Paediatric Matron Job Tameside area,Ashton-under-Lyne England UK,Nursing

Location: Ashton-under-Lyne

To provide nursing leadership and accountability for the children and young people’s service.
To secure the highest standards of clinical care in the specific services within your remit over the 24 hour period by providing strong professional leadership and line management to clinical staff.
To assist in ensuring the delivery of equitable front line support mechanisms and services to
users and carers that are person centred, risk managed and driven by national, organisational, divisional and Trust strategies in partnership with other agencies.
Set clear expectations to all members of the nursing team in delivering compassionate care, in line with Trust values.
To have management responsibility for the designated clinical areas providing clear, visible leadership to create a culture of care, compassion and creativity which is committed to improving the experiences for service users.
To be responsible for proposing, formulating and implementing departmental policies.
To participate in the senior manager’s on-call rota.

To provide nursing leadership and accountability for the children and young people’s service.
To secure the highest standards of clinical care in the specific services within your remit over the 24 hour period by providing strong professional leadership and line management to clinical staff.
To assist in ensuring the delivery of equitable front line support mechanisms and services to
users and carers that are person centred, risk managed and driven by national, organisational, divisional and Trust strategies in partnership with other agencies.
Set clear expectations to all members of the nursing team in delivering compassionate care, in line with Trust values.
To have management responsibility for the designated clinical areas providing clear, visible leadership to create a culture of care, compassion and creativity which is committed to improving the experiences for service users.
To be responsible for proposing, formulating and implementing departmental policies.
To participate in the senior manager’s on-call rota.

Occupational Health, Facilities to ensure appropriate services are delivered that enhance patient and user experience of the clinical services in all service delivery locations.

Responsibility for the day to day clinical operational decisions made in all services, escalating concerns to the Head of Midwifery/Nursing and Deputy Director of Nursing.
Identify areas for service improvement and promote QI methodology to support managing service improvement
Contribute with other members of the division to the development of medium and long term service strategies and plans.
Maintain strong and productive relationships with internal and external stakeholders to continuously develop services.

Management Responsibility/Professional Leadership

Ensure Trust audits are completed timely and develop local action plans for any identified areas for improvement.
Work closely with the PALs and Complaints Team to both investigate and resolve complaints; record and celebrate compliments.
Ensure all Safeguard incidents are reviewed, investigated and learning shared with clinical teams timely. Liaise with the Divisional Risk Lead about incidents that may require a rapid review or concise investigation.
Participate in the Senior Nurse on call rota out of hours and Matron of the Day rota.
Provide matron cover in the absence of other matrons in the division when required.

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children.

Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.

We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:

Compassion
Accountability
Respect
Excellence

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+& Disabled people.

Benefits

flexible working
27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays
sick pay
NHS Pension Scheme
free eye tests and health checks
gym discount
free bicycle loan scheme
salary sacrifice car scheme
support with stress
bereavement
relationships
finance
and much more

For further details / informal visits contact:
Name:
Julie Horrocks

Job title:

Lead Nurse Surgery Womens and Childrens & CSS Email address: Telephone number:

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