Matron - Trauma, Plastics and Orthopaedics

The successful candidate will work as part of our matron team in managing and overseeing operational flow within surgery on the St Thomas's site. You will work closely with the matron on the Guys site providing leadership to a defined group of nursing and MDT teams The role also supports flow and operational activity through the bed base ensuring admission processes are clearly and appropriately communicated and managed and responding proactively to any staffing or patient safety concerns The successful candidate will:

• Provide direct line management to the ward/department managers & some specialist nurses
• Monitor and maintain clinical best practice standards within in-patient and outpatient areas
• Ensure excellent patient experience by responding swiftly to any concerns and working closely with the Surgical Matrons the QIPS team and MDT
• Uphold effective multi-disciplinary team relationships with medical, nursing and admin teams across the wider directorate and network.
• Play a key role in both managing risk and governance across our wards and lead on operational and strategic elements of this, ensuring patient safety and quality care., Through strong clinical leadership the Matron will support the Ward and Departmental Sisters/Charge Nurses to promote excellence in nursing and midwifery care to maintain and improve clinical standards. The post holder will ensure that all patients are treated with compassion, dignity and respect placing value on the diversity of the local community and beyond. He/she will promote best practice in the prevention of infection through ensuring a clean and safe environment.
The Matron's key responsibility is to ensure that the patient experience is of the highest quality inspiring patient and public confidence. This will be achieved through high visibility, accessibility and surveillance. The post holder will be expected to work clinically for 75% of their time and where required will be a specialist in their clinical area. Each Clinical Directorate is led by a Directorate Management Team including the Clinical Director, General Manager and the Head of Nursing supported by Deputy Head of Nursing and Deputy General Manager. The Matrons report to the Head of Nursing who have overarching responsibility for the operational management and strategic direction of nursing., 1. Performance management: + To manage the delivery of all nursing aspects of the agreed outputs for their area of responsibility, as set out in the Performance Contract, by: - Holding Ward/Departmental Sister/Charge Nurse to account for delivery of their objectives in clinical areas. - Ensuring effective action is taken where nursing performance is at risk of falling below expected levels and standards are not maintained. - Ensuring that the Trust's Nursing and Midwifery priorities are implemented locally. 2. Risk & clinical governance: + Ensure patients are cared for in a clean and safe environment taking remedial action if standards are not maintained. + Be champions for driving the infection prevention and control agenda and challenging poor practice. + Manage and respond to complaints and adverse incidents. + Undertake root cause analysis and develop action plans, ensuring that this leads to change in practice. + Establish and maintain effective communication with patients, relatives and staff to contribute to the active resolution of potentially complex situations, conflicts and issues. + Lead on the implementation of patient safety strategies such as Standards Took Kit, Saving Lives and Clinical Indicators. + Share best practice and drive improvements in patient care through the Clinical Indicator meeting and Matrons' Forum. + In conjunction with the Head of Nursing, the Matron will be responsible for monitoring and maintaining excellent clinical standards within clinical teams. 3. Professional leadership and staff management: + Be a visible leader who is accessible to patients, visitors and staff. + Provide professional and clinical leadership. + Take forward and develop the specialist contribution nursing and midwifery can make in the designated areas. + Develop Ward/Departmental Sister/Charge Nurse in leadership and management. + Ensure that nursing staff comply with Trust-wide policies and procedures. + Represent the Trust at local and National forums promoting achievements in patient care. 4. Departmental & staff organisation: Work in collaboration with the clinical teams on a daily basis. Monitor and action decisions in relation to clinical areas ensuring an appropriate nursing skill mix in relation to activity and acuity. Manage and report any risk issues to the Head of Nursing in a timely manner. The Matron will: + Review skill mix and deployment of staff within the area of responsibility, working closely with other Matrons within the Directorate. + Ensure nurse rostering meets service demands and is cost effective and adheres to Trust guidelines. + Review and agree bank and agency requirements and usage and control bank and agency spend. + Oversee recruitment processes and ensure they are adhered to in a timely manner. + Performance manage staff with direct responsibility for the continuous performance review/appraisal of Ward/Departmental Sister/Charge Nurses, Clinical Nurse Specialists (and Research Nurses where applicable). + Support ward/departmental Sister/Charge nurse in managing staff absence and report trends in sickness absence to Head of Nursing. + Oversee the process of continuous performance review within the allocated area of responsibility. + Empower and enable staff to perform their roles effectively. 