Matron for Adult Critical Care (SHDU) and Theatre Recovery - Barts Health
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time.It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
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Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our team and make a difference.
Working in collaboration with the Matron for Theatres and Matrons for the Adult Critical Care Unit This new Matron post will work across the Surgical HDU and Theatre Recovery areas, and will be responsible for providing exceptional senior clinical leadership to these busy and acute areas.
Patient safety is fundamental to the excellence of the Adult Critical Care and Perioperative services and the Matron is responsible for ensuring the consistent delivery of evidence based, safe and effective nursing, infection prevention and safeguarding standards.
The SHDU comprises of 12 level 2 beds providing high dependency care to support the elective care pathways at the Royal London Hospital.
The successful post holder will work closely with Matron colleagues for the Adult Critical Care Unit (service comprises 44 critical care beds – 22 level 3 and 22 level 2) and the Operating Theatre (comprising of 20 operating theatres and associated areas across the third and fourth floors of the RLH).These are dynamic and fast paced units caring for patients from a range of clinical specialties including major trauma, orthopaedics, neurosciences, vascular, urology, renal, hepatobiliary, colorectal and gynae-oncology.
The post holder is expected to work with autonomy to provide highly specialised professional advice to colleagues to ensure high standards of direct care delivery.
Main duties of the job
The role of Matron is predominantly concerned with ensuring the delivery of high standards of patient centred care ensuring the cost-effective use of resources. It combines clinical expertise, leadership and educational/research skills with managerial and professional responsibilities.
The post holder will have overall accountability for the day to day management of the nursing service for critical care. The post holder will practice at an advanced level demonstrating a high level of autonomy and clinical decision-making. They will work as a highly specialised member of the inter-professional team to ensure that the needs of the patient are met at all times and that staffing is at an appropriate level to meet patient needs.
The post holder will take ultimate responsibility for the standard of the environment within his/her identified area of responsibility, ensuring patients’ nutritional needs are met and staff maintain cleanliness as defined by national standards.The post holder will ensure that good infection control practice and high standards of nursing care are given. The post holder will be accessible and visible to staff, patients and visitors. The post holder will ensure that patients are treated with respect and dignity.
The post holder might be required to work across the Trust at any time throughout the duration of his/her contract. This may entail travel and working at different hospital sites.
Working for our organisation
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time.It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria- Extensive experience at Band 7 or above in a critical care setting
- Experience of managing people in large complex teams
- Recent clinical experience in the relevant area of practice.
- Proven effective budgetary management
- Experience of change management and service improvement
- Experience of collaborating with a multi-professional team
- Experience of reflective practice
Skills
Essential criteria- Ability to manage and develop a team
- Excellent presentation and interpersonal skills
- Ability to implement policy & other documents
- Able to work under pressure and prioritise care
- Excellent computer skills
- Effective negotiation & persuasion skills
- Developed skills in audit and research
- Clinical supervision/counseling skills and experience
Knowledge
Essential criteria- Extensive clinical and managerial knowledge and experience in relevant area
- Extensive clinical and managerial knowledge and experience in relevant area
- High level of work organisation, self-motivation, drive for performance and improvement, and flexibility in approach and attitude
- Able to prioritise, organise and delegate
- Decisive, using sound judgement in decision making and delivering in a in a timely and confident manner.
- Commitment to developing culture of openness and partnership.
- Demonstrates a real commitment to working with, involving and consulting patients and other stakeholders in decisions about service delivery and improvement
- Able to use sound judgement in decision making in a timely and confident manner.
- Self-awareness, understanding own emotions, strengths and limitations
Qualifications
Essential criteria- Level 1 qualified Nurse with NMC registration
- Relevant teaching/mentoring qualification
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Leadership Course/Development Programme
- Management/Leadership qualification
- Masters level education MSc or degree equivalent in related subject (willingness to commence MSc level degree)
We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.
As an Equal Opportunities Employer we actively support applications from individuals’ who apply under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme and will process your application as appropriate.
We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications has been received and we regret that we are unable to provide notification if your application is unsuccessful.
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Barts Health is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and to child protection. The Trust aims to ensure as far as is possible that anyone, paid or unpaid, who seeks to work in our organisation and who gains access to children, is safe to do so.As such, you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Check as part of the recruitment process if appointed to a post with direct access to children or vulnerable adults.