Matron - Community Assessment & Treatment Unit (CATU)

Job summary
We are seeking an experienced and motivated individual to provide clinical and operational leadership for the Community Assessment and Treatment Unit (CATU) at St Margaret's Hospital, Epping.

This is an exciting opportunity to lead a multidisciplinary service providing safe, effective and compassionate care to patients within West Essex. The post holder will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the unit, including quality and safety, workforce, performance, finance and service development.

Applicants must be a registered Nurse or Allied Health Professional with significant leadership experience and evidence of master's-level study.

Main duties of the job
The post holder will:

• Provide clinical and operational leadership for CATU.
• Ensure patients receive safe, effective and compassionate care.
• Lead and support the multidisciplinary team.
• Manage staffing, resources, budgets and operational performance.
• Lead daily MDT discussions and support effective admission, discharge and length-of-stay management.
• Monitor standards of care through audit, governance and shared learning.
• Lead service improvement and develop new approaches to patient care.
• Manage complaints, incidents and areas of clinical risk.
• Work closely with acute, community, primary care and system partners.
• Lead the delivery and governance of resuscitation practice, training, equipment assurance and compliance.

About us
Valuing you. Recognising your dedication. At EPUT, we look after you.

• Receive supervision and support to help you fulfil your potential.
• Join an inclusive EPUT community and connect with others through engagement events and equality or champion networks.
• If you need help, we provide mental health and wellbeing services, occupational health advice and counselling.
• We run recognition awards to recognise staff's hard work and dedication.

Benefits

• 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days after 10 years' service.
• Excellent pension of up to14.5% of your pensionable pay.
• Staff discounts include Blue Light Card, NHS discount offers, and staff benefits.
• £8K relocation package if you move to Essex to join us
• Season ticket loans are interest-free to cover the cost of travelling to and from work via tram, rail, or bus.

Work that wraps around your needs

• Flexible working: available from day one for most roles.
• Job share: Applications for job shares are welcomed.

Job responsibilities
The post holder will be responsible for the effective day-to-day management and leadership of CATU, ensuring that the service meets required standards for quality, safety, activity, workforce and finance.

Key responsibilities include:

• Providing visible and credible clinical leadership to the multidisciplinary team.
• Maintaining high standards of patient care, experience and clinical practice.
• Leading daily MDT meetings and supporting timely assessment, treatment and discharge planning.
• Overseeing admission processes, service utilisation and length-of-stay management.
• Managing staffing levels, recruitment, supervision, appraisals, attendance and staff development
• Managing the delegated budget and ensuring the effective use of available resources.
• Monitoring performance against agreed objectives and taking action where improvement is required.
• Leading clinical audit, quality improvement and the implementation of learning from incidents, complaints and patient feedback.
• Ensuring compliance with infection prevention, safeguarding, risk management and clinical governance requirements.
• Developing effective working relationships with patients, carers, commissioners and health and social care partners.
• Supporting the development and implementation of policies, procedures and new models of care.
• Acting as a clinical supervisor, coach and mentor to members of the team.
• Providing leadership for resuscitation practice, including training, audit, equipment assurance and compliance with national guidance.
• Maintaining professional registration, clinical competence and continuing professional development.

Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential

• Evidence of master's level of study
• Registered with a clinical registration body

Knowledge
Essential

• Significant experience of managing a large multi-disciplinary team of health and ideally social care staff
• Senior level clinical knowledge in community unplanned/urgent care
• Possess extensive working knowledge of Primary and Community services
• Management of change

Desirable

• Budget and resource management skills

Experience
Essential

• Experience within a community assessment unit, community inpatient service, frailty service or urgent care setting.
• Experience of working with multiple agencies or service providers on a range of patient care issues
• Experience of managing complex staffing issues, including attendance, performance and capability.
• Ability to analyse performance information and use it to improve service delivery.

Desirable

• Experience of improving patient flow, including admission, discharge and length-of-stay management.

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.

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.