Matron - Neonatal Services

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our outstanding and expanding team at Nottingham Children's Hospital as a Matron for Neonatal Services. This opportunity is for a permanent position as one of 2 Matrons leading two Level 3 units, which in time will come together as a single site through our maternity and neonatal redesign project and Tomorrow's NUH. Supported by the Nottingham Children's Hospital Lead Nurse , the post holder will play a pivotal role in the quality agenda, delivery of care and the continuing development of nursing within the teams, continuing to embed our Children's Hospital Nursing Strategy in all that we do.
As a Matron you will have leadership experience, well developed organisational skills , provide a visible presence with daily clinical and professional leadership and support for nursing.
In addition to the below summary you will need to familiarise yourself with full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert.
As a Matron across Neonatal services you will provide day-to-day operational, clinical, professional leadership and support for nursing, maintain quality focused standards as well as linking with other healthcare professionals throughout the services to ensure we continue to provide excellent care to all of our neonates and their families., Please note this is an overview and not an exhaustive list of the job description and main responsibilities.
Provide responsive, compassionate, inclusive leadership and management to promote the highest standards of clinical care, patient safety and experience.
Ensure compliance with prevention and control of infections, monitoring cleaning of the environment.
Workforce management, finance and budgeting.
Ensuring the highest quality education and development of nursing staff within the neonatal units.
To act as a resource, providing advice on professional nursing issues in relation to clinical interventions, policies and protocols, service delivery and service development.
To ensure that appropriate resources are in place to support the delivery of high quality services within areas of responsibility.

Our Nottingham Children's Hospital is the first children's hospital in Europe to achieve Pathway to Excellence ® accreditation from the American Nurses' Credentialing Center (ANCC) and are also the first acute hospital awards Magnet® accreditation for the quality of our nursing.
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There is every option from contemporary city living to rural retreats on the doorstep. Nottingham has a good range of options for rental properties from city centre apartments to suburban family homes., Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at the NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
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A completely refurbished and expanded neonatal unit at the QMC, providing an additional 21 cots and taking the total cots at the QMC campus to 38
+ Brand new, state of the art equipment
+ A better working environment for staff
+ Better facilities for the children and families
We provide care for tertiary level neonatal care for premature babies and their families at Queen's Medical Centre and City Hospital, we are the north hub in the East Midlands for neonatal intensive care. We are proud to offer both medical and surgical intensive care for extremely premature and very sick infants, as well as having an integrated outreach team in place to support babies and families once they return home., Salary: The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.
Disability Confidence: All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.
At Risk of redundancy: NHS employees within the East Midlands who are 'at risk' of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.
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