Matron for Children's Services

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our team of Matrons at University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust. We are looking to appoint a Matron for Children's Services at St Richards Hospital based in Chichester.

In this role you will have the opportunity to help shape the future direction of our children's services and take part in hospital wide initiatives to improve patient care and experience. We are keen to hear from individuals who have experience working at a senior nurse level within a children's services and are keen to embrace change and provide visible nursing inspiration.

You will provide leadership and direction to designated teams, which will include ward and specialist nursing teams. As Matron you will have responsibility for the delivery of high quality, responsive, safe and effective care that improves patient outcomes and patient experience.

Proven skills and a working knowledge of leading, and an ability to demonstrate excellent communications skills are required.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will support the Directorate Lead Nurse and Clinical Director to ensure that high quality patient focused care is delivered within their designated areas and throughout children's services.

The post holder will lead and manage the Ward Managers and Specialist Nursing teams to ensure that high quality patient focused care is delivered.The post holder will work closely with the CYP Mental Health Lead Nurse in order to support, develop and deliver effective pathways of care within Children's Services.

The post holder will actively participate in the clinical and operational management of children's services acting as a highly visible, clinical leader and role model whilst ensuring the provision of quality patient care, sharing expertise with colleagues.

The post holder will lead the governance assurance framework for their designated areas.

The post holder will promote learning, professional curiosity and hold others to account.

The post holder will lead the educational and training programmes for their designated teams working in collaboration with our Practice Development teams.

At UHSussex, diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us always put the Patient First. Your uniqueness and experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of Staff Networks to help break down barriers, and can offer a buddy to help new members settle in. We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) and a Veteran Aware Trust.

We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. We're here for them when they need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in ourWellbeing Programme for staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it, including where possible, flexible working to support work life balance - because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves.

As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching and training so that we can be the best that we can be. From the moment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop. We hope that in choosing UHSussex you are choosing a long and happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make and feel valued for all that you do.