Neurorehabilitation Matron

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Neuroscience senior team as a Neurorehabilitation Matron. You will be responsible for the management and patient safety of some of our neuroscience clinical areas as well as the management of other senior staff (CNS/Discharge Coordinators/PEs) at the St Georges Main Site Tooting and Queen Mary's Hospital Site , Roehampton lane.,

• Responsible for the operational management and professional leadership of a defined group of clinical areas and their staff, with delegated responsibility to ensure that performance and budgetary objectives are met
• To be a highly visible and proactive leader acting as a clinical resource and ensuring the sustained delivery of high standards of nursing care and service delivery
• To be responsible for exploring current practice, identifying areas for development, and planning the appropriate change using current evidence to evaluate outcomes
• To be responsible for the quality of the patients environment and lead on facilitating changes which improve the patients experience
• To play a key operational role and maintain a proactive approach to managing patient flow through the service.
  
  St. George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the regional specialist care provider for south west London, Surrey and beyond. The trust provides a high quality, comprehensive range of health services from leading edge tertiary and trauma care to community services. With national and regional referrals added to our local 3.5m catchment, we serve a population of around 5m.
Co-located with St George's, University of London and with both organisations now in a formal strategic alliance with King's Health Partners, the trust delivers with its partners high quality research and education both of which contribute to the healthcare provision of tomorrow. St. George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a major acute hospital that offers very specialist care for complex injuries and illnesses, including trauma, neurology, cardiac care, renal transplantation, cancer care and stroke. The hospital also provides all the usual care you would expect from a local NHS district general hospital., Professional development St George's is committed to valuing its staff and promoting their professional and personal development. There is a wide range of training and development opportunities accessible to all staff both in house and via external organisations. The Trust has an excellent reputation for offering specialist courses and facilitating the return to practice of nurses and midwives. Improving working lives The Trust supports initiatives that improve the work life balance of staff including flexible working, study, paternity, adoption and carers leave.