Matron Children's Community Nursing Service

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; Sidcup; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Matron for the Children's Community Nursing Service to lead a dynamic team in providing high-quality care to children and young people. The role involves operational management, clinical leadership, and direct supervision of nursing staff. Candidates should have significant experience in children's nursing and a passion for community health. This position offers opportunities for professional development and making a significant impact in the community.

Qualifications

• 5 years' experience as a children's nurse, with 2 years in a senior nurse role.
• Experience managing teams in a community setting.
• Extensive experience in assessing care needs and implementing care plans.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the operational management of Children's Community Nursing services.
• Supervise senior nurses and ensure high-quality care.
• Accountable for specific areas within the overall service.

Skills

Ability to motivate others and manage change

Ability to work in a community setting with vulnerable families

Education

RSCN or RN (child) Degree level

NMC Registration

Evidence of professional development

Job description

Matron Children's Community Nursing Service

Are you a highly skilled, visible and committed Children's Community Nurse? We are looking for someone who is passionate about making a difference to the health and well-being of children and young people in our community, whilst supporting and inspiring the nursing team to provide high quality care.

This role offers an exciting opportunity to lead an innovative and dynamic Community Children's Nursing team which is part of an integrated network of services for children in Bexley & Greenwich. You will be leading a team that provides high quality specialist child-centred nursing care, in community settings and the child's own home. The service provision includes Asthma, Sickle Cell and Hospital at Home.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work in close partnership with the other Matron to provide visible clinical leadership to ensure that Children and Young people and their families/carers receive high quality, evidence-based care.They will be accountable for upholding standards and quality, ensuring a positive patient experience, maintaining patient safety, and promoting clinical effectiveness within the service.

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We're Kind
• We Listen
• We Care

Job responsibilities

The Matrons will be responsible for the day-to-day operational management of the Childrens Community Nursing (CCN), Hospital at Home (H@H), Asthma (including Respiratory Hub) and Sickle Cell service. Each Matron will have specific areas for which they are responsible and accountable for, within the overall service. The role includes supervision of senior nurses.

Person Specification

Education /Qualifications

• RSCN or RN (child) Degree level
• NMC Registration
• Evidence of professional development

Skills/Abilities/Knowledge

• Ability to motivate others and manage change
• Ability to work in a community setting with vulnerable families with language and cultural barriers

Experience

• 5 years experience children's nurse, 2 years senior nurse role
• Experience of management of teams in the community setting
• Extensive experience in assessing care needs, planning implementation and evaluation of care plans.
• Extensive experience in teaching and assessing the competencies of other staff and carers.
• Previous experience of research and audit

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.

Operational Manager Specialist Children's Services