Matron - Medicine Preston Site

Job summary
As a Matron in Medicine no two days are the same! But every day provides a real opportunity to make a difference for our patients, colleagues and local community. This is a 4 month secondment opportunity for the Preston inpatient wards..

We are seeking to recruit an experienced and highly motivated nurse to provide strong visible leadership and oversight across the Medicine Division at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

This is a pivotal role, contributing directly to the delivery of high-quality, safe and compassionate care. The postholder will provide professional leadership, operational oversight, and assurance across clinical quality, patient safety, workforce and performance, working closely with matrons, ward leaders, the multidisciplinary team and senior Trust colleagues.

The role is critical to ensuring robust oversight of risks, incidents, complaints and improvement actions, and to providing assurance that standards are consistently met and sustained across all clinical areas.

Main duties of the job
In the role of Matron, you will work closely with the Speciality Business Manager and Clinical Director on all aspects of clinical care and be focused on patient safety, patient experience and quality assurance frameworks.

You must be able to demonstrate a compassionate approach to the care of patients and the public, whilst also possessing the ability to ensure robust clinical operational demands are met while the multi professional team are fully supported in achieving their duties.

A proven track record in leadership within Medicine is essential, as are excellent interpersonal communication and organisational skills.

If you are confident, well organised and see yourself as a visible nurse leader with high standards, excellent clinical skills and knowledge with extensive recent experience of working within Acute and Speciality medicine then we would like to hear from you!

About us
At Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust our aim is to always provide excellent care with compassion to deliver the highest quality of care our patients deserve. We value the personal skills, experiences and qualities that individuals bring to the Trust; creating an inclusive working environment to attract talented people who feel motivated, involved and able to influence the future direction of our services.

The wellbeing of staff is important to us; we have a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team who provide support on a range of topics. As an employer we have earned a reputation for focusing on the development of our staff and for being an organisation people are proud to work for.

Job responsibilities
To provide professional leadership, guidance, development and support for nurses and care staff ensuring the provision of excellent care with compassion. Monitor and improve the efficient and effective management of resources and the care environment so that services and staff are organised to meet the needs of the patient by providing a consistently excellent quality of care.

To ensure the provision of excellent care with compassion the Modern Matron is responsible for:

• ensuring that the nursing and care support teams within their wards, departments and services are appropriately resourced and organised for the maximum benefit of patients.
• ensuring staff and services are adequately supported and developed to deliver excellent care with compassion in line with the Trusts Values, Nursing & Midwifery Professional Framework, The 6 Cs, Safety and Quality Strategy, Governance framework, CQC standards, NICE guidance, other strategic local and national plans and policies.
• leading and developing staff by being a visible authoritative role model providing clinical and managerial leadership, support and direction, capitalising on research and development opportunities, supporting staff to reach their full potential
• Ensure clinical services are developed and delivered in line with national policy, Trust priorities, available evidence and patient care needs.
• Contributing to the delivery of the trust and directorate safety quality and clinical governance priorities and associated work programmes.
• ensuring the productive operation of their areas through the monitoring and maintenance of the highest standards of clinical care that create safe, clean and organised services ( including implementation of the infection control policy and action plans) and by developing processes designed to increase the time nurses spend in therapeutic contact with patients
• Take part in the matron of the day rota providing leadership guidance and support for all staff across the medicine division at CDH in line with the matrons duties and responsibilities.

Person Specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential

• Appropriate Professional Registration
• Degree within healthcare / research
• 1st Line management/leadership development course
• Teaching and Assessing qualification
• Evidence of Continuous Professional Development

Desirable

• Study of nursing at an advanced academic level

Knowledge & Experience
Essential

• Substantial and relevant post registration experience
• Significant experience of working in a senior nursing role including nursing management or team leadership
• Proven ability to flexibly manage manpower and other resources
• Able to demonstrate a personal contribution to the continuing professional development of staff
• Able to demonstrate a sound working knowledge of current issues within the NHS
• Knowledge of Clinical Governance and Safeguarding and the relevance of these to practice
• Experience of contributing to service developments and business planning
• Awareness of budgetary management and control
• Experience of managing and completing 'performance management' processes

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.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).