[ref. u16565004] Matron for Surgery, Orthopaedics and Gastroenterology

Job overview

Also, to provide matron support to the Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Hospital sitting under Surgery, Orthopaedics and Gastroenterology.

Main duties of the job

To ensure best practice within Infection Prevention and Control and Clinical Governance, to ensure all all areas monitor incidents and complaints are managed in a timely way and responded within Appropriate in time. To implement and evaluate nursing care throughout the service.

Ensure the highest standards of clinical care by providing leadership and support to professional and direct care staff working in Surgery, Orthopaedics and Gastroenterology at William Harvey Hospital, Canterbury Hospital, Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Hospital and the outpatient Department.

To support and provider leadership to the IBD nursing specialist across the service.

To provide a visible, accessible and authoritative clinical presence to enable staff, patients and their families access to assistance, advice and support.

Working for our organisation

We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.

Please note we are only able to sponsor candidates on a Skilled Worker Visa applying for roles Band 5 and above.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in ‘Documents to download’.

If you have further queries please don’t hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.

Person specification

Skills

• Patient and carer centred approach. Clinical credibility and knowledge of evidence based clinical practice. IT Skills Highly developed verbal and written communication skills. Influencing and negotiating skills. Coaching and facilitating skills Staff development and empowerment Ability to handle difficult situations with tact and diplomacy. Ability to manage conflicting and complex issues Flexibility Ability to prioritise workload and cope under pressure in order to meet deadlines Calm under pressure Ability to lead a team Knowledge of National & local commissioning. Knowledge & skills in all clinical modalities of the service

Qualifications

• Minimum three years at Band 7 (or higher clinical grade) in a hospital setting. Extensive post registration experience. Ability to evidence continuous quality improvement. Ability to evidence resolving user concerns effectively. Registered Nurse, degree or equivalent . Masters or willing to work towards. Evidence of ongoing personal and professional development related to role.

Personal/Professional Attributes

• Local improvement journey priorities. Current Health Service priorities. National and local nursing agenda. Clinical Governance. Health & Safety.

Staff and patients from across East Kent Hospitals are the feature of the biggest NHS recruitment drive in its 70 year history. https://www.ekhuft.nhs.uk/patients-and-visitors/work-here/

Filmed in William Harvey and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother hospitals, the ‘We are the NHS’ campaign highlights the extraordinary work that staff across EKHUFT do every single day. As one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a population of over one million people, EKHUFT was perfectly placed to demonstrate the care, cutting-edge treatments, research, innovations and life-saving operations that the campaign needed.

To find out more about east Kent visit our website at. The Trust fully supports the SAS Doctors Charter and is committed to their development through its CPD Framework.

We’ll close this job advert once we’ve received sufficient applications which may be before the closing date so please apply as soon as possible. We only accept online applications. If you have any difficulty with this please contact our Resourcing Team on 01227 866450 who are happy to help.

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The Trust is committed to supporting flexible working to fulfil our pledge as part of The Trust’s People Strategy to help staff to achieve a healthy work/life balance. Please speak with your Recruiting Manager for further information on how this can be managed alongside department expectations and requirements.

The ability to converse easily and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for all customer facing roles.

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