Matron - Acute Medicine

Job overview

We are seeking an experienced and dynamic senior nurse to join our Directorate of Acute & Specialist Medicine as Matron for Acute Medicine, leading our 35 bedded Acute Medical Unit (AMU) at St Mary’s Hospital.

This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated leader with a strong background in Acute Medicine and/or Emergency Care. You will provide strategic, clinical and operational leadership, working closely with the Emergency Department, Virtual Ward, Discharge Lounge and inpatient wards to improve ED 4 hour performance, strengthen discharge processes and enhance patient flow through AMU.

As Matron, you will champion high quality, safe and compassionate care, lead on governance and quality improvement and support the development and wellbeing of our nursing workforce. You will foster a positive, collaborative culture and ensure excellent patient and staff experience.

Acute Medicine at St Mary’s offers a fast paced and rewarding environment caring for a diverse range of acute medical conditions including cardiovascular, respiratory, gastroenterology, infectious diseases, endocrinology, frailty and complex chronic illness. We provide strong clinical development opportunities to further enhance your assessment, leadership and management skills.

If you are an inspiring, visible and forward thinking nurse leader ready to make a real impact, we would love to hear from you.

Apply today and help shape the future of Acute Medicine at St Mary’s Hospital.

Main duties of the job

• Ensure high standards of patient care at all times challenging and ensuring others challenge poor practise, in accordance with the NMC Professional Code of Conduct.
• In collaboration with senior members of the Divisional team provide assurance that the standards set out in the relevant Nursing & Midwifery strategy and direction of Nursing & Midwifery for the Trust are delivered at ward level.
• Ensure local plans support all clinical quality external accreditation, for example Care Quality Commission (CQC) essential standards, Safety Thermometer, Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN), Quality Accounts, NHS Litigation Authority.
• Ensure agreed systems and process to consistently provide safe, effective high quality patient care and embed a culture of improvement, focusing on the Trust’s harm free indicators, measuring practice and using variations in the data to develop local improvement projects are in place on the ward.
• Through visible clinical leadership ensure that the delivery of kind, compassionate and respectful care takes place, and that the ward team develop relationships with patients that involve better listening and decision making; ‘no decision without me’
• Act as the patient’s advocate when appropriate, when informed decisions may lead to choices being made concerning treatment options.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews, please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.