critical care professional

Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Chertsey; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS Foundation Trust in Chertsey is seeking an experienced ICU Matron to provide leadership in the Intensive Care Unit. The successful candidate will drive excellence in patient outcomes and support a multidisciplinary team while ensuring compliance with clinical standards. The role comes with a range of benefits, including excellent career development support and an attractive pension scheme. If you're ready to make a significant impact in a bustling healthcare environment, we encourage you to apply.

Benefits

Excellent pension scheme

On-site Nurseries

On-site staff cafes

On-site parking

Support in career development

Salary Sacrifice schemes

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a senior nursing role, preferably in critical care.
• Strong understanding of operational management within healthcare.
• Ability to lead and develop teams effectively.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational leadership within the Intensive Care Unit.
• Support clinical governance and quality improvement initiatives.
• Manage nursing recruitment and staff development.

Skills

Leadership

Critical care expertise

Clinical management

Infection Prevention and Control

Teamwork

Education

Nursing qualification

Postgraduate qualification in Critical Care

Job description

Job Overview

We are seeking an exceptional ICU Matron to provide strategic, clinical, and operational leadership within our Intensive Care Unit. This is an opportunity for an experienced critical care professional to shape service quality, drive excellence in patient outcomes, and support a dedicated multidisciplinary team in delivering the highest standards of care.

Working Monday to Friday is required; this can be covered over either a four‑ or five‑day week. The Clinical Nurse Leader will support the Divisional Chief Nurse to integrate corporate nursing plans and the nursing agenda in the division focussing on quality and the patient experience.

Key Responsibilities

• To support the Divisional Chief Nurse in managing the operational elements pertinent to the clinical areas within the division.
• To be a visible, accessible and authoritative leader and presence in clinical areas.
• To work alongside the clinical team with a clinical input of 40% (0.4 WTE).
• Drive forward sound discharge processes focusing on discharge planning that is safe and efficient.
• Ensure patients are treated with privacy and respect and patient safety issues are adhered to.
• Ensure best practice in Infection Prevention and Control.
• Accountable for the quality of care.
• See Job Description for further information.
• Develop and strengthen the role of the unit/department managers and nursing teams in line with division and trust objectives.
• To ensure that all nursing staff are accountable and responsible and that care is provided in line with Divisional and Trust's strategic objectives, e.g. financial stability, zero harm, zero waste and zero waits.
• To carry out individual performance reviews with the teams and ensure they have access to relevant training and development opportunities, as defined in their PDR and in relation to their role and ensuring mandatory training is completed.
• Function as line manager for designated specialist nurses within sphere of control.
• To support the Divisional Chief Nurse in working with unit/department sisters to review staffing establishments and skill mix, and ensure that staffing is appropriate for current and projected clinical demands.
• To monitor and oversee duty rotas via use of electronic staff rostering to ensure effective use of resources, ensuring rigorous control of bank and agency usage.
• To support the unit/department managers to effectively and efficiently co‑ordinate the day‑to‑day operational management of their immediate clinical area informing the Divisional Chief Nurse of anything which threatens to affect the safety of the environment or which may compromise the care of patients or the reputation of the division.
• To monitor and ensure that staffing levels deliver the full complement of trollies and activity targets within the agreed budget, working closely with the Divisional Chief Nurse and the Associate Director of Operations.
• Manage nursing recruitment and foster an environment which enhances the retention of staff and looks at new ways of working in line with the improving working lives policy. Supported by Divisional Chief Nurse to reduce staff turnover by 50%.
• Lead on specific service improvement initiatives as determined by the divisional management team.
• To actively manage in conjunction with the ward managers sickness/absence, as per Trust policy, and lead on disciplinary activities including performance management.
• Assist Divisional Chief Nurse in change management including facilitating new ways of working through implementing additional support roles, and supporting their integration and development within the clinical environment.
• To manage and assist the unit/department sisters in the appraisal process and ensure all staff have the opportunity to review their performance and develop a meaningful professional development plan in line with the knowledge and skills framework which serves to deliver personal as well as division‑wide objectives.
• Working in partnership with Divisional Chief Nurse, maximise and develop leadership abilities and skill set within senior nursing team, based within the clinical environment.
• Working in partnership with Divisional Chief Nurse, introduce a model of nursing care which is patient focused.
• In conjunction with the Clinical Service Manager introduce processes to streamline communication within the clinical environment and to ensure staff, at all levels, are effectively informed enabling them to successfully carry out their duties.
• Provide professional advice and support to staff in the department in conjunction with the Clinical Practice Educator.
• To ensure that all staff are familiar with the nursing vision and ensure that key indicators are met in relation to getting the basics right implementation of 'Saving Lives,' and adherence to CQC standards.
• Initiate and develop audits of service delivery and implementation of findings to improve patient care.
• Act as an ambassador for the Division and speciality and contribute to relevant trust‑wide groups.

About the Trust

Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North‑West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond. Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey. We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.

Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at ASPH. We are committed to providing continuous professional development and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.

We are expanding our theatres at Ashford Hospital and moving towards this becoming our dedicated elective centre. We want to create a state‑of‑the‑art centre for excellence for planned surgical procedures.

Benefits

• Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
• On‑site Nurseries
• On‑site staff cafes
• On‑site parking
• Support in career development
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including wage stream, lease cars, Cycle to Work schemes and home electronics