Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and dynamic Modern Matron for Stroud and Vale community Hospitals, as a job share with the current post Holder.
We welcome experienced applicants to jointly lead the development of these services, by ensuring care is delivered to the highest standard. This is an opportunity to provide credible and visible clinical leadership, focusing on enhancing the quality of care and promotion of initiatives that support both patient experience and the health and wellbeing of staff.
Main duties of the job
Provide operational managerial and clinical leadership to Stroud and Vale Community Hospitals, working in partnership with the Community Managers of locality Integrated Community Teams,andother management and professional leads.
Manage and lead the Community Hospital Management team promoting effective governance and ensuring that the highest standard of clinical care is delivered; and ensuring that all clinical and non-clinical performance indicators, targets and objectives are met in line with national and local standards.
Ensure that quality, performance, Cost Improvement Plans (CIPs) and budgetary targets are monitored and interim plans are devised where necessary to enable compliance and achievement.
About us
We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust.
The annual NHS Staff Survey gives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%). It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:
* 89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users;
* 73.3% would recommend the organisation as a place to work;
* 82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority;
* 76.7% would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative
Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.
Job responsibilities
Gloucestershire Health and Care is committed to embedding and providing personalised care through all of its services as part of our high-quality care strategy. The purpose of personalised care is to empower people to lead the lives they want to live. Personalised care starts with a conversation with people about what matters to them. It builds on what people can do, as well as addressing their health needs. Including new ways of working and delivering care, emphasising that we need to make effective use of the full range of our peoples skills and experience to deliver the best possible patient care. So we want to know What Matters to You and that you will share our values and join us on this very important journey.
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your application.
Person Specification
Experience
* Significant, demonstrable, post qualification experience in an NHS setting
* Strong leadership qualities, with the ability to provide clear direction and encourage ownership of service aims
* Experience of managing a substantial workforce and maintaining successful employee relations
* Experience of successful planning, monitoring and managing of budgets and information systems
Qualifications
* Registered nurse with First degree or equivalent in health related subject supplemented by knowledge acquired through specialist training or equivalent experience and short courses to masters level equivalent.
* Teaching and assessing qualification
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Deputy Service Director, Community Hospitals
£53,755 to £60,504 a yearper annum (pro rata)
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