Matron Care of the Elderly

Integrated Care System; London; On-site; GBP 59,000 - 67,000; Full time

Job summary

An exceptional opportunity for a visionary nursing leader to join the senior nursing team as a Matron at Whipps Cross Hospital. This pivotal role encompasses strategic oversight of multiple clinical areas while promoting patient care excellence. The successful candidate will demonstrate strong leadership in multidisciplinary settings while ensuring compliance with care quality standards.

Qualifications

• Previous experience as Band 7 in acute care setting.
• Experience in working as an 8a level.
• Comprehensive knowledge of acute nursing and the role of the ward manager.

Responsibilities

• Provide innovative clinical and professional leadership.
• Ensure nursing care meets high standards.
• Support ward managers in managing the nursing resource effectively.

Skills

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Promotes, monitors and maintains best practice in health, safety and security

Clinical governance and risk management

Education

Degree level registered nurse

Leadership/management course

Job description

Are you a visionary nursing leader, passionate about driving quality improvement and championing patient engagement? The Division of Medicine at Whipps Cross Hospital has an exceptional opportunity for a forward-thinking and motivated Matron to join our senior nursing team.

This is a significant leadership role where you will be responsible for at least four diverse clinical areas, providing inspirational leadership and clinical excellence. You will have an impact on a wide variety of services, including Frailty, Older People's Services, End-of-Life Care, Respiratory, Cardiology, Gastroenterology, General Medicine, and Stroke.

Main duties of the job

This role provides key strategic oversight for our Medical Wards at Whipps Cross Hospital . The post holder provides innovative clinical and professional leadership to nursing at all levels within the service group, ensuring nursing care is delivered to a high standard and the nursing resource is managed effectively. This will be achieved by the post holder supporting ward mangers running the directorate wards. The role will be supportive of nursing leads in these areas in their delivery of safe and compassionate care. The post holder is responsible for maintaining the standards as identified by the Care Quality Commission and other regulatory bodies are maintained supporting quality improvement projects with the ward sister/charge nurse and support the multidisciplinary team to take forward the directorates quality and safety agenda. This post combines clinical expertise, leadership and educational/research skills with managerial and professional responsibilities.

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.

Job responsibilities

We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person Specification

Experience

• Previous experience as Band 7 in acute care setting
• Previous experience of working as an 8a

Skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Promotes, monitors and maintains best practice in health, safety and security
• Clinical governance and risk management

Knowledge

• Comprehensive knowledge of acute nursing
• Comprehensive knowledge of the role of the ward manager
• Knowledge of clinical governance systems in the acute setting
• Knowledge of safeguarding policies and procedures

Qualifications

• Degree level registered nurse
• Leadership/management course

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£59,490 to £66,239 a yearper annum inc (pay reward pending)