Community Hospital Matron

We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and dynamic Modern Matron for Stroud and Vale community Hospitals, as a job share with the current post Holder. We welcome experienced applicants to jointly lead the development of these services, by ensuring care is delivered to the highest standard. This is an opportunity to provide credible and visible clinical leadership, focusing on enhancing the quality of care and promotion of initiatives that support both patient experience and the health and wellbeing of staff.Main duties of the job Provide operational managerial and clinical leadership to Stroud and Vale Community Hospitals, working in partnership with the Community Managers of locality Integrated Community Teams,and other management and professional leads. Manage and lead the Community Hospital Management team promoting effective governance and ensuring that the highest standard of clinical care is delivered; and ensuring that all clinical and non-clinical performance indicators, targets and objectives are met in line with national and local standards. Ensure that quality, performance, Cost Improvement Plans (CIPs) and budgetary targets are monitored and interim plans are devised where necessary to enable compliance and achievement.

We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust. The annual NHS Staff Survey gives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%). It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:

• 89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users;
• 73.3% would recommend the organisation as a place to work;
• 82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority;
• 76.7% would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative
Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.