Integrated Children's Community Nursing Team Matron

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust; West Kirby; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust seeks an experienced Matron to lead the Integrated Children’s Community Nursing Team (ICCNT). The role focuses on delivering high-quality, child-centred care across community and hospital settings, with strong clinical leadership and governance to support safe, coordinated services for children and their families.

You will work with the Deputy Director of Nursing & AHPs to develop pathways bringing care closer to home in line with the Trust’s 2030

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and accountability for the Integrated Children's Community Nursing Team (ICCNT).
• Lead development of Integrated Community pathways to promote hospital avoidance, admission and early discharge.
• Ensure governance systems and processes meet best practice.
• Collaborate with the Deputy Director of Nursing & AHPs to develop new pathways delivering care closer to home in line with the Trust's 2030 Vision.
• Promote continuous quality improvement to ensure high-quality patient care for children, young people and families.
• Support workforce development and planning to meet professional standards and national guidance.
• Engage with innovation and external stakeholders to progress the virtual ward and linked workstreams.

Job description

Following progression of the current Matron to Head of Nursing, we are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, dedicated, and passionate senior nurse to join our team as the Matron for the Integrated Children's Community Nursing Team (ICCNT).

The post holder will ensure co-operation and cohesion between the service's community nursing team, ensuring a seamless, positive experience of care for children and their families, which transcends community and hospital-based care. Involvement in the development of Integrated Community pathways to promote hospital avoidance, admission and early discharge is key to this role.

The post holder will provide strong leadership across the system enabling efficient coordination of safe and skilled multi professional involvement ensuring that the trust has robust, sustainable, effective governance systems and processes which comply with best practice.

The post holder will work closely with the Deputy Director of Nursing & AHP's to develop new and creative pathways to bring care closer to home in line with the Trusts 2030 Vision. Furthermore, the Matron will promote a culture of continuous quality improvement within all areas of the system/organisation to ensure best practice is achieved in the delivery of high-quality patient care for children, young people, and their families., The post holder will provide clinical leadership and be accountable for the management, delivery, and development of the Integrated Children's Community Nursing Team, which provides nursing care in the community to children with acute/short term illness, those with complex health needs and disabilities, or with long term conditions, as well as those with life limiting conditions who may require end of life care.

Develop the service to, as a minimum, meet pertinent professional and national standards, including those concerned with workforce development and planning.

Lead on the development of the virtual ward and linked workstreams. This involves liaison with Innovation and external stakeholders,

Assume overall responsibility for the quality of the service, as experienced by children, their families and by colleagues.

Sponsorship - We are an approved sponsoring organisation. Applications will be considered from applicants requiring sponsorship alongside all other applications. Please be aware, not all roles are eligible for sponsorship.You can review the list of eligible role and requirements on the government website.