The opportunity has arisen to be part of our professional nursing leadership team within Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust. We are recruiting a Matron for a 3 month period to support the development of the Bishops Castle Community Hospital (BCCH) in-patient team.
The post holder is responsible for the dynamic leadership and management to ensure safe, high quality, responsive, efficient, and effective delivery of in-patient care in the unit.
Main duties of the job
Providing senior professional nurse leadership, the post holder is accountable for the patient experience and the delivery of high-quality services within the Community Hospital wards, ensuring efficient and effective management of all resources to deliver safe and effective patient care in an environment of continuous improvement.
The post holder is responsible for ensuring the achievement of operational and strategic objectives within their area of responsibility, with particular emphasis on the quality of care, the patient experience, infection control, the care environment, patient nutrition, patient and public involvement, clinical service improvement and health education and promotion.
The post holder will work with SCHT colleagues to deliver the Trust's overall strategic objectives, ensuring that the patient experience is a key priority. The post holder is expected to assess and deliver direct patient care to maintain professional competence, authority, and credibility.
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
* Extensive senior nursing experience in a complex multi-disciplinary environment.
* Highly developed senior professional nursing knowledge and experience.
* Proven track record as an effective senior nursing leader.
* Experience of leading and managing in a crisis.
* Experience of leading complex and dynamic change successfully, with evidence of this change being sustained.
* Demonstrate development, implementation and delivery of successful service improvements informed by service users/families/carers.
* Proven ability to integrate, build and motivate teams to deliver clear outcomes and results to improve the service user's experience.
* Experience of innovation and creativity to redesign and deliver quality improvement ensuring based on evidence and best practice in line with CQC delivering outstanding care.
* Demonstrable success in delivering change and performance with and through your management, engagement of the wider workforce in developing strategic direction and delivery plans establishing clear work priorities, delegating effectively and ensuring the capability to deliver and monitor.
* Experience of building successful partnership working arrangements/intensive interagency work and being able to influence people internal and external to the Trust.
Qualifications
Essential
* Registered Nurse Part 1.
* Masters level education or equivalent professional qualification or experience.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
* System wide knowledge in a number of areas e.g. health, education, public health, safeguarding, financial management, performance management, joint commissioning acquired through training and proven experience over a number of years.
* Results and outcome orientated.
* Knowledge of clinical governance standards.
* Knowledge of benchmarking, research and audit requirements to continuously develop services and improve standards of care.
* Ability to introduce systems and process to which enable services to develop in line with governance and risk requirements.
* Transfer acquired leadership skills - ability to adapt and adjust style to meet the needs of a situation.
* Well developed leadership skills, tools and techniques in a number of areas outlined within the LQF.
* Change management, political intelligence, influencing, engaging and collaboration, creating a vision, communication (verbal and written), interpersonal skills.
* Comprehensive knowledge of current professional practice and health policy requirements.
Employer details
Employer name
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust
Address
Bishops Castle Community Hospital
Union Street
Bishops Castle
SY9 5AJ
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