Matron
- NHS
- Full Time
- South Bank
- 66274.00 - 73496.00 a year
Job Description
Job summary
Guy's & St Thomas' Theatres, Anaesthesia and Peri-operative medicine (TAP) is offering a full time position to join the leadership team as Matron. The Matron for TAP is a senior nursing leader responsible for delivering safe, effective, and high-quality patient care. The post holder will provide visible, compassionate leadership, acting as a professional role model and ensuring consistently high standards of clinical practice and patient experience within a fast-paced, complex environment
Main duties of the job
Working within the TAP leadership team, the Matron will support and develop multidisciplinary staff, promoting a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and patient-centred care. They will have operational oversight of the department, including patient flow, workforce deployment, and performance against key targets. They will work with others to transform services to meet the complex demands of the department and wider Trust.The role includes leading on quality, safety, and governance, ensuring compliance with national standards and regulatory requirements, including those of the Care Quality Commission. The post holder will contribute to risk and incident management, will maintain infection control standards and participate in clinical audit.The Matron will lead workforce development, supporting education, well being, and retention to maintain a skilled and resilient team.
About us
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprise five of the UK's best-known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high-quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.
We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.
We strive to recruit and retain the best staff as the dedication and skills of our employees lie at the heart of our organisation and ensure that our services are of the highest quality, safe and focused on our patients
Job responsibilities
For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy.
Person Specification
Qualifications / Education
Essential
- RN Adult Registered Nurse on the NMC register. ODP on the HCPC register
- Broad clinical experience relevant to the post
- A proven track record of operational service management at a senior level in an acute hospital environment, including staff management, financial management and change management.
- Evidence of equivalent knowledge and experience to Masters level.
Desirable
- A Masters level qualification in nursing or a post graduate qualification is desirable but not essential.
Previous experience
Essential
- Ability to think and plan strategically, tactically and creatively, and to prioritise work programs in the face of competing demands.
- A strong sense of personal and team accountability coupled with a clear understanding of the boundaries around delegated authority.
- A good understanding of the changing NHS environment.
Skills/Knowledge/Ability
Essential
- Well developed leadership and influencing skills with the ability to enthuse, motivate and involve individuals and teams, and have them understand the Trust's and your performance expectations.
- A commitment to improving patient services through an ability to sustain a clear performance focus on achieving demanding goals
- Excellent inter-personal and communication skills with good listening skills.
- High level of work organisation, self-motivation, drive for performance and improvement, and flexibility in approach and attitude.
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
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Lambeth Palace Road / St Thomas'Street
London
SE1 7EH
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/careers/careers.aspx (Opens in a new tab)
