Job summary
- Main area
- Children Services
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 290-WCCS-1784
- Employer
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Mary's Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £61,927 - £68,676 pa inclusive
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/12/2024 23:59
Employer heading
PATCH Matron North West London
Band 8a
Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.
We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
Are you a dedicated and compassionate healthcare professional looking to make a significant impact?
We are seeking a highly motivated Matron to lead our Patch Service team.
This position offers the post holder an exciting opportunity to lead the PATCH team “Providing Assessment and Treatment for Children at Home” teams across NW London.
This new nursing role aims to provide vision, oversight and collaborative decision making for the planning, delivery and expansion of PATCH services across all NW London urgent and emergency care (UEC) settings. The post holder will achieve this with support from the Virtual ward (VW) triumvirate and the Band 7 local PATCH team leads.
Main duties of the job
- Lead, monitor and report on the performance of the service with data support from the wider team.
- To support the provision of high quality, effective, individualised care to all patients that is compassionate and caring.
- Work closely with the PATCH Team lead nurses and multi-disciplinary team members to monitor and maintain policies, standards of nursing care and staff development.
- To ensure equity and access for the paediatric population across the NWL sector into PATCH
- Take responsibility for reports that feed into local and sector wide boards.
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview. .
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 overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Evidence of CPD
- Teaching/assessing qualification
Desirable criteria
- Management certificate or experience
- Management certificate or experience
Experience & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Substantial experience within Acute/general paediatrics at B7
- Sound knowledge of current issues within speciality and relevant to role
- Experience of quality, standards and audit
Desirable criteria
- Experience of QI methodology
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Leadership qualities
- Ability to manage teams
- Use of KPI’s where relevant to drive performance
- Flexibility due to cross site nature of the role
Desirable criteria
- Budget management
- Ability to analyse and present data
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Natasha Macleod
- Job title
- Lead Nurse CypPrimary Department
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
or Sarah Pearse [email protected]
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