Job summary
Under the guidance and direction of the Head of Nursing, the Clinical Matron (Matron) is the professional/quality lead for the nursing staff within their specialist areas and is responsible for providing clear leadership and support to all clinical teams.
The Matron will, through strong clinical presence and leadership:
- support the Team Leaders, Service Line Leaders, and Heads of Nursing to promote excellence in the delivery of high-quality clinical care
- ensure that all service users are treated with compassion, dignity and respect, placing value on the diversity of the local community and beyond
- promote best practice in the infection prevention and control through ensuring a clean and safe environment.
Main duties of the job
Your key responsibility is to ensure that service users' experience safe and effective care delivered in partnership with them and their carers, inspiring both service user and public confidence. This will be achieved through high visibility, accessibility, and surveillance.
You will be expected to be a visible presence within their specialist clinical areas providing support, leadership and expertise, highlighting and taking appropriate action where there are concerns and deficits in care.
You will be available to service users, their families/carers and staff to provide assistance, advice and support and to address any problems and concerns as required. In conjunction with the Head of Nursing, they will contribute to the strategic direction of the services and specialties through meeting key performance indicators and national and local activity targets.
You will drive through the fundamental standards and provide assurance around compliance with regulatory and internal standards of care, to ensure effective ward /service area processes are in place to enhance the service user experience. They will provide visible leadership, engagement, motivation, development and support to the clinical staff.
About us
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from theCare Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.
Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.
The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Our Trust values are:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!
Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide strong clinical and professional leadership and a supportive approach to Team Leaders and clinicians within the multidisciplinary team (MDT)
- To be a visible, accessible and authoritative presence in the clinical areas
- To work within the Modern Matrons Charter to ensure good standards of infection control, privacy and dignity, cleanliness and health and safety
- To oversee and monitor the quality, timeliness and development of nursing care in accordance with all relevant professional standards
- To ensure the environments in which service care and treatment is provided are fit for purpose, clean, well ordered and maintained
- To ensure all nursing practice is in accordance with statutory and corporate policies, including those specific to service user care
- To be responsible for the professional management of the clinical environment, ensuring the right staff with the right skills to deliver person centered nursing care, involving service users and carers
- To supervise and teach registered and non-registered staff including students
- To be responsible for the identification of learning development needs; to plan how these will be met and evaluate the effectiveness for learners and impact on care
- To be responsible for the provision of safe staffing levels, ensuring the privacy and dignity of service users.
For a more detailed Job and person specification please read the attached before applying
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide strong clinical and professional leadership and a supportive approach to Team Leaders and clinicians within the multidisciplinary team (MDT)
- To be a visible, accessible and authoritative presence in the clinical areas
- To work within the Modern Matrons Charter to ensure good standards of infection control, privacy and dignity, cleanliness and health and safety
- To oversee and monitor the quality, timeliness and development of nursing care in accordance with all relevant professional standards
- To ensure the environments in which service care and treatment is provided are fit for purpose, clean, well ordered and maintained
- To ensure all nursing practice is in accordance with statutory and corporate policies, including those specific to service user care
- To be responsible for the professional management of the clinical environment, ensuring the right staff with the right skills to deliver person centered nursing care, involving service users and carers
- To supervise and teach registered and non-registered staff including students
- To be responsible for the identification of learning development needs; to plan how these will be met and evaluate the effectiveness for learners and impact on care
- To be responsible for the provision of safe staffing levels, ensuring the privacy and dignity of service users.
For a more detailed Job and person specification please read the attached before applying
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse on NMC register
- Educated to Master's degree or currently working towards a Master's degree
- Evidence of continuing personal and professional development
- Leadership course evident or working towards
- Mentorship course
Experience
Essential
- Wide knowledge of developments in the NHS impacting on the Trust, including comprehensive understanding of current NHS initiatives and targets
Desirable
- Confident with HR policies and procedures and demonstrable evidence of managing significant numbers of staff
- Accreditation (CQC, AIMS) and revalidation knowledge and experience
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse on NMC register
- Educated to Master's degree or currently working towards a Master's degree
- Evidence of continuing personal and professional development
- Leadership course evident or working towards
- Mentorship course
Experience
Essential
- Wide knowledge of developments in the NHS impacting on the Trust, including comprehensive understanding of current NHS initiatives and targets
Desirable
- Confident with HR policies and procedures and demonstrable evidence of managing significant numbers of staff
- Accreditation (CQC, AIMS) and revalidation knowledge and experience
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).
