Job summary
- Main area
- Matron
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Fixed term: 6 months (or secondment opportunity)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 423-6730037
- Employer
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Airedale General Hospital
- Town
- Keighley
- Salary
- £53,755 - £60,504 pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/11/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Matron - Critical Care/Critical Outreach
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Be part of our future landscape
At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this.
We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment.
These are exciting times for Airedale. We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030. By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come. We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future – a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust.
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated, enthusiastic senior nurse with a wealth of experience working within an acute or critical care environment to provide strong leadership within the Critical Care Directorate Team at Airedale NHS Foundation Trust.
Our ICU comprises of up to 10 beds, allowing flexible use for level 3 and level 2 care. We serve a diverse rural and semi-rural population and provide a service for the acutely unwell, high dependency general medical and surgical patients (both elective and acute).
We would like a committed and forward thinking individual who will have an in-depth knowledge of the delivery of safe, high quality healthcare within the critical care environment; supporting and driving quality improvements and leading on the deteriorating patient agenda.
You will work closely with operational colleagues and will be visible and accessible, acting as a role model, providing inspirational leadership and professional nursing to the Intensive Care Unit, Critical Care Outreach Team and to the wider in-patient services.
You will be responsible for ensuring the efficient and effective use of resources in delivering high quality patient centred care and you will support frontline staff in order to drive forwards the professional nursing agenda. You will have excellent communication skills and ability to demonstrate effective management skills.
Main duties of the job
The post holder is responsible for the delivery of evidence-based clinical standards, ensuring high quality care, and providing effective leadership and management of all nursing staff within the Critical Care Service including the ICU and CCOT.
They will work as part of a clinical leadership team consisting of clinical directors, patient service managers and matron colleagues.
The post holder is responsible to a DDON and will work closely with senior nurses, nurses, and colleagues within the multi-disciplinary team in order to deliver and develop high quality, safe clinical services within budget. Under the leadership of the DDON the post holder will contribute to the delivery of key national targets in accordance with the Trust’s performance management framework.
The post holder will be highly visible in their clinical areas to lead the development of clinical standards and nursing practice, new nursing roles and advanced practice in line with the delivery and redesign of critical care and hospital services.
In pursuing these duties, the post holder will ensure compliance with the NHS Constitution and be familiar with the Critical Care Standards (GPICS2/DO5) and NHS England Guidance ‘Understanding the new NHS’
Working for our organisation
We are delighted to offer a wide range of benefits to employees including:
- Cycle to Work
- Travel Scheme
- Childcare Vouchers with Salary Sacrifice
- Onsite Nursery
- Buying and Selling Annual Leave
- Car Leasing
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Employee Health and Wellbeing
- Extensive Reward Scheme
- Counselling Service
- Financial packages including Vivup and Wagestream
- Staff Networks, Enable, Rainbow, Gender, Race Equality Ecoaware & Admin Network.
Our values:
We understand that it’s down to the hard work, effort and dedication of our staff that makes a difference for our patients. Our people really do make our Airedale experience – we take pride in fostering a friendly, effective and caring work environment. Our values are part of our DNA, which are:
- Committed to Quality of Care
- Compassion
- Working together for patients
- Improving Lives
- Everyone Counts
- Respect and Dignity
Got questions before you apply, please contact the recruiting manager to find out more.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the job description and person spec for further details or contact the Divisional Director of Nursing for Surgery and Diagnostics if you would like to discuss further.
Person specification
Qualifications and Professional training
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse
- post registration qualification in Critical Care Nursing or equiv
- postgraduate qualification in leadership
- Evidence of recent continuing professional development
- Teaching and accessing ENB 998 or equiv1
Desirable criteria
- Hold or be working towards a masters degree in a nursing leadership or related subject
- ALS
- ALERT
- IV drug
- cannulation and venapuncture
Experience and Acheivments
Essential criteria
- Experience of managing staff
- Recent experience of working at band 7 leadership of clinical governance and patient safety
- Achievement of high quality patient care through evidence based practice
- Management of change
- Management of finances within a budget, including delivery of cost improvements
Desirable criteria
- Experience of managing a ward/service and a group of staff
- Service redesign
- role design
- Reasonable experience of working within an acute/critical care environment
Disposition, Qualities and Values
Essential criteria
- Action orientated
- Ensures accountability and control
- Achieves through co-operation
- Communicates shared values and organisational objectives
- Inquiry and learning orientated
- Fosters pride and belief in self, team and organisation
- Commitment to high level performance at individual and team levels in delivery of Trust Performance framework
- Commitment to patient and public user involvement
- Evidence of dynamic and proactive commitment to improving patient experience
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Highly developed written communication skills
- Highly developed verbal communication skills
- Evidence of analytical and problem solving skills
- Evidence of providing motivational, professional leadership and highly developed interpersonal skills
- Understanding of service area, specific DH and NHS policy, GPICS2, DO5, initiatives, national service framework etc., in delivering patient centred care.
- Evidence of persuasion and negotiation skills
- Able to communicate effectively with, listen to and motivate, stakeholders and staff at all levels
- Evidence of ability to combine strategic direction with operational delivery
Desirable criteria
- Skilled trainer, mentor, supervisor or coach
- Understanding of wide ranging DH and NHS policy, Initiatives, national service framework etc in delivering patient centred care
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
- Mary Hytch
- Job title
- Division Director of Nursing for Surgery
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01535 292405
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