Clinical Matron

The Clinical Matron will, through strong clinical presence and leadership:

• support the Team Leaders, Service Manager and Heads of Nursing to promote excellence in the delivery of high-quality clinical care.
• ensure that all service users are treated with compassion, dignity and respect, placing value on the diversity of the local community and beyond.
• promote best practice in the infection prevention and control through ensuring a clean and safe environment.
The Clinical Matron's key responsibility is to ensure that service users' experience safe and effective care delivered in partnership with them and their carers, inspiring both service user and public confidence. This will be achieved through high visibility, accessibility and surveillance. The Clinical Matron will be expected to be a visible presence within their specialist clinical areas providing support, leadership and expertise, highlighting and taking appropriate action where there are concerns and deficits in care.,
• To provide strong clinical and professional leadership and a supportive approach to, Team Leaders, and clinicians within the multidisciplinary team (MDT).
• To be a visible, accessible, and authoritative presence in the clinical areas.
• To work within the Modern Matrons Charter to ensure good standards of infection control, privacy and dignity, cleanliness and health and safety.
• To oversee and monitor the quality, timeliness, and development of nursing care in accordance with all relevant professional standards.
• To ensure the environments in which service care and treatment is provided are fit for purpose, clean, well ordered and maintained.
• To ensure all nursing practice is in accordance with statutory and corporate policies, including those specific to service user care.
• To be responsible for the professional management of the clinical environment, ensuring the right staff with the right skills to deliver person centred nursing care, involving service users and carers.
• To supervise and teach registered and non-registered staff including students.
• To be responsible for the identification of learning development needs; to plan how these will be met and evaluate the effectiveness for learners and impact on care.
• To be responsible for the provision of safe staffing levels, ensuring the privacy and dignity of service users.
For full details of the main duties and responsibilities of the role please refer to the job description and person specification documents attached.

We are looking to appoint an exceptional leader with a significant level of clinical experience in acute inpatients, to take the role of Clinical Matron (8a) within the Acute and Urgent Care Division. This is an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful difference to the lives of individuals experiencing acute mental health needs, while supporting the development and wellbeing of the ward team. The post holders will have a proven track record in leadership and should have the ability to lead by example, motivate and empower others and will play a fundamental role in ensuring effective outcomes and high quality care for those using our acute mental health services in Hertfordshire. By inspiring a culture of high performance and continuous quality improvement in teams, the post holder will ensure the sustained provision of high quality services and standards for our service users, their carers and families.,
• Registered Nurse on NMC Register
• Educated to Master's degree or currently working towards a Master's degree
• Evidence of continuing personal and professional development
• Leadership course evident or working towards
• Mentorship course, Management experience in clinical NHS environment.
• Excellent understanding of the management of safe staffing
• Significant experience of people management and effective leadership
• Ability to lead the service areas with vision and determination
• Ability to offer encouragement and support to others to foster both personal and professional development, Wide knowledge of developments in the NHS impacting on the Trust, including comprehensive understanding of current NHS initiatives and targets
Desirable criteria
• Confident with HR policies and procedures and demonstrable evidence of managing significant numbers of staff.
• Accreditation (CQC, AIMS) and revalidation knowledge and experience, Effective communication skills including analysis and presentation of reports.
• Ability to provide presentations when expressing ideas to groups and individuals
ANALYTICAL SKILLSEssential criteria
• Ability to analyse complex issues and make decisions
Desirable criteria
• Logical approach to problem solving.
• Excellent understanding and evidence of successful financial management of budgets, You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
  
  Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission.
Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout