Job summary
- Main area
- Integrated Medicine
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Compressed hours
- Other
- Job ref
- 434-IM6806731-A
- Employer
- Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Stoke Mandeville Hospital
- Town
- Aylesbury
- Salary
- £53,755 - £60,504 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/02/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Matron - Emergency Department
Band 8a
Be part of our BHT family
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.
We care for over half a million patients every year:
- provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
- nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
- regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
- deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.
More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.
We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.
If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact [email protected] or phone 01494 734868.
We pride ourselves in being a great place to work – and invite you to join our BHT family.
Job overview
Are you an enthusiastic, dynamic, and innovative senior nurse looking for the next challenge in your nursing career?
Are you interested in developing your role in Emergency Care and attracted to joining a progressive team who have a vision of developing new pathways across the ‘Emergency Floor’?
Do you have the drive and determination to ensure that the Emergency Care team strive to consistently deliver outstanding care and exemplary experiences to their patients?
Are you knowledgeable in Emergency Care and have the experience and skills needed to provide professional clinical guidance and support the team through visible leadership, to deliver safe, high quality and cost-effective care, whilst also maintaining compliance with emergency care standards?
Could you be the ideal candidate to be our new Emergency Department Matron? If so, we would like to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
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Working for our organisation
Why colleagues think we are "a great place to work!"
What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
Alongside NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme, you'll have access to NHS discount schemes.
We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
What do we stand for?
Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
We are working hard to increase diversity at all levels within the trust. We believe a diverse workforce can have a positive effect on both staff wellbeing and patient outcomes.
We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities and care-experienced candidates.
We are proud to achieve the Gold award for the Armed Forces Covenant and support applications from the Armed Forces Community. Please contact [email protected] (our Armed Forces Covenant Lead) if you would like guidance or assistance with your application.
We make employment decisions by matching our service needs with the skills and experience of candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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To provide senior clinical leadership by being creative with both human and physical resources; can look at new ways of working, highlighting new possibilities and can influence others, having the ability to see and understand situations from various perspectives. The post holder needs to be able to respect the feelings of others and can be responsive to both individuals and organisational needs, having the ability to be supportive of others particularly when experiencing change management. The post holder will need to provide specialist clinical knowledge and expertise in their related field. They will be a driver of qualitative, innovative, productive, safe evidence-based nursing care which promotes best practice and best outcomes for patients. Outcomes will be based on direct and indirect patient feedback, internal and external audits, peer reviews, Matron’s rounds, and corporate quality targets for both patients and staff. The role is one that is 50% clinical and 50% managerial. The post holder will provide a positive visible role model; influencing best practice from the clinical base; challenging, encouraging, coaching, and mentoring appraisal needs of staff as they become apparent. The post holder will work closely and supportively with the Department/ Service Managers in the allocated area, to develop and improve nursing practice, improve staff morale, resolve problems for patients and their relatives efficiently and effectively, ensuring that the workforce levels and skill mix are safe and appropriate. |
Person specification
Eduction, Qualifications & Training
Essential criteria
- RN or AHP
- Degree in related field (or equivalent experience)
- Relevant post registration experience
- Significant related experience in a clinical area
- Teaching and Assessment recognised qualification
Desirable criteria
- Completion of appropriate management and leadership programme
- Working towards Masters in related subject or willing to complete
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience at a senior nursing level within related field.
- Proven track record in change management, team leadership, performance management.
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience to teaching, lecturing large audiences
Skills, Abilities, & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to demonstrate appropriate non antagonistic behaviour in stressful situations.
- Evidence of participation in audit, research, and development of staff
- Proven track record when dealing with human resource issues.
Desirable criteria
- Proven ability to utilise word, power point and excel to a level of producing documents, reports
- Proven ability to analyse highly complex problems and to develop and successfully implement practical and workable solutions to address them
Special Circumstances
Essential criteria
- Good team worker
- The post holder is required to work across all sites and will be required to travel between the sites in a timely manner.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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
- Penny Northcote
- Job title
- Lead Nurse - ED & Acute Medicine
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07929852758
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