Job overview

The Radiology department at Humber Health Partnership has a vacancy for an enthusiastic, compassionate and caring senior nurse to join the Radiology team. The Radiology departments across the group care for both outpatients and inpatients, providing investigations and procedures for patients with a variety of needs.

The post-holder will provide professional advice, leadership and support to the Radiology Nursing teams and service line colleagues to ensure the delivery of the highest quality of patient care and service delivery.  

We are looking for enthusiastic individuals with previous senior nurse experience who have the ability to work flexibly, organise and prioritise workload and communicate at all levels. Good communication skills and the ability to work with a multidisciplinary team are essential. Care and compassion for our patients is essential.

The successful applicant must be willing to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service.

Main duties of the job

The Matron will supervise the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care ensuring that nursing, midwifery and corporate standards are implemented, maintained, monitored and improved upon where necessary.  This includes assuming overall accountability for the monitoring, review, improvement and provision of evidence and assurance relating to patient care.  

The Matron will ensure that nursing, midwifery and relevant support staff are led, managed and developed in order to enable them to deliver the highest standards of patient care and service. It is essential that the post holder works effectively as part of the managerial team to support the care group including flexing between teams and supporting other areas to deliver the service. They must work collaboratively with other Matron’s in the Trust, contributing to the development and delivery of Group objectives and assisting in the delivery of the Clinical Governance Agenda.

Working for our organisation

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.