Employer: King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Princess Royal University Hospital
Town: Orpington
Salary: £59,490 - £66,239 per annum, including high cost allowance
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 20/03/2025 23:59
Interview date: 02/04/2025
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1.8 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites and specialist services from King’s College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley.
The Stroke Services at the Princess Royal University Hospital are seeking an experienced, progressive individual to join the established multidisciplinary team as Matron. In this role, you will play a crucial role in supporting our existing nursing stroke workforce and senior nursing team.
The Stroke service is one of 8 London Regional hyper acute stroke centres and consists of 14 medically monitored beds and 26 acute stroke rehabilitation beds.
We aim to provide a consistent, high-quality pathway in line with local and national stroke guidance and standards, working collaboratively to provide optimal evidenced-based stroke care.
We actively seek individuals who are clinically expert in stroke in hyper acute and rehabilitation settings. Excellent communication skills and attention to detail are essential qualities as you lead the delivery of safe, high-quality, and efficient services in line with key performance indicators.
The successful candidate must be able to lead and influence changes to nursing practice through integration of theory into evidenced-based practice to promote optimum patient outcomes and care.
We are looking for individuals who are dynamic, flexible, and self-motivated capable of working as part of a team, to provide excellence in patient care and maintain and develop a future-ready workforce and service.
Main duties of the job
As a Matron, you will play a crucial role in supporting the Heads of Nursing and the Care Group to achieve their objectives, particularly their aspiration to excel in Stroke care. Your primary responsibilities will include providing professional leadership to a designated team and setting an example of exceptional nursing practice. You will serve as a clinical expert and promote a culture of professional growth and continuous quality improvement.
Your main focus will be delivering high-quality, effective patient care with a specific emphasis on enhancing outcomes and the overall experience for stroke patients, their families, and caregivers. Additionally, you will actively contribute to the professional development of your nursing teams, ensuring their competence in practice, managing performance as required within trust policy. You will also take responsibility for maintaining a safe patient environment, addressing infection control concerns, and collaborating closely with colleagues both within our facility and in primary care settings. You will manage your resources within a financial envelope adhering to workforce strategy and attainment of KPIs.
By embracing this role, you will have the opportunity to make a significant impact on the delivery of care and contribute to the improvement of patient outcomes. Your dedication to fostering a culture of continuous learning and your commitment to maintaining exceptional standards will be essential in achieving these goals.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* Assuming professional leadership for a specific team and setting an exemplary standard of nursing practice.
* Acting as a clinical expert within your area of expertise and promoting a culture of continuous professional development and quality enhancement.
* Manage clinical and workforce resource within a defined financial envelope.
* Leading the provision of high-quality, safe, and effective care with a focus on improving outcomes through PSIRF framework and ensuring positive experiences for patients, families, and caregivers.
* Taking charge of the professional growth of your team, ensuring a high level of expertise, technical proficiency, and competence in general and acute medicine.
* Maintaining high quality standards of care and leading on audits and developing action plans to address any concerns.
* Responding to complaints and PALS enquiries in a timely manner.
* Collaborating actively as a member of the multi-professional leadership team in general medicine and with your senior nursing colleagues.
* Ensuring the quality of the patient environment to enhance the patient's overall experience.
* Maintaining a cohesive approach to collaboration across all sites of KCH, acting as a role model and representative for KCH (as delegated), including the broader King's Health Partners (KHP) network.
Person specification
ESSENTIAL
* NMC Registration
* Degree in Nursing or equivalent
* Evidence of CPD in speciality
* Current significant experience as a band 6/7 managing and leading a team or department
* Mentoring, SSSA and experience of developing nursing teams
* Experience in budgetary management and control
* MSC or working towards
* Continuous quality improvement knowledge and experience and PSIRF framework.
IMPORTANT
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* To enquire about your application or inform us of any changes in your circumstances, please contact the named person on this advert.
* Please provide email addresses for referees where possible.
* Please review the documentation on our recruitment microsite, particularly the Trust’s criminal records checking policy.
* All staff have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and for ensuring they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
* Please note that the closing date is given as a guide. On occasion, we might close a vacancy early due to a high number of applications being received. You are advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name: Catherine McGarry
Job title: Head of Nursing
Email address: catherine.mcgarry@nhs.net
Telephone number: 0168964110
To make further enquiries or to arrange an informal visit with the Head of Nursing/Lead Nurse/Matron.
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