Employer Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type NHS
Site Sheffield Teaching Hospitals
Town Sheffield
Salary £53,755 - £60,504 per annum pro rata for part time staff
Salary period Yearly
Closing 09/04/2025 23:59
Interview date 25/04/2025
Matron (Palliative Care and Integrated Geriatric & Stroke Medicine)
NHS AfC: Band 8a
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes, health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.
Job overview
Exciting Opportunity for an Experienced and Dynamic Senior Nurse.
Are you ready to make a difference in a forward-thinking, innovative healthcare environment? Due to the upcoming retirement of the current post holder, we are thrilled to offer a unique and exciting opportunity to join a dynamic senior nursing team at the forefront of patient care.
About the Role:
As Matron, you will have a diverse and impactful role, covering:
1. The Palliative Care Unit at the Northern General Site (NGH)
2. The Hospital Palliative Care Specialist Nurse Team across both campuses
3. A Geriatric base ward, likely based at NGH
This exciting role offers the potential for future changes, with the opportunity to enhance the service even further based on ongoing needs.
With three key directorates within the Care Group, this role spans across two of these directorates: Therapeutics and Palliative Care & Integrated Geriatric and Stroke Medicine, offering you the chance to lead in multiple areas.
This is a unique opportunity to lead a team in a supportive, collaborative, and patient-centred environment. You'll have the chance to make a real, lasting impact, shaping care across multiple specialities and influencing the future of the Trust.
Ready to take the next step in your nursing career? Apply today and help us shape the future of patient care.
Main duties of the job
1. Maintain professional competence and credibility by staying hands-on in clinical areas across the Care Group.
2. Assess complex patient issues, make decisions, and ensure timely, safe, and optimal patient care.
3. Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across the Trust to improve patient care and service delivery.
4. Approach patient care with empathy, sensitivity, and confidentiality, understanding both physical and emotional needs.
5. Lead in managing sensitive issues with patients, families, and staff, ensuring a compassionate approach.
6. Investigate complaints, respond appropriately, and support initiatives for patient involvement and feedback.
7. Review incidents, audits, and take action to ensure systems are in place for best practices.
8. Stay updated on Trust and Nursing Policies, providing guidance and ensuring adherence.
9. Ensure accurate, timely, and complete care records are maintained.
10. Help develop and maintain effective governance systems and ensure compliance with national guidelines (NPSA, NICE, CQUIN).
11. Ensure strict adherence to infection control policies and best practices to protect patient health.
12. Offer specialist advice to patients, carers, and the healthcare team, including primary/secondary care and external agencies.
13. Act as a role model and mentor, providing exemplary practice and supporting the nursing team.
14. Lead audits, surveys, and research to improve nursing practice, ensuring compliance with evidence-based standards.
Working for our organisation
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Join an organization that truly values and respects its staff and the community it serves. As a leader in the NHS and research sectors, our Trust is dedicated to providing outstanding benefits and a supportive environment. We’re committed to your professional growth and offer numerous policies designed to help you achieve a perfect work-life balance. Be part of a team where your well-being is prioritized, and your career development is always supported!
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person specification
Qualifications
1. Registered Nurse (Adult)
2. Relevant clinical knowledge in an acute hospital setting
3. To have completed the national PEAP programme for practice supervisors or equivalent teaching and assessing qualification for those with ENB998.
4. Recognised management / leadership qualification
Experience
1. Experience of managing high quality patient centred acute services.
2. Relevant management and leadership experience at Band 7 or above
3. Proven change management skills
4. Demonstratable experience in ensuring capacity and flow within acute services meets patient demand.
5. Experience of budget management.
6. Ability to manage complex governance processes
7. Experience of transformational change.
8. Experience of managing clinical nurse specialists.
9. Experience in palliative care and/or geriatric and stroke medicine
Further Training
1. Knowledge and understanding of local and regional agenda regarding Palliative Care/ Geriatric and Stroke Medicine.
2. Highly motivated
3. Ability to work under pressure.
4. IT skills including the knowledge of word processing and software packages.
5. Ability to work productively in a multidisciplinary environment with commitment to working as a team member
6. Ability to complete work to deadlines
7. Excellent interpersonal skills
Other Factors
1. Ability to work under pressure
2. Act as a role model for all Health Care Professionals
3. Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service.
4. Ability to work 24/7 rota.
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Job Share applicants are welcome for all full time posts unless indicated but cannot be guaranteed. In addition for Fixed Term Contracts, internal secondments may be considered, please seek the approval of your current line manager before applying for the position.
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