The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
An exciting career opportunity has arisen for an experienced Senior Nurse secondment for 6 months, who wishes to make a difference to the patient safety and quality agenda, fulfilling the role of the Gynaecology and Fertility Matron.
The post holder will be responsible for working with the teams across Gynaecology and Fertility Services with an aim that all of our patients receive gold standard care, that their patient experience is positive and that the quality and safety of their care is paramount.
Main duties of the job
1. Providing senior professional nurse leadership, accountable for the patient experience and the delivery of high-quality services within designated gynaecology and fertility departments, wards, and the related areas of the Women's and Children's division.
2. Budgetary oversight.
3. Service Improvement.
4. Safe staffing and skill mix.
5. Promote the patient safety agenda and the right culture for learning and service change.
6. To promote infection prevention measures.
7. To ensure timely and safe recruitment, with a focus on retention.
8. To promote the governance agenda and be an active participant in the driving force of the governance framework.
9. To support and empower service leads whilst maintaining oversight.
About us
* Partnering: working effectively together with patients, families, colleagues, the local health and care system, universities and other stakeholders and through our improvement alliance.
* Ambitious: setting and achieving high standards for ourselves personally and for the care we deliver, both today and in the future. Embracing innovation to continuously improve the quality and sustainability of our services.
* Caring: showing compassion, respect and empathy for our patients, families and each other, caring about the difference we make for our community.
* Trusted: open, transparent and reliable, continuously learning, doing our best to consistently deliver excellent care for our communities.
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust can offer you great career prospects and a fantastic work-life balance. Situated in one of the most attractive parts of the country with dramatic countryside and bustling towns, we have state of the art facilities, supportive friendly teams and excellent professional development opportunities.
Job responsibilities
For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Job Description.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Qualified Nurse with NMC registration.
* Management experience at Band 7 or above.
* Masters qualification / similar or working towards / experience.
Experience
* Evidence of successful management of clinical services in the acute sector.
* Evidence of significant post registration senior nursing experience in a relevant specialty.
* Budgetary experience.
* Experience of Surgical nursing.
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.
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
£50,952 to £57,349 a year per annum/pro rata.
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