Job summary
- Main area
- Spinal injuries unit
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Job share - 22.5 hours per week (on call approx once per month)
- Job ref
- 409-6469520
- Employer
- Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- North West regional spinal unit
- Town
- Southport hospital
- Salary
- £50,952 - £57,349 pro-rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
North West Regional Spinal Injuries Unit Matron
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Job overview
A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, motivated and innovative existing matron or experienced ward manager/senior nurse to join our North West Regional Spinal Injuries centre at Southport Hospital as a part time matron (22.5hrs) to work alongside the current matron.
The North West Regional Spinal Injuries Centre is one of eight in England that specialises in rehabilitation. We have been rehabilitating people with spinal cord injuries and helping them live their lives to the fullest since 1947.Our team of skilled professionals assess, plan and tailor care to the needs of the individual, preparing them to live as independently as possible when they leave us.
Your key role will be to ensure clinical quality standards are achieved by providing inspirational and visible clinical leadership to the nursing teams working across the inpatient ward, outreach service and case management team who work within an integrated multidisciplinary team alongside consultants, doctors, ACP and therapists. We are looking for a matron/senior nurse who is committed and enthusiastic in delivering high quality compassionate care, who is equipped with excellent interpersonal and leadership skills. To carry out this role you must have proven management and leadership experience.
The service sits within the Community and Clinical support services division, where you will be supported by the Directorate manager, Deputy director of nursing, Therapy leads and Ward managers.
Main duties of the job
To provide clinical, professional and managerial leadership within the service, ensuring that action is taken at all levels to empower Nurses in providing demonstrably high standards of care in a clean and safe environment.
To provide strong clinical leadership skills, with the ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team, work across boundaries, influence and lead others in practice to deliver clinical outcomes The post holder will be ‘visible’ and recognisable to patients, relatives and staff and act as a ‘champion’ for quality and equality of standards and patient care within the Trust.
To be responsible for the implementation, monitoring, training and audit of all quality standards, in particular infection prevention and control measures within areas of responsibility.
To support service improvements ensuring patient safety and quality of care within these processes.
Has overall accountability within their areas of responsibility for the monitoring, review, improvement and provision of evidence and assurance relating to patient care.
Working for our organisation
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.
Our Services:
Acute Care
Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
Primary Care
Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
Community Services
Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
Specialist Regional Services
We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
Achievements:
• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description for full details.
Agree service requirements with relevant service/nursing leads, Ward Managers, Sister/Charge Nurses.
Plan service requirements as identified, in consultation with relevant stakeholders.
Maintain a healthy, safe and productive working environment in line with legal, organisational and professional requirements.
Monitor the quality of nursing/midwifery services through Quality Care Indicators (QCI) and local metrics.
Provide nursing/midwifery knowledge and skills to undertake the operational management and strategic development of the service.
Escalation of any professional nursing concerns to the Associate Director of Nursing and the Clinical Director/Manager as appropriate.
Contribute to performance management of the service ensuring delivery of key targets by assisting in collecting and collating evidence necessary to demonstrate compliance with CQC
essential standard and escalate to the relevant manager.
Maintain a high profile in the clinical areas being accessible to staff, patients and their families
providing support and advice and addressing any problems
Lead, facilitate and chair meetings across the CBU/service or Trust, providing clinical expertise,
professional leadership and management for designated project.
Participate and lead in CBU/service and nurse management issue
Participate in the Senior Managers extended rota, (may include Out of Hours on call rota as first
on call).
Advertising Date 30th August 2024
Closing Date 14th September 2024
Proposed Interview Date C/W 23rd September 2024
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse (Level 1)Qualifications
- Mentorship in Clinical Practice equivalent Level 6
- Recognised leadership qualification (minimum ILM Level 5 or equivalent) or working towards or equivalent experience
- Evidence of commitment to continuous learning and application in practice
- 1st Degree or equivalent level of knowledge and experience gained in a relevant environment
Desirable criteria
- Master’s degree in nursing / working towards
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Substantial management/leadership experience
- Experience of working within the Specialty
- Experience of working/ liaising with agencies across the health econom
- Able to demonstrate an understanding of Health Policy and Professional Nursing Agenda
- Have experience in service improvements
- Have experience in improving patient safety and quality of care
Desirable criteria
- Experience in undertaking research
Skills
Essential criteria
- Able to deal with difficult issues sensitively and diplomatically
- Able to deal effectively with challenging situations and challenging people
- Information Technology literate
- Clinical leader experience
- Highly motivated
- Good communicator and negotiator
- Flexible
- Able to gain trust and confidence of others
- Strategic thinker
- Demonstrates key behaviours expected of senior clinical manager
Desirable criteria
- Able to demonstrate evidence of project management
Physical Effort
Essential criteria
- Occasional requirement to exert moderate physical effort for short periods during a given time when moving and transferring patients using hoists and other lifting aids.
- Required to move patients on trolleys and in wheelchairs
Mental Effort
Essential criteria
- Required to concentrate when carrying out care
- Work is generally predictable but occasional requirement to deal with unpredictable emergency situations X A/I
Emotional Effort
Essential criteria
- Working closely with patients and their carers
- Supporting patients who have been given bad news
- 3 Supporting staff and patients with complaints X A/I
Working Conditions
Essential criteria
- Working across ward and departments where patient care is delivered. Potential exposure to blood or body fluids
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
- Joanne Worman
- Job title
- Directorate Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07747562608
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