Matron for Children's Services (Emergency Care Lead)

This is an exciting time for the Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital (RACH), we are increasing our team of Matrons within Children's Services and are looking to appoint a Matron to become our Emergency Care Lead.

You will have the opportunity to help shape the future direction of the department and take part in hospital wide initiatives to improve Emergency Care and the patient experience across the whole of the acute pathway.

We are keen to hear from individuals who have experience at working at a senior nurse level within a children's emergency care environment and are keen to embrace change and provide visible nursing inspiration.

You will provide leadership and direction to our dedicated Children's Emergency Department team and more widely will input your specialist knowledge and expertise to the emergency departments within our three other hospital sites.

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 the Children's Emergency Department (CED) and throughout the RACH.

The post holder will lead and manage the Senior Sister/Charge nurse team, PENP team and the ACORNS (Acute Children's Outreach Nursing Service) lead nurse to ensure that high quality patient focused care is delivered within the Children's Emergency Department (CED).

The post holder will also assume responsibility for the management of individuals/teams as indicated in the structure diagram within the JD.

The post holder will actively participate in the clinical and operational management of the department; working collaboratively with the Nurse Consultant (emergency paediatrics) to ensure on-going service development and the delivery of exemplary care to children, young people and their families.

The post holder will act 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 Children's Emergency and Ambulatory Care.

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, as shown in our Outstanding for Caring CQC rating. 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 our Wellbeing Programme for staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it 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. We look forward to receiving your application and the start of your journey with UHSussex.