Safe Staffing and Workforce Assurance Matron- Band 8a

Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group; Lincoln; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS pension

Flexible working

Job summary

The Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group is seeking a Safe Staffing & Workforce Assurance Matron to lead nursing workforce safety across the organisation.

You will work alongside matrons, senior nurses and operational leaders to shape staffing decisions, provide expert advice under pressure and develop capability to apply safe staffing principles consistently in practice for patients and staff alike.

Qualifications

• Senior nurse with leadership experience in workforce management.
• Ability to translate workforce data into action.
• Experience providing professional nursing advice under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Lead safe staffing across the organisation.
• Coach and support nursing leaders in staffing decisions.
• Analyse workforce trends and risks using workforce intelligence.
• Present professional assurance through governance forums.

Skills

Nurse leadership

Clinical governance

Workforce planning

Education

Nursing qualification and PIN

Tools

Workforce rostering software

Job description

Staffing Is About People. Every decision we make about staffing has an impact on people.

Staffing Is About People. Every decision we make about staffing has an impact on people.

It affects the care our patients receive, the experience of the staff delivering that care and the confidence of the nursing leaders making those decisions.

Safe staffing isn't simply about numbers. It's about professional judgement, compassion, collaboration and ensuring we have the right people, in the right place, at the right time to deliver safe, effective and high quality care.

We're creating a brand new Safe Staffing & Workforce Assurance Team, and we're looking for exceptional senior nurses who want to help shape the future of nursing workforce leadership, this is a unique opportunity to be part of something new.

About The Role

As a Safe Staffing & Workforce Assurance Matron, you'll provide expert professional nursing leadership for safe staffing across our organisation.

Working alongside matrons, senior nurses and operational leaders, you'll lead and support complex workforce decisions, provide professional advice during periods of operational pressure and help ensure staffing decisions remain safe, evidence based and centred on delivering the very best care for our patients whilst supporting our nursing teams.

You'll develop a unique organisation wide perspective, using workforce intelligence, professional judgement and operational insight to identify emerging risks, support nursing leaders and continuously improve how safe staffing is understood, delivered and assured across our Organisation. You'll help build capability across our nursing teams, supporting leaders to apply safe staffing principles consistently and confidently in practice.

No two days will be the same.

One day you may be supporting complex staffing decisions across multiple services. Another day you may be reviewing workforce trends, coaching senior nursing leaders, developing new approaches to workforce deployment or using workforce intelligence to identify emerging risks and providing professional assurance and recommendations through our nursing and governance forums. Throughout it all, you'll use your experience to influence positive change that benefits both patients and staff.

Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment. From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

Pilgrim Hospital is situated in beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.

Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.

This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations.

The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Janine Gargett-Brackenbury Job title: Associate Director of Nursing Workforce Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07414119511