Job summary An experienced, motivated and independently minded individual, the post holder will adhere to the principles of the CHFT four pillars at all times, adopting a values led 'can do' leadership style within a climate of change and uncertainty to implement and manage the plans and performance, quality, care and compassion of the nursing service within the Division. The Matron will work under the direction of the Associate Director of Nursing and professional leadership of the Associate Director of Nursing (and where applicable, Head of Midwifery). Reporting to the Head Nurse, the post holder is expected to support the senior leadership team by ensuring that optimum quality of care and clinical excellence is achieved and maintained across a range of wards and departments by working collaboratively and co-operatively with clinical teams, patients, patient representatives, relatives and carers. Main duties of the job The Matron will ensure that operational plans and performance are closely managed, by proactively leading and providing solutions to resolve difficult operational issues, in accordance with agreed Trust objectives, targets, quality standards and resource constraints. The Matron will have managerial experience in leading teams, and will possess leadership skills to deal competently with difficult issues ensuring that policy is implemented and performance managed on behalf of the Directorate senior leadership team. The post holder will implement patient centred clinical and nursing operational strategy and plans, ensuring that systems and processes are in place to comply with relevant legislation and governance requirements. As a member of the Directorate and Divisional management team, the Matron contributes to strategic direction and policy setting for the Division, forming an essential two way communications link between the Division and staff in the Directorate, ensuring that key messages, team brief etc. are shared and discussed The post holder will work effectively and efficiently with fellow Matrons, Service managers and Senior Nurses to deliver quality services for patients. About us We employ more than 6,500 staffwho deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals,Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, healthcentres and in patients' homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT. We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children's and young people's services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services. We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza. We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation.Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS- yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boardslisten to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members - patients, staff andthe local community. Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in thechanges to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first. Date posted 20 February 2025 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 8a Salary £53,755 to £60,504 a year per annum, pro rata Contract Permanent Working pattern Full-time, Flexible working Reference number 372-COM2444 Job locations Calderdale community Calderdale HX1 1PW Job description Job responsibilities Promote, monitor and maintain best practice in health and well-being ensuring that teams are supported in developing positive relationships, building team spirit and shared understanding of pressures Working with the senior leadership team, support the development of nurses, managers and team leaders to ensure that caring and compassionate patient care and services are led by competent, capable and high performing teams. Working with the senior leadership team, ensure that staff health and well-being is at the heart of all people management practice, and that there are mechanisms in place to develop resilience, reduce pressure points, and provide support for staff to manage their working lives, including application of Trust HR policies Lead an organisational learning approach to share and learn from successes and failures, staff and customer feedback using evidence and research to change and improve patient care and services. Working with the senior leadership team, proactively encourage feedback from patients, carers and their families, and listen to the views of staff and other stakeholders using patient experience, patient stories, friends and family test results Embedding a learning organisational culture to review risk, learning from incidents and near misses, including things which have gone well, using a solution focused approach to review, ensuring that lessons are learned and shared. Ensuring that research, audit, data and information are used to shape and influence the quality of implementation plans, projects, business plans Develop opportunities for staff engagement within team(s) ensuring that unnecessary blocks to processes and pathways are removed, Actively promoting a culture of staff engagement, using this as a driver for service improvement Implementing effective communication strategies and techniques to promote involvement, effective decision making and a common sense of purpose, including supporting staff and stakeholder engagement at the start of planned organisational change. Lead on identifying appropriate quality improvement activities and projects ensuring that resources and support are in place Working under the direction of the Associate Director of Nursing to ensure an implementation plan and monitoring process is in place to deliver the clinical service strategy for the Directorate, identifying and raising new opportunities and service improvements Contribute to the implementation of major service delivery and transformation plans across the