Matron - Therapies and Rehabilitation

Supervising the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care across the sphere of responsibility, ensuring that nursing and corporate standards are implemented, maintained, monitored and improved upon where necessary. Ensure that nursing and relevant support staff are led, managed and developed in order to enable them to deliver the highest standards of patient care and service. Provide a highly visible and accessible presence in area of responsibility. and be available to patients, their families and staff to provide assistance, advice and support and address problems and concerns, as required. Act as a professional role model to all nurses and take corrective action to uphold the standards required of the Trust and profession. This may include participating in service-specific shift arrangements to provide professional advice and leadership during evenings (including nights in extreme circumstances), weekends and bank holidays. Includes participating in Senior Nurse rota. Will be required to act up in professional or managerial capacity as required and appropriate.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a matron within the Division of Cancer, Diagnostics and Clinical Support. The successful applicant will be an experienced registered nurse with a compassionate, inclusive and positive leadership style. You will be working with a dynamic and friendly team within Therapy and Specialist Rehabilitation Medicine, which includes Ward 3 - Kings Lodge - neuro rehab unit; Ward 5; Specialist Rehab outpatients; Rehab nurse specialist and Major Trauma Rehabilitation Sister. You will build collaborative MDT working relationships to ensure a holistic service is provided to our patients and their families. There is also an expectation of professional leadership for other nurses outside of the TSR BU and as a Senior Nurse with consistent presence on FNCH site, your professional advice, leadership and support will be required to support site-wide issues. The role will be predominantly based at FNCH, but work at the RDH site will be necessary at times, therefore ability to travel is required. You will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and can successfully engage with patients and staff; have clear decision making capabilities; be a vocal advocate for the patient and be passionate and highly motivated in ensuring high quality care continues to be delivered.

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work. In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts:
• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.