Job summary
- Main area
- Gastroenterology
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Secondment: 3 months
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 287-AMED-300-24
- Employer
- Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Aintree
- Town
- Liverpool
- Salary
- £53,755 - £60,504 N/A
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/12/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Matron Gastroenterology
Band 8a
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced nurse leader to join the medicine leadership team as Matron for Gastroenterology. We are looking for an enthusiastic, forward thinking senior nurse with a passion for quality and safety and the drive and commitment to lead in accordance with the Trust values.
You will be joining a passionate, cohesive and supportive team with areas of outstanding practice in a busy, fast paced environment offering the opportunity to lead, innovate and showcase.
This opportunity is a 3 month secondment in the first instance. Applicants will require the support of their line manager prior to application.
We are keen to appoint immediately and therefore the ability to join the team without delay is required.
Please note, there is a requirement for the successful candidate to commence in post by the start of December - please consider this and ensure this is supported before applying.
Main duties of the job
You will join the Medicine Divisional Leadership Team as Matron and be accountable for overseeing the performance of your wards and departments against key indicators and measures of quality, safety, people, finance and clinical effectiveness.
You should be a Registered Nurse with demonstrable leadership experience at Band 7. You should have a keen interest in leading your teams in providing high quality; harm free, patient centred care in a busy, fast paced, ever changing and often challenging environment.
For this role you will need to demonstrate excellent communication skills and possess the ability to lead teams effectively. As a Matron you must display a positive and professional manner, have a non-judgmental attitude, and be flexible and open to change.
You will also participate in the Matron of the day and Clinical Management rotas (after a period of support and shadowing) and play an active role in patient flow, Governance and financial management for your areas of responsibility.
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Working for our organisation
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.Ìý
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For the main responsibilities, please see the job description and person specification attached to this vacancy.
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- First level professional registration NMC/HCPC
- Clinical Professional Qualification. Degree level or equivalent
- Significant evidence of post registration continued professional development, working towards masters
- Evidence of Leadership development
Desirable criteria
- Post-graduate/registration Management or Training qualification /equivalent
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable extensive experience as a clinical manager, with responsibility for clinical quality, people management, budget responsibility and successful delivery of performance targets and quality standards within strict financial controls
- Demonstrate the ability to maintain high standards of care and team management over a sustained period.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Key issues and pace of change facing the NHS nationally and locally assess and describe impact on Nursing/clinical professional service.
- Knowledge and understanding of the NHS policy and regulatory policy
- Understanding and appreciation of diversity
- Knowledge and understanding of computerised financial, management, budgetary management, and workforce information systems
- Knowledge and understanding of governance arrangements and standards in the NHS and the wider health and social care economy
Skills
Essential criteria
- Coaching & values led leadership style, encouraging engagement and empowerment amongst staff and stakeholders, and in developing high performing teams
- A high level of communication skills, to include but not exclusively, mediation, negotiation, consultation, facilitation, presentation, training, and coaching skills using well developed interpersonal skills to influence, inform, reconcile differences, and resolve conflicts.
- Demonstrate the ability to lead and implement quality improvement strategies.
- Solve difficult problems, using a solution focused approach demonstrating competent persuasive and influencing skills
- Research information and use audit skills to applying findings to influence practice and develop business cases/plans.
- Analyse data and information, including preparing responses to issues, weighing risks, and forming judgements often within tight timescales
- Competently implement business plans, business cases and project plans in order to deliver the Clinical Service Strategy for the area
- Coordinate area day to day clinical operational activity to meet challenging performance targets within tight financial controls
- Implement policy and implementation plans to deliver the clinical strategy and plans ensuring successful implementation
- IT literate and able to use standard office software and bespoke systems.
- Imaginative and innovative in developing new ways of working in meeting patient care and service needs
- Cope with competing priorities and a demanding workload
- Deal with uncertainty in a political environment
- Work in an environment with frequent interruptions, and within stressful, unpredictable situations including responding to and solving urgent and emergency situations day to day
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrate competent project management skills
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
- Jane Williams
- Job title
- Assistant Director of Nursing (Interim)
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07929529761
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