Matron - Trauma and Orthopaedics / Private Health | University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

We are offering an exciting opportunity to work within the Trauma and Orthopaedics Directorate. Working along side the Senior matron and the Trauma and orthopaedic Team, you will need to develop a close working relationship with Staff, Consultants, Departments Directorates and Trust Managers across the Multi disciplinary Team. We are seeking An experienced healthcare professional to lead and develop the service and workforce to drive forward initiatives to enhance standards and transform practice. There will be a requirement to work across all UHD sites, To provide clinical and professional leadership to assigned clinical wards and departments and specialist nursing/midwifery teams ensuring that action is taken at all levels to empower nurses/midwives/AHP's to provide high standards of care in a safe environment. The right candidate will be given opportunities to lead on areas such as:

• monitoring of clinical standards
• sustainable safe staffing
• ensuring patient experience is of the highest quality
• promoting best practice in the prevention of infection
• elements of transformation work
• visible clinical leadership
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues. UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme. This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview. The Matron is responsible for delivering the Trust's Strategy and objectives, within their area of responsibility including:
• Ensuring the standardisation of services across all relevant areas to the best possible level, so that all patients experience equally high quality care;
• Supporting the planning and managing services to ensure the best possible use of resources;
• Supporting the development of a sustainable safe workforce that is fit for the future within area of responsibility;
• Ensuring services are delivered in a culture where patient safety, high clinical quality, service improvement and financial accountability are paramount;
• Transformation of the service in line with UHD objective
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.

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