Community Hospital Matron

Job description

Job summary

Job overview
We encourage early application as we reserve the right to close this post once sufficient candidates have applied.

The post holder will work as part of the managerial and operational triumvirate for the three community hospitals, working closely with the General Manager/Deputy General Manager and Medical lead

The post holder will work across three community hospitals providing clinical practice and leadership and ensuring the provision of high quality and safe care.

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job

• Provide professional and managerial leadership for the Integrated Care Division Community Hospitals, delivering a highly visible and influential presence ensuring the provision of high quality and responsive services with the needs of the patient at the centre of care delivery.

• Work in partnership with the General manager and the Divisional Managers to ensure the effective and efficient management of the Integrated Care Division to deliver key targets within resources available.
• Work in partnership with the Matron (Education lead) ensuring the development of nurses and nursing practice.
• Be a key leader in service improvement programmes and support improved patient and staff outcomes.
• Provide advice and guidance on nursing issues

About us

About us
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire University NHS FT, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute NHS Hospitals Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care wed want for our family and friends.

More than 3,000 people work for the Trust they tell us its a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will work as part of the operational and managerial triumvirate for three community hospitals which include Ross community hospital, Leominster community hospital and Bromyard community hospital. You will work closely with the General manager/deputy general manager and medical lead for the division.

The post holder will work closely within the multi disciplinary teams clinical practice and leadership ensuring the provision of high quality and safe care.

Job description
Job responsibilities

The post holder will work as part of the operational and managerial triumvirate for three community hospitals which include Ross community hospital, Leominster community hospital and Bromyard community hospital. You will work closely with the General manager/deputy general manager and medical lead for the division.

The post holder will work closely within the multi disciplinary teams clinical practice and leadership ensuring the provision of high quality and safe care.

Person Specification

application form

Essential

• NMC registration
• significant experience at band 7 or band 8 a
• evidence of wider NHS experience

Desirable

• Masters Level study
• advanced clinical skills
• leadership and management qualification

essential

Essential

• NMC registration
• evidence of extensive communication skills/challenging conversations
• Degree in Health related subject
• Evidence of professional development
• Evidence of leadership of nursing teams/MDT

Desirable

• Masters Level study
• advanced clinical skills
• knowledge of neighbourhood plan

flexible to meet the needs of the role

Essential

• ability to travel between three community sites and acute
• ability to manage own workload and prioritise
• ability to manage the demands of ensuring high quality care and operational pressures

Desirable

• give examples of capacity and demand in community services
• wider clinical experience within the NHS
• experience of patient flow and impact on wider system

Person Specification
application form

Essential

• NMC registration
• significant experience at band 7 or band 8 a
• evidence of wider NHS experience

Desirable

• Masters Level study
• advanced clinical skills
• leadership and management qualification

essential

Essential

• NMC registration
• evidence of extensive communication skills/challenging conversations
• Degree in Health related subject
• Evidence of professional development
• Evidence of leadership of nursing teams/MDT

Desirable

• Masters Level study
• advanced clinical skills
• knowledge of neighbourhood plan

flexible to meet the needs of the role

Essential

• ability to travel between three community sites and acute
• ability to manage own workload and prioritise
• ability to manage the demands of ensuring high quality care and operational pressures

Desirable

• give examples of capacity and demand in community services
• wider clinical experience within the NHS
• experience of patient flow and impact on wider system

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

Wye Valley NHS Trust
Address

Hereford county hospital

Stonebow road

Hereford

HR12BN

United Kingdom

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