5. Strategy and service improvement: + Collaborate with the Directorate Team in developing the Clinical Directorate service and business strategy. + Participate in service improvement projects or development programmes that contribute to the modernisation of patient services, providing both professional and clinical advice as necessary. + Work in close partnership with appropriate Clinical Leads and Service Managers to ensure all local, corporate and national initiatives and targets are met. + Where appropriate, support the Clinical Directorate as agreed with the Head of Nursing and the Directorate of Strategy and Policy: (i) to represent the Trust within the NHS and community, and with partner organisations, (ii) to work closely with them to institute integrated working in the best interests of patient care, (iii) to ensure appropriate public and patient involvement in assessing service quality and improvements. + Identify and take forward the specific contribution nursing and midwifery can make to the development of the service. 6. Financial management · Act as an authorising signatory for nursing within agreed limits. · Monitor Ward and Departmental nursing budgets with the Ward Sister/Charge Nurse for each clinical area ensuring effective budget management. + Manage nursing resources on a day to day basis with particular attention to Bank and Agency expenditure. + Report monthly positions to the Head of Nursing. 7. R&D, education and training: · Undertake training needs analysis in conjunction with Head of Nursing and Practice Development Nurses. + Support the development and implementation of education and training programs within area of responsibility for nurses and midwives. + Be responsible for developing own skills and knowledge and contribute to the development of others. + Provide advice relating to approved R & D projects. + Work in collaboration with the Ward/Departmental Sisters/ Charge Nurses to monitor and regulate training and development of all staff to ensure: - All nursing staff are appraised using KSF and the Trust Competency Document. - All mandatory training is undertaken and recorded. - Monitor and regulate study leave to ensure consistency and equality. - Ensure clinical environments are fit to receive students and are regularly audited. - All staff are competent in acute care skills and have passed their Medicines Management test. 8. Professional standards and patient experience Promote excellent standards in all wards/departments through: + Promotion of a nurturing environment for patients, relatives, visitors and staff through monitoring, measuring and actioning and evaluating. + Advocating for patients at all times. + Daily ward rounds and monitoring observations of care. + Implementing a system for gaining patient feedback, responding to adverse outcomes + Driving the privacy and dignity challenge. + Implementing the Matrons' Charter. Guy's and St Thomas' celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study's at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership. Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy. As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends. Flexible working We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual's personal circumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process. Your e-mail address is important to us - We communicate to all job applicants via the e-mail address which has been provided on the application form. Please ensure that you check your e-mail on a regular basis. Please apply for this post by clicking "Apply Online Now."

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, highly motivated, enthusiastic individual to join the Surgery directorate as Matron at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital. We are looking for an innovative and passionate nurse who can lead the delivery of excellent nursing care for our Trauma, Orthopaedic and Plastic wards. You will work alongside the senior Nursing Team to provide leadership and ensure Clinical excellence across a large and diverse Directorate. To apply for this post you will be able to demonstrate experience in a clinical leadership role with evidence of service improvement, workforce development, leading the delivery of safe, effective care and enhancing patient experience within an acute environment

Band 8a Guy's and St Thomas' is among the UK's busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services. Guy's is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas' has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children's Hospital. Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions. Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients. In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research. We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King's Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King's College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit. Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of 'good'. Our adult community services achieved a rating of 'outstanding'. The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients. We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS., Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation. We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark. We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and - as part of King's Health Partners - we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research's biomedical research centres, established with King's College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities. We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.