Division, including those involving cross pathway working internally and externally in support of enhanced patient care and quality of services using established project methodology. Lead on identifying and cascading appropriate challenging goals and objectives through business and workforce planning and appraisal, making prompt, clear decisions which may involve tough choices or considered risks, ensuring that monitoring processes are in place. Ensuring that implementation plans and monitoring processes are in place to deliver clinical operational plans with particular emphasis on quality standards and contribution of the nursing service on behalf of the Directorate, including monitoring systems, structures and processes for managing clinical quality, risk, and controls assurance. Assisting the Assistant Director of Finance in monitoring capital and revenue budgets for the Directorate, particularly in relation to nursing service cost ensuring that robust monitoring and checking systems are in place, escalating issues where remedial action is necessary. Seek opportunities for service improvement, appraise, interpret and implement ideas, recommendations and directives to improve patient care and services. Encouraging a climate that allows front line staff to question and redefine how their work is undertaken ensuring the on-going development of patient centred care and cost effective use of resources. Supporting the development of future orientated patient care and services to improve standards of care, address governance issues, improve efficiency and tariff income. Project managing agreed service developments and plans to ensure key targets are achieved, including cross cutting themes and patient pathways, and contributing to the delivery of transformational work streams. Actively lead on improving the delivery of patient care and services by analysis of complex data and information, developing and implementing solutions to enhance quality and meet performance targets. Demonstrating strong business and quality driven nursing leadership. Monitoring and delivery of key performance, access targets contractual obligations and nursing quality standards, CQUINS and CQC standards using data and information to support decisions, promptly escalating issues which cannot be resolved. Contributing to review of business and service performance. This includes reporting on nursing performance to the senior leadership team performance reviews and other relevant meetings internally and externally to the Trust when required, instigating agreed remedial action where necessary. Regularly monitor that the legal obligations and that patient and other safety requirements for area(s) of responsibility Ensuring that patient safety and other health and safety requirements are at the top of the agenda in the operational delivery of day to day services within nursing, promptly dealing with issues which arise, and promptly escalating those which cannot be resolved. Implementing and monitoring of appropriate governance and risk systems, ensuring adherence to the Trust Risk Management policy and procedures, reporting and proactively finding and escalating solutions to address risk, and monitoring progress on agreed mitigation plans. With the ADN lead on the divisions incident processes chairing serious incident panel and investigating and managing incidents were appropriate and in line with Trust policy. Operate as a role model to team(s) by maintaining optimism in the face of challenge and ambiguity, recovering quickly from setbacks, and learning from feedback. Being a role model and leader to all staff across the organisation, particularly for the nursing profession, demonstrating values led attitude, a coaching style of leadership and a high level of skill in giving and receiving constructive feedback Being a visible nursing leader, encouraging staff to contribute to implementation plans, ensuring a high quality and efficient approach to service delivery, including remaining calm, controlled and solution focused in times of difficulty. Lead by example to inspire, motivate, and encourage others using a coaching style of leadership ensuring that others have clear direction, support, accountability and responsibility to deliver. Supporting implementation of appraisal and development plans for all managerial, clinical and administrative staff, ensuring a coaching style of leadership and development of potential at every level is at the heart of everyday communications, creating a culture where giving and receiving constructive feedback is the norm. Demonstrating effective leadership through sound people management and good communication, ensuring that all staff are clear about what is expected of them in the context of delivery of the clinical strategy and plans. Create a compelling vision of service(s), and other Trust services skillfully leading discussions and negotiations to influence and persuade internal and external stakeholders. Demonstrating facilitation skills when working with internal and external stakeholders on improving quality of patient care and services, encouraging and building on contributions from patients, CCGs, GPs and other key stakeholders. Supporting the translation of ideas and suggestions from discussions into succinct position statements and delivery plans to secure agreement and commitment from internal and external stakeholders. Seek out and take advantage of a wide range of networks and contacts, building positive relationships with people at all levels both internally and external to the Trust. Representing the Directorate and Division within the Trust, and with partner organizations, working closely with them to institute integrated working in the best interests of patient care. please see job description for more information Job description Job