Matron for Private Care - London, United Kingdom - Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

The post holder will lead and be responsible for the delivery of high quality care and the patient experience in their areas through proactive clinical and professional leadership to all clinical staff at all levels within all clinical areas of private care.

The post holder will need to ensure the delivery of high quality, evidence based, compassionate nursing and midwifery care, and that the workforce is managed efficiently and effectively.

The post holder will ensure ward managers and senior nurses have adequate support to enable them to focus on their core responsibilities and driving quality within the team to enhance the patient experience across all clinical teams.

The post holder will be responsible for the Private Maternity Unit, the Fertility Centre, Westminster Wing and Chelsea Wing.

With overarching responsibility for the paediatrics services with support from the appropriate clinical and service leads within the paediatric teams as well as cross-site working facilitating the development of all aspects of the Private Patient Directorate.

The individual will undertake the key functions of the Matron Role ensuring the patient experience in wards/ departments is of the highest possible standard at all times with particular emphasis on the provision of dignified and compassionate care which is delivered in a safe and clean environment.
The post holder will work with the Divisional Director of Nursing, Head of Midwifery and the Senior Management Team in developing and implementing a divisional strategy to achieve the Trust's objectives and ensure that effective governance arrangements are implemented and maintained.
Delivers specialist clinical skills to assess patient need, provide care, manage treatment programmes, coordinate pathways and provide specialist clinical leadership across the patient caseload.
To contribute to ensuring effective clinical governance of the Private Patient Unit including: Kensington Wing, Chelsea Wing, Westminster Wing and the Fertility Centre by collating and presenting monthly reports to the Divisional Quality Board.

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provide services from two main hospitals, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, and a number of clinics across London and the South-East.

We have nearly 7,000 members of staff that are PROUD to Care for nearly one million people.

Both hospitals provide full clinical services, including full maternity, emergency and children's, in addition to a range of community-based services across London, such as award-winning sexual health and HIV clinics.

We're one of the best performing Trusts in the country.

We're also one of the top trusts to work for - our staff says they're engaged, motivated, and would recommend us as a place to work and receive treatment.

Our Trust has been rated by the Care Quality Commission as 'Good' in all five of the main domains of safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led, giving an us overall rating of 'Good'.

We've also been awarded an 'Outstanding' rating for 'use of resources' by an NHS Improvement inspection.

Our facilities are some of the best in the country. We have been investing significant Capital year on year in our estate.

We have recently completed a £30m expansion of our adult and neonatal critical care facilities at Chelsea and Westminster and are planning an ambitious £60m development of an Ambulatory Diagnostics Centre at West Middlesex.

To provide professional leadership and line management to senior Nursing/ Midwifery staff including ward and departmental Sisters & Charge Nurses/ Midwives, Clinical Nurse/ Midwifery Specialists and Advanced Practitioners.
To ensure that all direct reports have an annual appraisal with periodic reviews, and have a current personal development plan (PDP).
To develop and lead a recruitment and retention strategy for Nursing/ Midwifery and Support Workers in collaboration with the Divisional Human Resource Team, Divisional Nurse/ Head of Midwifery and ward/ departmental leads.
To participate in the recruitment of staff to meet the needs of the service, in liaison with ward and department leads, and the Divisional Human Resources team as appropriate.
To ensure that staff records are maintained by the Ward/ Department Manager and that the registration status of Nurses/ Midwives is verified, taking appropriate action when staff fail to maintain this.
To manage any issues of performance, capability and conduct relating to direct reports in accordance with Trust policies and procedures, in liaison with the Divisional Human Resources team
To support and advise direct reports in the management of conflict, performance, capability and conduct issues within their teams and services in liaison with the Divisional Human Resources team and to undertake HR investigations and disciplinary hearings as and when required.
To act as a role model in promoti