Matron - Matron Adult Emergency Department

Job overview

Following an internal promotion, an exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Emergency Department at St Mary’s Hospital as an Emergency Department Matron. St Mary's is the Major Trauma Centre for North West London.

We are committed to creating a positive practice environment where staff are supported to thrive. Through shared-decision councils, a strong focus on wellbeing, and a culture of recognition and professional development, we aim to make the Emergency Department an inclusive and rewarding place to work.

As an Emergency Department Matron, you will lead the delivery of high-quality, safe and compassionate care, support the implementation of new ways of working, and collaborate with the wider multidisciplinary team to improve patient outcomes and experience.

The successful candidate will demonstrate strong clinical expertise in emergency nursing, excellent patient assessment skills and sound management knowledge. They will provide visible, consistent leadership, communicate effectively and build positive working relationships across the department and wider organisation.

The post holder will be professionally accountable for standards of care, patient experience, workforce performance and staff wellbeing, helping to shape a service that delivers consistently high standards for patients and colleagues.

Main duties of the job

• To provide professional leadership and clinical role modelling in order to inspire the nursing team in the Emergency Department.
• To provide a clear focus for clinical leadership, providing a highly visible and authoritative presence, in order to facilitate the provision of high quality care, ensuring that the needs of the patient are placed at the centre of care delivery.
• To support the Lead Nurse / Business Service Manager in the delivery of a high quality patient focused care which contributes to the patient’s overall experience.
• To deputise as required for the Lead Nurse or Business Service Manager to develop and embed procedures, guidelines and protocols to support the development of a safe and efficient service.
• To monitor the level of service provided by the support services through regular audit and take remedial action as necessary.
• To supervise the professional development and appraisal of staff through their line management structure
• To take responsibility for clinical standards of care Monitoring of Quality Indicators, infection control prevention and patient experience.
• To foster a culture of incident reporting and responding to incidents, reflection, equal opportunity, openness, mutual respect between the professions and professional development within the unit
• To support the development of nursing research and audit
• To ensure that mechanisms are in place for the collection and submission of appropriate data in respect to service delivery.

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.

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.