responsibilities Promote, monitor and maintain best practice in health and well-being ensuring that teams are supported in developing positive relationships, building team spirit and shared understanding of pressures Working with the senior leadership team, support the development of nurses, managers and team leaders to ensure that caring and compassionate patient care and services are led by competent, capable and high performing teams. Working with the senior leadership team, ensure that staff health and well-being is at the heart of all people management practice, and that there are mechanisms in place to develop resilience, reduce pressure points, and provide support for staff to manage their working lives, including application of Trust HR policies Lead an organisational learning approach to share and learn from successes and failures, staff and customer feedback using evidence and research to change and improve patient care and services. Working with the senior leadership team, proactively encourage feedback from patients, carers and their families, and listen to the views of staff and other stakeholders using patient experience, patient stories, friends and family test results Embedding a learning organisational culture to review risk, learning from incidents and near misses, including things which have gone well, using a solution focused approach to review, ensuring that lessons are learned and shared. Ensuring that research, audit, data and information are used to shape and influence the quality of implementation plans, projects, business plans Develop opportunities for staff engagement within team(s) ensuring that unnecessary blocks to processes and pathways are removed, Actively promoting a culture of staff engagement, using this as a driver for service improvement Implementing effective communication strategies and techniques to promote involvement, effective decision making and a common sense of purpose, including supporting staff and stakeholder engagement at the start of planned organisational change. Lead on identifying appropriate quality improvement activities and projects ensuring that resources and support are in place Working under the direction of the Associate Director of Nursing to ensure an implementation plan and monitoring process is in place to deliver the clinical service strategy for the Directorate, identifying and raising new opportunities and service improvements Contribute to the implementation of major service delivery and transformation plans across the Division, including those involving cross pathway working internally and externally in support of enhanced patient care and quality of services using established project methodology. Lead on identifying and cascading appropriate challenging goals and objectives through business and workforce planning and appraisal, making prompt, clear decisions which may involve tough choices or considered risks, ensuring that monitoring processes are in place. Ensuring that implementation plans and monitoring processes are in place to deliver clinical operational plans with particular emphasis on quality standards and contribution of the nursing service on behalf of the Directorate, including monitoring systems, structures and processes for managing clinical quality, risk, and controls assurance. Assisting the Assistant Director of Finance in monitoring capital and revenue budgets for the Directorate, particularly in relation to nursing service cost ensuring that robust monitoring and checking systems are in place, escalating issues where remedial action is necessary. Seek opportunities for service improvement, appraise, interpret and implement ideas, recommendations and directives to improve patient care and services. Encouraging a climate that allows front line staff to question and redefine how their work is undertaken ensuring the on-going development of patient centred care and cost effective use of resources. Supporting the development of future orientated patient care and services to improve standards of care, address governance issues, improve efficiency and tariff income. Project managing agreed service developments and plans to ensure key targets are achieved, including cross cutting themes and patient pathways, and contributing to the delivery of transformational work streams. Actively lead on improving the delivery of patient care and services by analysis of complex data and information, developing and implementing solutions to enhance quality and meet performance targets. Demonstrating strong business and quality driven nursing leadership. Monitoring and delivery of key performance, access targets contractual obligations and nursing quality standards, CQUINS and CQC standards using data and information to support decisions, promptly escalating issues which cannot be resolved. Contributing to review of business and service performance. This includes reporting on nursing performance to the senior leadership team performance reviews and other relevant meetings internally and externally to the Trust when required, instigating agreed remedial action where necessary. Regularly monitor that the legal obligations and that patient and other safety requirements for area(s) of responsibility Ensuring that patient safety and other health and safety requirements are at the top of the agenda in the operational delivery of day to day services within nursing, promptly dealing with issues which arise, and promptly escalating those which cannot be resolved. Implementing and monitoring of appropriate governance and risk systems, ensuring adherence to the Trust Risk Management policy and procedures, reporting and proactively finding and escalating solutions to address risk, and monitoring progress on agreed mitigation plans. With the ADN lead on the divisions incident processes chairing