Job summary
- Main area
- Child Health
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 188-SNM170924
- Employer
- University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- University Hospital Southampton
- Town
- Southampton
- Salary
- £53,755.00 - £60,504.00 Per Annum (PA) Pro Rata
- Closing
- 03/10/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 08/10/2024
Employer heading
Paediatric Matron for Surgery, Nephrology & Outpatients
Band 8a
Job overview
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.
Please see below for detailed job description of the role.
Main duties of the job
The Southampton Children's Hospital team are delighted to be able to offer a fantastic opportunity to join our team as the Matron for Paediatric Surgery, Nephrology and Outpatients.
If you are an experienced and dedicated individual looking to join a highly ambitious and caring team, then we would love to hearing from.
Southampton Children's Hospital supports families with emergency care needs, highly specialist treatments and pioneering care with an excellent national and international reputation.
We deliver our local and specialist services through 10 wards including a Paediatric Intensive Care Unit and High Dependency Unit, an Outpatient Department, Day Unit and Specialist Centre. We have a strong team of specialist nurses and advanced nurse practitioners. Educational development is key to our Hospital and we have a dedicated educational workforce to help us achieve this.
This role as Matron for Paediatric Surgery, Nephrology and Outpatients has direct line management responsibilities which includes Band 7 ward leaders across 2 ward areas.
The role provides clinical leadership for our Paediatric surgical and urology services as well as our specialist Haemodialysis Unit. In addition to leading the Southampton Children’s Outpatient team and Department.
Working for our organisation
As one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in England, we offer learning and development opportunities to help you achieve the career you aspire to.
All non-clinical roles may involve a mixture of on site and remote working, Specific details and flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process. UHS employees are able to access a range of NHS discounts, are entitled to a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme.
Southampton is an attractive place to live and work situated on the south coast, with an international airport and direct trains to London. The New Forest National Park and beaches of the Jurassic coast are also right on our doorstep. The city offers living costs 20% lower than London and 14 schools rated outstanding by Ofsted.
Specific to this role we are open to discussing flexibility in the hours that you work. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need, and we will explore what’s possible for the role and service
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The successful applicant will join a team of Matrons working within the Children’s Hospital. Each matron has their own responsibilities, focusing on upholding highest quality standards across the operational and clinical aspects of care we provide.
The Matrons work closely with the Divisional Head of Nursing and Professions to uphold the Trust values of Patients First, Working Together and Always Improving. As well as supporting the Care Group Manager and multi-professional teams to ensure high quality care is continually provided to our patients and their families.
Your key role will be to ensure the highest clinical quality standards are achieved consistently by providing inspirational and visible leadership to the nursing teams. Supporting them in the delivery of compassionate, high quality, safe and effective nursing care.
You should be able to demonstrate excellent interpersonal and communication skills and can forge and maintain relationships with a variety of clinical and non-clinical staff.
We are looking for a candidate educated to degree level or with relevant experience. You will need to have strong communication, analysis and organisational skills and be able to work autonomously as part of the senior leadership team.
This role includes contributing to the Matron on-call service and Matron of the day provision.
Main duties of the job:
• To provide clinical, professional and managerial leadership across the Care Group.
• To be the nursing/allied health professional lead, providing a strong clinical presence and developing nurses and nursing/allied health professional practice within the care group, assuring the provision of a safe, effective and evidence-based nursing service to patients.
• To be a core member of the Care Group Management team, supporting the Care Group and Division in achieving its plans, ensuring that the Care Group can meet its agreed targets within the available resources. Actively support the team objectives by developing services and leading Care Group or Divisional projects to influence service redesign. Lead and participate in projects and areas of work, which reflect clinical, professional and corporate objectives.
• To be the Care Group lead for Patient and Public Involvement
• To be accountable for all aspects of the nursing related budgets within the Care Group.
• To work in partnership with the designated lead clinician to ensure accountability on quality performance indicators.
Person specification
Trust Values
Essential criteria
- Patient First
- Always Improving
- Working Together
Qualifications, knowledge and experience
Essential criteria
- 1st Level Registered nurse on relevant part of the NMC Register / HCPC Registration
- First degree or equivalent
- Masters or equivalent experience
- Specialist qualification
- Leadership training
- Management training
- Extensive knowledge of National and Local NHS and N&M agenda
- Extensive experience in the acute healthcare setting in clinical leadership/clinical management position
- Evidence of advanced leadership qualities
- Formal and informal teaching experience
- Staff and resource management experience
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of specialist area
Skills and competencies
Essential criteria
- Budget management
- Change management
- Communication
- Delegation
- Emotional intelligence
- General IT skills
- Incident resolution
- Influencing
- Interpersonal skills
- Motivational
- Organisational skills
- Policy development
- Resource management
- Team development
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mike Davidson
- Job title
- Children's Hospital Care Group Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Contact name: Louisa Green
Contact job title: Divisional Head of Nursing & Professions
Contact email address: [email protected]
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