Job summary
The Matron for Paediatrics will lead and co-ordinate the operational delivery of care for children and young people aged 0-18 years, within the Family and Specialised Services (FASS) Division of the RUH, Bath. In addition to this, the post holder will support the Trustwide Lead Nurse for Paediatrics to deliver the strategic vision for Paediatric Services within FASS.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for ensuring a high standard in clinical practice is developed and maintained to maximise patient experience, safety and quality of service. This will result in the delivery of quality clinical care within the paediatric departments in FASS, including the Children's Ward, Paediatric Assessment Unit (PAU), Paediatric Ambulatory Care (PAC), Outpatients and Specialist Nursing Teams.
The post holder will provide strong, visible leadership and have the appropriate level of skill, knowledge and credibility to offer the support, advice and guidance required by staff to ensure delivery of safe, high-quality and compassionate care to patients, families and carers. This will be achieved in alignment with the Trust's Strategic Vision and Values and Behaviours.
As an expert clinical leader, the post holder will act as a resource and role model for the paediatric teams and will be responsible for maintaining a therapeutic environment and culture, in which the fundamentals of care are delivered effectively to all patients, families and carers, with consideration given to individual needs and wishes.
The post holder will actively seek patient and family feedback, ensuring it is captured and acted upon in a timely way, to enable the voice of the child to be heard.
About us
At the RUH we put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone's contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.
We are proud to be in thetop 20 best hospitals to work for in the country.
We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks - celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.
A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.
We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We've even got a pool!
We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we're providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please find attached to the vacancy a detailed person specification and job description for further information about this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please find attached to the vacancy a detailed person specification and job description for further information about this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential
- Registered Children's Nurse Part 1,8,15 with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
- MSc in Nursing or health related field or evidence of working at this level
- Demonstrate evidence of ongoing continuous professional development
Desirable
- Teaching or Assessing Qualification
- Management qualification
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Recent experience of leadership and management of a clinical team in a relevant clinical area
- Evidence of well-developed clinical practice. Able to advise on and implement improvements to the quality and efficiency of care for patients in Paediatric Services
- Proven ability to analyse complex problems and to develop and successfully implement practical and workable solutions to address them
- Ability to apply research findings and support evidence based practice
- Evidence of leading change in clinical practice
- Ability to manage/support management of a budget
- Demonstrate an understanding of Human Resource systems and processes
Values
Essential
- Value and respect others, treat everyone as an individual and be non-judgemental.
- Motivated to make a difference
- Take pride in themselves, their appearance, their role and where they work.
- Commitment to openness, honesty and integrity and kindness
- Flexible and adaptable to change
Specific skills
Essential
- Patient care - ?Commitment to an empathetic and caring approach to patients and relatives and ability to motivate staff to deliver patient-centred care to ensure that all patients' dignity and respect is maintained
- Patient care- ?Strong organisational skills. Able to organise own workload and take responsibility for own clinical actions and systems/standards across areas of responsibility
- Patient care- ?Demonstrates ability to apply research-based practice and advocate it to improve the quality and efficiency of Paediatric Services
- Patient care- ?Demonstrate ability to interpret and analyse data and adapt national and local policy from several sources into Trust standards
- CPD & Ed -?Demonstrates evidence of commitment to professional development
- Audit & Quality- ?Ability to develop services from research and best practice guidance
- Communication - ?Highly effective communication skills - able to communicate verbally and in writing to staff, patients and relatives including in situations of conflict and distress, ensuring that communication is tailored to the person being addressed
- Communication - ?Excellent computer skills with the ability to learn and use a variety of electronic systems and software
- Leadership and Management skills - ?Able to lead, empower others and influence innovative practice and service development.
- Leadership and Management skills- ?Able to manage all Registered Nurses, HCSWs and students within ward/unit effectively through effective standard- setting, monitoring, feedback, appraisal,
Person Specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential
- Registered Children's Nurse Part 1,8,15 with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
- MSc in Nursing or health related field or evidence of working at this level
- Demonstrate evidence of ongoing continuous professional development
Desirable
- Teaching or Assessing Qualification
- Management qualification
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Recent experience of leadership and management of a clinical team in a relevant clinical area
- Evidence of well-developed clinical practice. Able to advise on and implement improvements to the quality and efficiency of care for patients in Paediatric Services
- Proven ability to analyse complex problems and to develop and successfully implement practical and workable solutions to address them
- Ability to apply research findings and support evidence based practice
- Evidence of leading change in clinical practice
- Ability to manage/support management of a budget
- Demonstrate an understanding of Human Resource systems and processes
Values
Essential
- Value and respect others, treat everyone as an individual and be non-judgemental.
- Motivated to make a difference
- Take pride in themselves, their appearance, their role and where they work.
- Commitment to openness, honesty and integrity and kindness
- Flexible and adaptable to change
Specific skills
Essential
- Patient care - ?Commitment to an empathetic and caring approach to patients and relatives and ability to motivate staff to deliver patient-centred care to ensure that all patients' dignity and respect is maintained
- Patient care- ?Strong organisational skills. Able to organise own workload and take responsibility for own clinical actions and systems/standards across areas of responsibility
- Patient care- ?Demonstrates ability to apply research-based practice and advocate it to improve the quality and efficiency of Paediatric Services
- Patient care- ?Demonstrate ability to interpret and analyse data and adapt national and local policy from several sources into Trust standards
- CPD & Ed -?Demonstrates evidence of commitment to professional development
- Audit & Quality- ?Ability to develop services from research and best practice guidance
- Communication - ?Highly effective communication skills - able to communicate verbally and in writing to staff, patients and relatives including in situations of conflict and distress, ensuring that communication is tailored to the person being addressed
- Communication - ?Excellent computer skills with the ability to learn and use a variety of electronic systems and software
- Leadership and Management skills - ?Able to lead, empower others and influence innovative practice and service development.
- Leadership and Management skills- ?Able to manage all Registered Nurses, HCSWs and students within ward/unit effectively through effective standard- setting, monitoring, feedback, appraisal,
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
Combe Park
Bath
BA1 3NG
Employer's website
https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