serious incident panel and investigating and managing incidents were appropriate and in line with Trust policy. Operate as a role model to team(s) by maintaining optimism in the face of challenge and ambiguity, recovering quickly from setbacks, and learning from feedback. Being a role model and leader to all staff across the organisation, particularly for the nursing profession, demonstrating values led attitude, a coaching style of leadership and a high level of skill in giving and receiving constructive feedback Being a visible nursing leader, encouraging staff to contribute to implementation plans, ensuring a high quality and efficient approach to service delivery, including remaining calm, controlled and solution focused in times of difficulty. Lead by example to inspire, motivate, and encourage others using a coaching style of leadership ensuring that others have clear direction, support, accountability and responsibility to deliver. Supporting implementation of appraisal and development plans for all managerial, clinical and administrative staff, ensuring a coaching style of leadership and development of potential at every level is at the heart of everyday communications, creating a culture where giving and receiving constructive feedback is the norm. Demonstrating effective leadership through sound people management and good communication, ensuring that all staff are clear about what is expected of them in the context of delivery of the clinical strategy and plans. Create a compelling vision of service(s), and other Trust services skillfully leading discussions and negotiations to influence and persuade internal and external stakeholders. Demonstrating facilitation skills when working with internal and external stakeholders on improving quality of patient care and services, encouraging and building on contributions from patients, CCGs, GPs and other key stakeholders. Supporting the translation of ideas and suggestions from discussions into succinct position statements and delivery plans to secure agreement and commitment from internal and external stakeholders. Seek out and take advantage of a wide range of networks and contacts, building positive relationships with people at all levels both internally and external to the Trust. Representing the Directorate and Division within the Trust, and with partner organizations, working closely with them to institute integrated working in the best interests of patient care. please see job description for more information Person Specification QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING Essential Registered Nurse Masters Level Degree or Evidence of studying at Masters Level Desirable Management qualification KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE Essential Recent demonstrable experience as a clinical manager, with responsibility for clinical quality, people management, budget responsibility and successful delivery of performance targets and quality standards within strict financial controls Understanding and appreciation of diversity Understanding and appreciation key issues and pace of change facing the NHS nationally and locally and can assess and describe impact on nursing/clinical professional service Knowledge and understanding principles and impact of the NHS Constitution Knowledge and understanding of computerised financial, management, budgetary management and workforce information systems Knowledge and understanding of governance arrangements and standards in the NHS and the wider health and social care economy COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES) Essential Demonstrate competent project management skills IT literate and able to use standard office software and bespoke systems Imaginative and innovative in developing new ways of working in meeting patient care and service needs Cope with competing priorities and a demanding workload Coaching & values led leadership style, encouraging engagement and empowerment amongst staff and stakeholders, and in developing high performing teams Person Specification QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING Essential Registered Nurse Masters Level Degree or Evidence of studying at Masters Level Desirable Management qualification KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE Essential Recent demonstrable experience as a clinical manager, with responsibility for clinical quality, people management, budget responsibility and successful delivery of performance targets and quality standards within strict financial controls Understanding and appreciation of diversity Understanding and appreciation key issues and pace of change facing the NHS nationally and locally and can assess and describe impact on nursing/clinical professional service Knowledge and understanding principles and impact of the NHS Constitution Knowledge and understanding of computerised financial, management, budgetary management and workforce information systems Knowledge and understanding of governance arrangements and standards in the NHS and the wider health and social care economy COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES) Essential Demonstrate competent project management skills IT literate and able to use standard office software and bespoke systems Imaginative and innovative in developing new ways of working in meeting patient care and service needs Cope with competing priorities and a demanding workload Coaching & values led leadership style, encouraging engagement and empowerment amongst staff and stakeholders, and in developing high performing teams 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 Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust Address Calderdale community Calderdale HX1 1PW Employer's website https://www.cht.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)