Clinical Matron

Hampshire Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust; Winchester; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Clinical Matron to provide 24-hour accountability for quality, staff, finance and performance across Wykeham ward. You will ensure high quality, evidence-based compassionate care and lead on complex patient assessment and discharge planning.

You will engage with monthly reviews, drive KPIs, and develop service improvements aligned with the organisational strategy across the three sites including Basingstoke, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in

Qualifications

• 24-hour accountability in leadership role or quality, staff, finance and performance.
• Lead on complex patient assessment requiring high level analysis.
• Provide visible leadership fostering professionalism, compassion, excellence and teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Ensure patients receive high quality, evidence-based compassionate care.
• Be responsible for Wykeham ward and its discharge pathways to ensure timely and safe discharges.
• Engage with monthly reviews and drive key performance indicators.
• Develop and implement service improvements and policies in area of expertise.
• Maintain strong links with the integrated discharge team and oversee onward care pathways.

Job description

The Clinical Matron has 24-hour accountability for quality, staff, finance and performance of their area. The Clinical Matron will be responsible for ensuring patients receive high quality, evidenced based compassionate care. The Clinical Matron will be responsible for Wykeham ward which cares for patients awaiting onward care following their discharge. This can include packages of care, D2A beds, nursing home placements and other community care services. The Clinical Matron will ensure that staff in both areas are supported and developed to deliver high quality care in accordance with the Trust values. The Clinical Matron will engage with monthly reviews and be a driving force for maintaining key performance indicators within their areas. The matron will develop a strong link with the integrated discharge team and regularly review onward pathways to ensure that discharges happen in a timely and safe manner. The Clinical Matron will have enhanced clinical skills and provide clinical expertise both within their own clinical environment and across the organisation as necessary to support the Organisational Strategy in the achievement of professional, operational and clinical governance objectives. This will involve being responsible for the development and implementation of service improvement and/or policies in their area of expertise.

• 24-hour accountability in leadership role or quality, staff, finance and performance of the ward.
• Responsible for ensuring patients receive high quality, evidenced based compassionate care.
• Lead on the complex patient assessment, requiring high level analysis and interpretation skills and the comparison of a range of options to achieve effective treatment or discharge planning.
• Provide effective visible leadership that fosters a culture of professionalism, compassion, excellence and the development of effective team working
• Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
• Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive. We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer. The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust. Tackling Climate Change: Hampshire Hospitals aims to embed sustainability and net zero carbon principles into the delivery of care across all its services. To find out more, search HHFT Climate Action [e-mail].