Job summary Acute Paediatric Matron- Band 8a-Secondment Opportunity-9-12 months Are you a Paediatric Nurse with substantial experience at a senior level looking for the next step in your career? Are you passionate about providing and developing excellent services for babies, children and young people? If so Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust can offer a secondment opportunity for an individual who is ambitious to develop their leadership skills. We are looking for a compassionate and determined Paediatric Matron to ensure that children and young people get the best possible care and treatment when accessing services. Main duties of the job You will: Be highly visible Be clinically credible Be committed to developing and transforming services Work collaboratively with multi-disciplinary teams across acute and community settings. For the areas you lead and manage you will be accountable for: Ensuring safe, effective, responsive, high-quality services Workforce management Finance and budgeting Education and development Patient flow Performance management Digital technology Evidence based Practice and Research About us Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated careorganisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality. Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens in 2024 and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises.As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH from 2024 (or beyond). If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continuing your application with this understanding.The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities. We have three newly emerging strategic objectives: Our People - to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff Our Patients - to be good or outstanding in everything we do Our Population - to work seamlessly with our partners to improve live Date posted 26 February 2025 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 8a Salary £53,755 to £60,504 a year per annum Contract Secondment Working pattern Full-time Reference number 381-WC-6997705 Job locations SWB NHS Trust Grove Lane Smethwick B66 2QT Job description Job responsibilities Acute and Community Paediatrics is an integrated Directorate that sits within the Women & Children's Group. The Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH) opened in October 2024. The Paediatric Unit has new hospital has 40 paediatric beds over a dedicated PAU alongside, 2 wards which includes 6 HDU and 6 Adolescent beds. The first UK clinical skills lab will be embedded within MMUH allowing emphasis on education within the department. The new state of the art acute hospital in Grove Lane, Smethwick will bring together all acute services onto one site. If you possess strong leadership and management qualities, would like to work in a welcoming and supportive environment where you will be well supported and given the opportunity to develop to fulfil your potential and build the career you want, we welcome an application from you. Job description Job responsibilities Acute and Community Paediatrics is an integrated Directorate that sits within the Women & Children's Group. The Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH) opened in October 2024. The Paediatric Unit has new hospital has 40 paediatric beds over a dedicated PAU alongside, 2 wards which includes 6 HDU and 6 Adolescent beds. The first UK clinical skills lab will be embedded within MMUH allowing emphasis on education within the department. The new state of the art acute hospital in Grove Lane, Smethwick will bring together all acute services onto one site. If you possess strong leadership and management qualities, would like to work in a welcoming and supportive environment where you will be well supported and given the opportunity to develop to fulfil your potential and build the career you want, we welcome an application from you. Person Specification Qualifications Essential RNC Registration with NMC Desirable MSc Experience Essential Extensive post-graduate and post-competency experience working with children in a variety of settings inclusive of an acute setting. Experience of participating in clinical service development in response to local and national priorities involving research, audit and user feedback. Experience of managing and prioritising clinical workloads and effective roster management. Experience of participating in the delivery and development of training to a variety of recipients, both professional and nonprofessional. Evidence of management training Knowledge Essential Knowledge & experience of managing budgets, including planning, forecasting and prioritising Knowledge & experience of service-wide performance management, including undertaking supervisions and appraisals Experience of leading a team and highly developed leadership skills Excellent written skills for the purposes of report writing and contributing to policy documentation. Person Specification Qualifications Essential RNC Registration with NMC Desirable MSc Experience Essential Extensive post-graduate and post-competency experience working with children in a variety of settings inclusive of an acute setting. Experience of participating in clinical service development in response to local and national priorities involving research, audit and user feedback. Experience of managing and prioritising clinical workloads and effective roster management. Experience of participating in the delivery and development of training to a variety of recipients, both professional and nonprofessional. Evidence of management training Knowledge Essential Knowledge & experience of managing budgets, including planning, forecasting and prioritising Knowledge & experience of service-wide performance management, including undertaking supervisions and appraisals Experience of leading a team and highly developed leadership skills Excellent written skills for the purposes of report writing and contributing to policy documentation. 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. UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Additional information 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. UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Employer details Employer name Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust Address SWB NHS Trust Grove Lane Smethwick B66 2QT Employer's website https://www.swbh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)