Matron - General Surgery / Urology
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Whiston, Knowsley
Matron - General Surgery / Urology
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Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Whiston, Knowsley
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted today, 8 Nov | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: 623ee56b70074bf39d1f79af05adee32
Full Job Description
- To provide clinical, professional, and managerial leadership within the service, ensuring that action is taken at all levels to empower Nurses/Midwives in providing demonstrably high standards of care in a clean and safe environment.
- To provide strong clinical leadership skills, with the ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team, work across boundaries, influence, and lead others in practice to deliver clinical outcomes.
- The post holder will be 'visible' and recognisable to patients, relatives and staff and act as a 'champion' for quality and equality of standards and patient care within the Trust.
- Act as lead nurse/midwife for the care of patients within their sphere of responsibility.
- To be responsible for the implementation, monitoring, training, and audit of all quality standards, in particular infection prevention and control measures within areas of responsibility.
- To support service improvements ensuring patient safety and quality of care within these processes.
- Has overall accountability within their areas of responsibility for the monitoring, review, improvement and provision of evidence and assurance relating to patient care.
This is an exciting opportunity for a forward thinking, highly motivated individual to join a dynamic, rapidly expanding team, delivering multidisciplinary care within General Surgery & Urology. Working closely with the Clinical Director and Directorate Manager, the successful applicant must be willing to lead and develop patient services within these specialties - working to improve the patient experience. You must have a proven track record of progressive leadership and development. Be an effective role model, self-motivated with the passion, drive and adaptability to cope with change within the Trust and across the whole of the health economy that we provide our services to. You should possess excellent communication skills, be visible and accessible with quality and standards as your priority. You will need to be flexible and resilient in order to cope with the demands of the role. In addition you must be able to influence and negotiate in order to improve the service your teams provide for their patients. An Enhanced DBS with barred lists for both Adults & Children is required for this post. - Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
- Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
- National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites. We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care. Our services: Acute Care Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites. Primary Care Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital. Community Services Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre. Specialist Regional Services We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales. Achievements: