Surgical Matron

We are delighted to offer an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to come and join the surgical and anaesthetic clinical care group. The care group are looking to recruit a Surgical Matron to cover our gastroenterology, endoscopy and other outpatient based areas. We need a self motivated individual with a background in the relevant area who has a substantial background in leadership at an 8A level. You will be responsible for day to day leadership and management as well as some inpatient bed management within gastroenterology. You will be supported in the role by a head of nursing to assist you in your personal growth and development alongside department / service improvement plans. You should have some experience in governance, rota management and budget management. Main duties of the job This post requires a real commitment to the principles of devolution of decision making to clinical teams, working closely with the Specialty Clinical Lead and Specialty Manager. The post holder will provide visible, accessible leadership to all clinical areas within their given area of responsibility. The post holder will ensure that the professional aspects of nursing within the wards and departments are adhered to, and provide senior nursing support to the Specialty as required.

• Proven experience in surgical services at a senior level Band 8a or substantial experience at band 7 level
• Effective leadership skills
Desirable
• Change management or service improvement experience / qualification
  
  We're an organisation that is getting better and better. We were the most improved Trust in England for A&E performance in 2023 / 24; we're no longer in special measures; and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal. Our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and that our patients are happy with.
Many of our 8,000 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and the majority are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. More than 400 of them are on apprenticeship programmes and we're proud to be a London Living Wage employer. We operate from two main sites - King George Hospital (KGH) in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two of the busiest emergency departments in London - more than 300,000 people visited our A&Es in 2023. Patients across north east London are benefitting from two new state of the art theatres at KGH and our Community Diagnostic Centres at Barking Community Hospital and St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub will significantly increase the number of scans that can be carried out. We're looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record next year. This will mean the records of any patient visiting one of the seven hospitals run by BHRUT and Barts Health will be accessible to the clinical teams. It'll make things easier for staff and will be better for patients.