Matron – Specialist Palliative Care Services

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust; Salisbury; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

A UK healthcare provider is seeking a Matron for Specialist Palliative Care Services. The role involves providing senior clinical leadership, ensuring high-quality patient care, and fostering team collaboration. Ideal candidates will have significant experience in senior leadership roles and palliative care, as well as a registered nursing qualification. The position offers a competitive salary of £55,690 to £62,682, alongside various NHS benefits including generous leave allowances and training opportunities.

Benefits

NHS Discounts

35 Days Paid Holiday

Generous Pension Scheme

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years in a Senior Leadership position (Band 7 or equivalent).
• Experience in Specialist Palliative Care.
• Understanding of NHS policy and practice.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior clinical and professional nursing leadership.
• Be accountable for patient care quality.
• Lead change and service improvement initiatives.

Skills

Senior Leadership

Service Improvement

Communication Skills

Problem Solving

Leadership

Education

First Level Registered Nurse

Diploma/Advanced Diploma/Degree in Nursing

Teaching and Assessing Qualification

Job description

Matron – Specialist Palliative Care Services

Are you an experienced and compassionate nurse leader looking for your next challenge? We are seeking a dynamic and forward-thinking Matron to join our team and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of patient care within our organisation.

The key roles of a Matron are:

1. Inclusive leadership, professional standards and accountability
2. Governance, patient safety and quality
3. Workforce planning and resource management
4. Patient experience and reducing health inequalities
5. Performance and operational oversight
6. Digital and information technology
7. Education, training and development
8. Research and development
9. Collaborative working and clinical effectiveness
10. Service improvement and transformation.

Main duties of the job

This post provides strong leadership, visible, credible senior nursing presence accessible to staff, patients and their families for advice, assistance, and support. The post holder will be accountable for the delivery of optimum quality patient care in their areas of responsibility, and in line with the ten key matron responsibilities outlined nationally

The Matron for Specialist Palliative Care services will provide senior clinical and professional nursing leadership to a fully integrated NHS service based at the acute hospital site and managed within the Medical Division.

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

About us

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Person Specification

Education, Qualifications and Training

• oThe post holder will be a first level registered nurse with a Diploma, Advanced Diploma or Degree in Nursing and evidence of continuing professional development equivalent to post-graduate diploma level.
• oDevelopment at Masters level or willing to undertake study at masters level.
• oTeaching and assessing qualification

Experience, Knowledge and Skills

• oMinimum 2 year's experience in Senior Leadership (Band 7 or equivalent) position
• oExperienced in the field of Specialist Palliative Care.
• oA proven track record in organisational leadership, leading change and service improvement
• oContribution to strategic service planning (including workforce)
• oExperience of change management and problem solving.
• oKnowledge of NHS policy and practice
• oUnderstanding of speciality
• oA good understanding of and insight into NHS organisational culture.
• oA sound understanding of nursing and therapy practice and practice development.
• oA clear understanding of the Clinical Governance agenda and its role in assuring high quality, safe patient care.
• oChildren and adults safeguarding policies (including Prevent agenda)
• oLeadership and motivation in the workplace.
• oAbility to work under pressure and to deadlines, completing and finishing work on time.
• oFacilitation and co-ordination
• oHighly developed written communication and interpersonal skills
• oVerbal reasoning and presentation
• oNegotiation, problem solving, analytical & decision-making skills.
• oService development and service improvement experience.
• oSenior team working and able to influence multi-professional teams.
• oResource management
• oAbility to self-manage and prioritise a complex workload.
• oPlanning and implementation of strategies to ensure continuous improvement in patient experience and outcomes e.g. infection prevention and reduction strategies
• oAbility to balance considerations of service performance and risk management.
• oAbility to analyse complex staffing and clinical data to manage and evaluate the service.

Other Job-Related Requirements

• oAbility to think creatively and contribute to service improvement initiatives for benefit of your patients.
• oUnderstanding of obligations in relation to equality and diversity law

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.

Matron for Specialist Palliative Care Services

£55,690 to £62,682 a yearper annum pro rata if part time