Matron - Ophthalmology and Head & Neck
Job Description
Job summary
We are seeking an exceptional Matron to lead nursing services across ENT, Oral Health, Ophthalmology and Head & Neck Cancer at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital. This is a high-profile leadership role responsible for delivering safe, high-quality and compassionate care across a diverse and complex portfolio of services.
You will provide visible, professional leadership to ward, outpatient and specialist teams, including cancer pathways, driving improvements in patient experience, workforce engagement and clinical outcomes. Working closely with Divisional and operational leaders, you will play a key role in service transformation, capacity management and delivery of strategic priorities.
This is an exciting opportunity to shape services across multiple specialties, including a critical cancer pathway, influencing care across inpatient and outpatient settings. We are looking for an inspiring and credible nurse leader who embodies our PRIDE values and is passionate about developing teams, improving standards and delivering outstanding care.
Main duties of the job
As Matron, you will lead and manage nursing services to ensure safe, effective and high-quality care across ENT, Oral Health, Ophthalmology and Head & Neck Cancer services.
Key responsibilities include:
- Providing professional and visible leadership to nursing teams across wards, outpatient areas and cancer pathways
- Ensuring clinical standards, governance and patient safety requirements are consistently met and improved
- Leading workforce planning, performance management and staff development to build high-performing teams
- Working collaboratively with operational and clinical leaders to manage capacity, flow and delivery of elective and cancer services
You will make autonomous decisions such as:
- Taking immediate action to address patient safety or quality concerns, including within cancer pathways
- Making workforce deployment decisions to ensure safe staffing and effective skill mix
- Leading responses to complaints, incidents and performance issues, ensuring learning and improvements are embedded
You will drive service development and contribute to divisional strategy, influencing change, improving patient outcomes and supporting delivery of operational and cancer performance standards.
About us
Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!
The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.
We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity.
We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:
- Flexible working hours
- Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
- Multi Faith prayer room at NNUH Colney Lane site
- Discounted gym memberships
- Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
- Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
- Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH Colney Lane site
- Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
- On-site Nursery at NNUH Colney Lane
- On-site cafes offering staff discounts at NNUH Colney Lane
- Support in career development
- Flexible staff bank
- Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached job description for full details of the role and use your supporting statement to confirm how you meet the essential and desirable criteria on the job specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or equivalent
- ENB 998/997 Mentor Preparation programme or equivalent qualification
- RGN Level I
- Management or leadership qualification or equivalent experience
- Evidence of ongoing professional development
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of ongoing professional development
- Evidence of successful management of change
- Evidence of leading and motivating teams
- Evidence of recent research and audit.
Skills
Essential
- Effective motivator and communicator
- Good negotiating skills
- Ability to prioritise workload
- Up-to-date knowledge of NHS Policy
Attitude, aptitude
Essential
- Sound leadership/management skills
- Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH's PRIDE values of People focussed, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence
- Demonstrates understanding and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
Address
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
Norwich
NR4 7UY
United Kingdom
