Band 8a Matron-Critical Care

An exciting opportunity is available to become a key member of the Senior Leadership Team for Critical Care services at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham. We are looking for a strong nursing leader who can provide expert clinical leadership, drive high standars of patient care, safety and clinical effectiveness. The succesful candidate will need to demonstrate how they lead and inspire teams to champion excellence in clinical practice, coordinate and lead improvements in patient quality and safety and work collaboratively with medical, operational and corporate colleagues.

Main duties of the job The post holder will be highly visible, accessible and recognisable to patients, relatives and staff and act as a champion for privacy and dignity, professional standards and patient advocacy. They will act as a role model, demonstrate respect, dignity and compassion when delivering their professional duties, and uphold the principles of equality and diversity. The Matron is responsible for delivering the Trust's Strategy, within their area of responsibility, incorporating the following:

• Ensuring the standardisation of services across all relevant sites to the best possible level, so that all of our patients experience equally high quality care;
• Supporting the planning, development and delivery of multi-site services to ensure that there is a common understanding of capacity and demand with clear operational plans to deliver the best in care in the most appropriate settings;
• Supporting the planning and managing services to ensure the best possible use of resources.
• Supporting the development of a sustainable safe workforce that is fit for the future within their area of responsibility;
• For ensuring services are delivered in a culture where patient safety, high clinical quality, service improvement and financial accountability are paramount.
• When required, he/she will deputise in the absence of the Associate Director of Nursing and participate in an on-call rota.

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people.

As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.