Clinical Pathways Matron

Job summary

UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE

+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

 We have an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Pathways Matron to join across all the clinical pathways at HMP Leeds, a category X Prison located in Leeds. This is 12 month FTC and will be reviewed during this period. 

Hours

37.5 hours a week - Monday to Friday, working 8-4.30pm with some flexibility. No weekend working. 

Salary

This position is full time, youll receive an annual salary up to £57000 per annum FTE - depending on experience.

How will we support you?

Bespoke induction, including our Introducing Health in Justice training course

Competency framework

Regional and national career development opportunities

Our bespoke Learning Management System to address your learning needs

Support from the wider team

Candidates are required to have a Legal right to work in the UK and due to the nature of the role, offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks.

Main duties of the job

As a Clinical Matron, your responsibilities will vary. You will

• Provide clinical leadership and support to the registered nurses and care teams
• Working closely with partners to maintain a robust, high quality clinical service for patients, ensuring that own clinical practice is consistent with delivering autonomous practice.
• You will coach and develop clinical staff; ensuring there is a supported programme of clinical supervision, managerial and 1-1 supervision and in addition embed our safeguarding assurance framework.
• You will chair and facilitate specific healthcare meetings
• Identify learning and development opportunities based on lessons learned and themes emerging from incidents in various areas such as clinical processes, documentation, patient care as well as joint Healthcare & HMPPS processes, and work to identify and mitigate clinical risk.
• Responsible for contributing to our Governance processes ie risk register, incident reporting, investigations, quality assurance and governance frameworks
• Supporting nursing teams and pathway leads to implement revised or new care pathways that are required following the summary of datix themes and patient safety incidents and provide a level of assurance through dip testing/audit to ensure these are fully embedded.

If you are interested in career development, we have a wide range of opportunities for you to develop your skills and experience, which include both internal and external options for development and learning.

About us

The Health in Justice team at Practice Plus Group makes a real difference across over 53 prisons, young offenders and immigration removal centres. Were the UKs leading independent provider of NHS services to over 40,000 patients in secure environments, always putting their needs first, regardless of their background.

Practice Plus Groups purpose is to Unlock your best work life and we stand by our core values:

• we treat patients and each other as we would like to be treated
• we act with integrity
• we embrace diversity
• we strive to do things better together

We are looking for caring, compassionate but also driven professionals who can help us drive our vision for a fair and inclusive healthcare access to all.

Qualifications required

• Registered Nurse Adult 
• Current professional qualification (NMC) 
• Existing line management experience or management of teams 
• Evidence of Continued Professional Development 
• Understanding of the complexities of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working 
• A non-judgmental and compassionate approach 
• Understanding of clinical governance, health and safety, QOF, EBP and national standards

Secure environments are one of the most challenging, yet rewarding places for healthcare professionals to work. If youre looking for a role where you can develop your existing healthcare skills and learn something new every day in an environment that never stands still, then this could be the right opportunity for you.