Matron - Medicine | Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Matron - Medicine Preston Site | Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

As a Matron in Medicine no two days are the same! But every day provides a real opportunity to make a difference for our patients, colleagues and local community.

We are seeking to recruit an experienced and highly motivated nurse to provide strong visible leadership and oversight across the Medicine Division at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

This is a pivotal role, contributing directly to the delivery of high‑quality, safe and compassionate care. The postholder will provide professional leadership, operational oversight, and assurance across clinical quality, patient safety, workforce and performance, working closely with matrons, ward leaders, the multidisciplinary team and senior Trust colleagues.

The role is critical to ensuring robust oversight of risks, incidents, complaints and improvement actions, and to providing assurance that standards are consistently met and sustained across all clinical areas.

In the role of Matron, you will work closely with the Speciality Business Manager and Clinical Director on all aspects of clinical care and be focused on patient safety, patient experience and quality assurance frameworks.

You must be able to demonstrate a compassionate approach to the care of patients and the public, whilst also possessing the ability to ensure robust clinical operational demands are met while the multi professional team are fully supported in achieving their duties.

A proven track record in leadership within Medicine is essential, as are excellent interpersonal communication and organisational skills.

If you are confident, well organised and see yourself as a visible nurse leader with high standards, excellent clinical skills and knowledge with extensive recent experience of working within Acute and Speciality medicine then we would like to hear from you!

At Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust our aim is to always provide excellent care with compassion to deliver the highest quality of care our patients deserve. We value the personal skills, experiences and qualities that individuals bring to the Trust; creating an inclusive working environment to attract talented people who feel motivated, involved and able to influence the future direction of our services.

The wellbeing of staff is important to us; we have a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team who provide support on a range of topics. As an employer we have earned a reputation for focusing on the development of our staff and for being an organisation people are proud to work for.

To provide professional leadership, guidance, development and support for nurses and care staff ensuring the provision of excellent care with compassion. Monitor and improve the efficient and effective management of resources and the care environment so that services and staff are organised to meet the needs of the patient by providing a consistently excellent quality of care.

• ensuring that the nursing and care support teams within their wards, departments and services are appropriately resourced and organised for the maximum benefit of patients.
• ensuring staff and services are adequately supported and developed to deliver excellent care with compassion in line with the Trust’s Values, Nursing & Midwifery Professional Framework, The 6 C’s, Safety and Quality Strategy, Governance framework, CQC standards, NICE guidance, other strategic local and national plans and policies.
• leading and developing staff by being a visible authoritative role model providing clinical and…