Clinical Matron - General Medicine | Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Winchester (VA); On-site; USD 93,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Clinical Matron for General Medicine to provide 24-hour leadership across quality, staffing and governance. You will lead clinical teams, ensure safe, evidence-based care and drive service improvement in partnership with the named consultant.

The role requires strategic leadership, professional development of staff and close collaboration to enhance patient experience across our Winchester sites and the wider trust.

Qualifications

• Leadership at executive nursing level.
• Experience with governance and clinical quality improvement.
• Ability to lead across multi-disciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• 24-hour accountability for leadership, quality, staff, finance and performance of the ward.
• Lead on complex patient assessment and discharge planning with high-level analysis.
• Provide visible leadership fostering professionalism, compassion and teamwork.
• Support and develop staff to deliver high-quality, evidence-based care.

Job description

Clinical Matron - General Medicine | Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Company: Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The Clinical Matron (CM) has 24-hour accountability for quality, staff, finance and performance of their area. The Clinical Matron will be responsible for ensuring patients receive high quality, evidenced based compassionate care.

The Clinical Matron will be responsible for ensuring that staff are supported and developed to deliver high quality carein accordance with the Trust values.

The Clinical Matron will have enhanced clinical skills and provide clinical expertise both within their own clinical environment and across the organisation as necessary to support the Organisational Strategy in theachievement of professional, operational and clinical governance objectives. This will involve being responsible for the development and implementation of service improvement and/or policies in their area

of expertise.

The Clinical Matron will work closely with the named consultant to provide day to day professional leadership with a significant focus on improving the experience

• 24-hour accountability in leadership role or quality, staff, finance and performance of the ward.
• Responsible for ensuring patients receive high quality, evidenced based compassionate care.
• Lead on the complex patient assessment, requiring high level analysis and interpretation skills and the comparison of a range of options to achieve effective treatment or discharge planning.
• Provide effective visible leadership that fosters a culture of professionalism, compassion, excellence and the development of effective team working

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.

Tackling Climate Change:Hampshire Hospitals aims to embed sustainability and net zero carbon principles into the delivery of care across all its services. To find out more, searchHHFT Climate [e-mail].

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust