is to provide clinical, operational and strategic oversight for the nursing aspects of the chemotherapy day unit provision across the region.
- The post is pivotal in the preparation and implementation of enhancements of the chemotherapy units in Newcastle and North Cumbria. This role therefore has both Matron and project management aspects.
- 24 hour Matron Accountability for the wards and departments in their portfolio.
- Ensuring appropriate systems and processes are in place to ensure the continuity of safe and effective care at all times.
- Deputises for Operational Manager as required / appropriate and is part of Management Team.
- Work closely with the Directorate Management Team in Cancer Services and Corporate Senior Nursing Team in Newcastle Hospitals to ensure service is in line with Trust standards.
- Deliver key elements of the project plan in line with agreed timescales
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate.The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first months pay.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential
- Registered Nurse (appropriate to branch)
- Current NMC registration
- Able to demonstrate academic achievement at post-graduate/masters level and willing to undertake full Master's Degree within an agreed timescale
- Meets Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) requirements for mentorship relevant to role
Desirable
- Leadership / management qualification
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Significant post registration experience, some of which must be at Band 7
- Significant experience at a senior level of managing nursing / clinical teams
- Audit / research experience
- Evidence of achievements in current post
- Evidence of proven leadership skills in relation to professional accountability
- Evidence of significant experience of safeguarding adults / children
- Knowledge and understanding of relevant NHS policy or project specific policy context
- Maintain and improve professional knowledge, skills and competence
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Good IT skills
- Report writing skills
- Effectively manage the directorate nursing resource
- Appropriate clinical skills
- Full Driving Licence/ ability to travel regionwide
Person Specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential
- Registered Nurse (appropriate to branch)
- Current NMC registration
- Able to demonstrate academic achievement at post-graduate/masters level and willing to undertake full Master's Degree within an agreed timescale
- Meets Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) requirements for mentorship relevant to role
Desirable
- Leadership / management qualification
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Significant post registration experience, some of which must be at Band 7
- Significant experience at a senior level of managing nursing / clinical teams
- Audit / research experience
- Evidence of achievements in current post
- Evidence of proven leadership skills in relation to professional accountability
- Evidence of significant experience of safeguarding adults / children
- Knowledge and understanding of relevant NHS policy or project specific policy context
- Maintain and improve professional knowledge, skills and competence
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Good IT skills
- Report writing skills
- Effectively manage the directorate nursing resource
- Appropriate clinical skills
- Full Driving Licence/ ability to travel regionwide
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).
