Matron/Clinical Quality Lead

Job overview

The post holder will provide Clinical Leadership and line management to the clinical teams within Live Well and Urgent Emergency Care.

They will support the overall day-to-day functioning of the  clinical departments, ensuring that the highest quality of patient centred care is delivered by the appropriately skilled nursing/ midwifery workforce, through effective leadership, setting, monitoring and maintenance of professional standards, collaborative working, management of complaints and leading the nursing contribution to Clinical Governance at a Directorate level.

Main duties of the job

The Matron will be responsible for delivering some aspects of corporate professional Nursing and AHP Agenda as it relates to the area in which they work.

Supporting the Ward/ Departmental Managers/Deputy Director of Nursing and AHP's with Clinical Governance, effectiveness and quality. The Matron will monitor clinical and environmental standards and act as a source to continuously improve these.

The Matron will contribute to the strengthened role of the ward / Departmental Senior Nurses and AHP's, supporting the development of effective clinical leaders at all levels, ensuring that leadership and clinical practice functions are carried out effectively, making best use of available resources.

The  Matron will act as a role model and work within legislation and Trust procedures monitoring and maintaining professional standards.

The Matron will provide a visible, accessible and authoritative presence in order to provide assistance and advice to the workforce, patients and carers.

The Matron will be responsible for monitoring clinical standards within clinical teams, ensuring staff competency, setting objectives and targets, and keeping agreed programmes of work to timetable.  The Modern Matron will also be expected to play a proactive role in quality improvement.

• The post holder will contribute to ongoing service development and redesign through the demonstration of expert clinical knowledge within their specialist field.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Participate, in conjunction with the Divisional Management Team, in the production of the Division’s Annual Business Plan.  To contribute to the formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the Division’s strategic and operational plan concerning, staff competency, staff objectives and targets, time plans, quality improvement.

Co-ordinate and assess the operational planning of the service to enable the Trust’s and the Divisional objectives to be met

Monitor service delivery, identifying and investigating any issues arising within the clinical area, formulating and adjusting plans to ensure that care is delivered in the appropriate care setting.

Collaborate with all staff to maintain a safe, clean working environment, recognising changing priorities and risks, and implementing corrective actions within own limits and informing the relevant people

Ensure that staffing levels are appropriate to patient need by working with Team Leaders and Senior Nurses and Midwives to assess patient dependency and adjust duty rotas accordingly, and to develop proposals for changes to skill mix and staff establishments.  Using information gathered from national and professional bodies.

Leading by example to promote the service and disseminate good practice both internal and external to the Trust, demonstrating to nurses and midwives the high standard of care that patients can expect.

Liaise closely with multi disciplinary staff to develop evidence based clinical standards, policies and guidelines to support the efficient and effective service delivery

Provide effective clinical leadership and management which fosters teamwork across professional and organisational boundaries

To support clinical governance leads within the divisions by contributing to the development and maintenance of governance processes i.e. clinical incident reporting, risk management, policies and procedures.

To act as a role model and work within legislation and Trust procedures, ensuring the compliance of all staff working within the unit.

Guide and coach ward / departmental managers in developing and strengthening leadership skills and meeting the 24 hour responsibilities of the G Grade role.

Ensure all nurses comply with NMC regulations and work within their scope of practice.

Responsible for investigation of and action planning of all reported incidents