220-WHT-4063

The post holder will provide clear, visible and accountable leadership and operational management of nursing teams across medical wards and units within Emergency and Integrated Medicine Division. They will be accountable for the delivery of safe, high-quality and person-centred care, ensuring that nursing practice consistently meets professional, organisational and regulatory standards. The Matron will maintain a strong clinical presence, acting as a senior clinical leader, role modelling excellence and supporting complex decision-making. They will foster an inclusive and supportive culture where staff are valued and developed, while holding individuals and teams to high standards of care, behaviour and performance. The post holder will lead the development of nursing capability in clinical practice, complex case management, patient flow and timely discharge, ensuring services are efficient, responsive and aligned to organisational priorities. They will hold delegated responsibility for
resources and budgets, and provide leadership and operational oversight across allocated wards, working closely with Ward Managers to ensure safe, effective and high-quality care and a positive patient experience. The Matron will play a key role in ensuring standards of care are consistently achieved and sustained, with a focus on identifying and addressing variation and improving quality across services.

Main duties of the job

please see full JDClinical Leadership Provide visible and effective clinical leadership across all areas, role modelling high standards of care and professional behaviours

Maintain a strong clinical presence, supporting staff in clinical decision-making, complex patient care and discharge planning

Foster a culture of compassion, inclusion and psychological safety

Promote a culture where high standards of care are expected, supported and consistently demonstrated

Address concerns in practice promptly with clear expectations and appropriate support

Ensure Trust values are embedded in practice and behaviours

Lead development of nursing teams in clinical skills, complex case management, patient flow and discharge

Champion equitable care and reduction of health inequalities

Develop and support integrated care pathways

Act as an advocate for patients and staff

Ensure effective management of patient safety, safeguarding and clinical risk

Lead incident review and ensure learning is embedded

Promote high standards in infection prevention, medication safety, nutrition and pressure ulcer prevention

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.