Senior Matron - Outpatients, Gynae and Radiology

An opportunity has arisen at University Hospital Dorset for an motivated and experienced nurse to fulfil the role of Senior matron for Outpatients, Gynaecology and Radiology. The 3 Outpatient services are across the 4 hospital sites, Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Christchurch Hospital, Poole Hospital and Beales (Poole town centre). The Outpatient, Gynaecology and Radiology Directorates are part of the Women's, Children's, Cancer care and Support services care group. Outpatient services are based across 4 sites and include the Outpatients service, treatment centre at Poole hospital and phlebotomy across inpatient wards and outpatient settings. Gynaecology is based at Bournemouth and Poole hospital, with nursing teams leading and supporting in Early pregnancy and Emergency gynae clinic, Colposcopy, outpatient procedure clinics, Uro-gynae services, gynae- oncology service, menopause and endometriosis clinics. Radiology directorate have a teams of nurses who support radiology procedures and the interventional radiology service.,

• The post holder will work closely with the Directorate general managers, their Deputy general managers, Matron for Outpatients, nursing teams including specialist nurses.
• The post holder takes the nursing lead in the directorate triumvirate with the general manager and clinical director sharing leadership responsibility for the operational and strategic leadership of the Outpatient directorate.
• To lead, develop, and continuously improve clinical care and services within the Outpatient directorate, Gynaecology Directorate, and radiology Directorate in the Womens, Childrens, Cancer and Support Services Care group, providing leadership and expertise to strategically influence and assure the provision of high quality, safe, and effective care to nursing staff, patients and the public.
• To provide clinical and professional leadership to assigned Matrons and specialist nursing/midwifery teams ensuring that action is taken at all levels to empower nurses/midwives to provide high standards of care in a safe environment.
About us To proactively manage and lead the designated matrons and clinical nurse specialists providing support, guidance and direction to achieve optimal effectiveness, clinical and financial outcomes. To play a lead role within the Outpatient care directorate in the care group, ensuring the governance structure and processes are in place, that appropriate risk management and shared learning takes place, and that assurance of quality are provided to the care group. This will include being responsible for contributing to the strategic direction and implementation of the corporate objectives within the care group. 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.