Are you dynamic, highly motivated and committed to improving patient outcomes and experience? Theatres & Elective In- Reach (TEIR) CSU at MRI are looking for a compassionate and enthusiastic senior nurse or operating department practitioner to join our senior leadership team as the Matron of MRI theatres.
Working within the framework of the Modern Matron principles, your role is key to ensure clinical quality standards are achieved by providing inspirational and visible clinical leadership to the theatre team working within MRI theatres.
The role of Matron is intrinsic to the success of the patient care pathway in influencing and working with the multidisciplinary clinical teams and leading the highly skilled nursing teams to provide high quality care for our patients.
You will need to be flexible, driven and passionate about the delivery of innovative safe patient focused care. To carry out this challenging role you must have proven current management and leadership experience at band 7 or above within the acute hospital setting and be able to demonstrate ability to implement effective change.
You will also need strong interpersonal, negotiation and decision making skills with the ability to challenge personnel and advanced nursing practice.
• Delivery of excellence in patient care, embedding a culture of continuous quality improvement, and maximising the nursing contribution to improve patient outcomes and enhance patient and service user experience are key priorities for this role.
• The post holder will provide clinical and professional leadership and line management to the clinical teams within TEIR. Reporting to the HoN for TEIR the post holder will ensure the key functions of the matron are undertaken for the CSU.
• Demonstrate effective leadership, setting, monitoring and maintaining professional standards, working collaborative, manage complaints and lead the nursing contribution for clinical governance at a specialty/department level in line with the Nursing & Midwifery Strategy.
• Be an integral member of the senior leadership team, providing nursing advice, manage specialty nursing teams, have delegated budgetary responsibility and contribute to innovative solutions to workforce & capacity management.
• Take responsibility for human and financial resources, contributing to key performance outcomes within the directorate.
• Act in accordance to the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
• Have a responsibility to ensure all information processed for patients and staff is kept confidential, accurate and in line with the Data Protection Act 1998 and Caldecott Policy.
• Contribute and participate in the Senior Nurse rota
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team atresourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
This advert closes on Tuesday 5 Nov 2024