Matron- Community Services

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Trust as a Matron within our Child Health Department for our Community Services. To have management responsibility and accountability for the non-medical staff in the delivery and performance for the Children's Neurodisability teams (ASD and ADHD) and Children's Community Nursing Services, which include the Children's Community Nursing Team, Children's Continence Service, and Children's Epilepsy Nursing Team, Looked After Children's Nursing Team, Children's Training Team, Home Based Support Team and Children's Diabetes Nursing Team The Matron for Community Services will work with the Lead Nurse Family Care Division and, Matron for Acute Paediatric services. Head of Practice and Professional Development and Head of Quality Governance to promote and ensure the highest standards of care within the services and the wider care unit. It's an exciting time to join our team as we invest in new leadership roles within our paediatrics structure to strengthen support to our clinical teams and enable excellent clinical outcomes and outstanding patient and staff experience. As an experienced clinical leader, you will work with the Lead Nurse for Child Health to lead the community teams ensuring that children and young people and their families receive compassionate and high quality care. Main duties of the job As Matron, you will provide professional leadership and direction for the Community Nursing Services , ensuring the highest standards of clinical care. Key to this role will be to provide an accessible and visible presence across paediatric services, advising staff, children and young people and their families. You will need to demonstrate highly developed leadership behaviours and be a role model for our values, inclusion, staff engagement and supporting our teams. Dealing with all incidents and any complaints relating to community services and managed in line with the trusts policies.

• Registered Nurse, Specialty specific registration appropriate to role, RSCN or equivalent/AHD
• Formal management qualification or equivalent experience
• Master's degree (or equivalent experience).
• Evidence of appropriate relevant professional development
Desirable
• Experience with nursing children with complex care needs within an acute setting
• Community Nursing Qualification
• Neurodisability Experience
Experience Essential
• Up to date relevant clinical experience
• Involvement in developing strategic and operational plans
• Managing and investigating complaints and incidents
• Involvement at a leadership level on issues relating to quality governance, monitoring and standard setting
• Experience of senior management and leadership of operational teams
• Proven track record of managing complex change within an acute setting
• Involvement in development and innovation and quality initiatives in a healthcare setting
• Experience of leading teams, with the ability to motivate others
Desirable
• Experience of service design
• Budget management experience
Skills Essential
• Leadership skills, with an ability to influence
• Confident to manage change
• Effective negotiating, influencing and networking skills
• Ability to analyse complex information and production of reports
• Knowledge of up to date safeguarding children's guidance
• Ability to deal with sensitive and complex issues.
• Competent in the use of IT systems
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, with excellent interpersonal skills
• Proven track record of success
Desirable
• Change management experience, Visible, role model and professional leader
• Inclusive and developmental personal style and approach
• Inspiring and motivating and emotional toughness
• Effective under pressure and portrays self-belief, self-awareness and drive for improvement
• Emotional toughness
• Commitment to values and principles of the NHS
  
  This is an excellent opportunity to join a successful foundation Trust with a strong commitment to delivering the highest standards of clinical quality, patient care and staff experience. The Trust's Together as One Strategy describes our organisational values and a pledge to support our people through compassionate and inclusive leadership.
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is North Derbyshire's only acute District General Hospital, with 24 hour Emergency Department services; we're responsible for providing care and treatment to more than 400,000 people who live in our communities. We are modern, well-resourced and in commuting distance of Sheffield, Derby, Nottingham and close to the Peak District. The Care Quality Commission has rated the Trust as 'Good'. Our vision is to provide exceptional patient care provided by exceptional people. We work closely with our partners across health and care as part of the Joined Up Care Derbyshire Integrated Care System.