Matron Acute Care Division

The post holder will:
Act as a positive role model through the provision of effective professional leadership and demonstration of competent, accountable clinical practice.
Ensure that the environment meets appropriate standards for health care delivery, and delivers best practice in infection control.
Provide day-to-day visible, accessible and authoritative leadership in clinical areas.
Ensure the delivery of patient care is of the highest standard and those patients and their families are treated with dignity and respect.
Actively support the Division in the provision of high quality, modern, dynamic and patient centred services. Provide support to patients and their relatives/carers.
Be responsible for optimising patient flow and access through their areas of responsibility through strategies to prevent delays and optimise utilisation. To support the Division in the delivery of key performance targets. Will work as part of the clinical business unit triumvirate alongside the General Manager and Clinical Director to safely manage all services.

Are you an experienced cancer nurse looking for your next career move or already working in a similar capacity and looking for a new challenge?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our Nursing Leadership team as the Matron for the Acute Care Division at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre, NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool.
The role of the Matron is fundamental to ensuring patients receive safe, high quality care, and a positive patient experience which is responsive to the needs of our patients, families and their carers.
Therefore we are seeking a senior nurse who has strong leadership skills to play a key role in being responsible for and further developing services within the Clinical Decision Unit, Hotline, Patient Flow and Inpatient Wards within the Acute Care division.
Working closely with the Matron for inpatient services and the Divisional Nurse Director, the post holder will be an individual who is a self-starter and able to support, engage, inspire and develop their teams to enable them to provide the highest quality of care to patients and their colleagues
The post holder will also require the knowledge, skill, and attention to detail to continue to deliver real improvements in quality; working closely with the divisional team to ensure patient care is delivered safely across the out patient departments.

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre is one of three specialist cancer centres in England. With 1,800 specialist staff and three sites, we are one of the largest NHS providers of non-surgical cancer treatment. The Trust has a unique multi-site care model serving the 2.4 million population across Cheshire and Merseyside and is consistently rated by patients as one of the best performing hospitals.
Our vision is to not only maintain this level of commitment to excellence but to work with our academic and healthcare partners across the region to ensure care, treatment and patient outcomes continuously improve in the future. We are very proud of all our expert and loyal staff and we welcome people who share the collective aim of delivering excellence in everything that we do.
Our values represent who we are and what we believe in. They define how we act to deliver the best possible care for our patients and shape The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre as a great place to work.