To provide senior leadership to the nursing and AHP workforce within the theatres and associated areas across UHNM, delivering frontline professional and operational priorities. Provide management and support to departmental nurse/AHP managers, and to support the Clinical Director and management team to develop strategy, implement business plans and monitor quality.
The Theatre Matron is expected to work for the clinical and business success of the directorate, contributing to the corporate success of the trust, requiring innovation and inclusive participation in initiating changes in line with trust management decisions.
Main duties of the job
The Theatre Matron will promote professionalism, ensure effective and robust communication systems are in place for patients, visitors, and staff, and actively promote a culture of health education/ill health prevention.
Essentially, the post holder will develop a culture that is flexible and positive to change where staff feel valued and opportunities are created for individuals to maximize their potential.
The successful candidate will represent theatres in professional forums and establish networks within and external to the trust.
About us
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching, and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.
UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return, we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by our staff, patients, and carers, that unite us as a Trust.
At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, we know that investing in, supporting, and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. To resolve operational issues that have been unresolved at a lower level.
2. Play a lead role in improving services in line with national policies and where appropriate, take a lead role on the nursing issues related to the implementation of National Service Frameworks applicable to sphere of responsibility.
3. Participate in the rota for site senior nurses. Participate in an OMOD rota.
4. Take a lead role or participate in the development of directorate objectives/projects ensuring that the nursing resources available are targeted towards their achievement.
5. Contribute pro-actively to directorate cost improvement plans (CIP)/savings plans in order to ensure your areas are working within the agreed budgets.
6. To participate in Trust projects/initiatives as appropriate.
7. In conjunction with the Clinical Director and Directorate Manager, ensure that systems for clinical governance are in place with appropriate monitoring mechanisms for their continued effectiveness.
8. In conjunction with the Clinical Director and Directorate Manager, analyse and interpret a range of complex information in order to understand the Directorates performance and to prepare and present options for improvement.
9. To analyse and interpret the Directorates nursing/AHP staff satisfaction survey results and to work with nursing staff to develop and implement improvement plans for quality.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* 2 years experience of leadership within theatres at B7
* Evidence of degree level education
* Evidence of continued education
Desirable
* Evidence of masters level education
* Evidence of matron level experience
Skills
Essential
* Evidence of Theatre skill set
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust
Address
Royal Stoke University Hospital
Newcastle Road
Newcastle-under-Lyme
ST46QG
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