Band 8b Critical Care Matron

Job overview

Are you a natural leader passion for Critical Care, who can inspire others while striving for the best care possible? If so, we would love to hear from you.

Due to the expansion of our Critical Care services and bed capacity, we are looking for an exceptional candidate to join our senior nursing team for the Critical Care services at BHRUT.  This is an opportunity to help shape the direction of one of the largest ITU facilities in North East London.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a large multiple-site Critical Care Unit providing care across the Queen's Hospital and King George Sites, including a specialist Neuro Intensive Care Unit with emergency and elective surgical patient pathways and with line management for the Critical Care Outreach Service.

Under the guidance of the head of nursing for critical care, the successful candidate will work closely with the senior team of critical care matrons, providing operational support as well as assisting in the strategic direction of an essential service.

The role is a mixture of clinical responsibilities with managerial responsibility, with a strong focus on delivering first-class quality and safety, of effective escalation of some of our most dependent and vulnerable patients.

This role will focus on both the day-to-day delivery of services as well as the strategic delivery of a sustainable training programme and staff for the expansion of the Trust sites.

Main duties of the job

• To take part in the visible leadership programme.
• Actively participate in Specialty meetings and other Trust meetings to ensure that professional issues are fully represented and considered.
• Work in partnership with the Clinical Lead and Specialty Manager to develop and implement a business plan and clinical strategy for the specialty.
• Provide professional nursing leadership across the Department ensuring appropriate structures are in place to support and inspire nurses at all levels encouraging innovation, excellence and succession planning.
• To manage the complaints relating to nursing care within specialty.
• In partnership with the Clinical Lead and Specialty Manager establish a system to monitor, develop and review the quality of patient care within the service through clinical audit and benchmarking.
• To lead, manage, motivate and develop staff to maintain the highest level of staff morale and to create a climate within the units characterised by high standards of transparency and openness.
• Communicate the Trust’s, Division’s and Directorate’s objectives, future plan and current progress against plans to staff across the units.
• To enable extensive exposure to the different specialities, all Matron and Deputy Matron positions will rotate every year, so this is a great opportunity to develop ITU management skills in general, Neuro and elective units.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role.  Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.

Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application, please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.

All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.

Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process or assistance with completion of the form (for applicants with a disability) can be made to   Tosin Aragbaiye, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 5934. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.