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    Medical Matron - Milton Keynes, United Kingdom - Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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    Medical Matron

    Department: Medicine

    Band: 8A from £50,952-£57,349

    Hours: hrs per week All MKUH roles will be considered for flexible working

    Are you looking for a rewarding role, enjoy variety, and would like to lead a dynamic and forward-thinking team of professionals? We are delighted to offer the opportunity for you to join our Medical Matron Team.

    The role involves providing professional leadership and support to the various medical wards and departments and being part of your own Clinical Service Unit to specifically focus on standards, performance monitoring and improvements. You will be fundamental in developing a focus on the Patient experience, Safety and Quality agenda. We are looking for a motivated, enthusiastic, and caring candidate who can make a difference to patients and staff, modelling outstanding care every time and able to promote a positive team working ethic.

    You will have experience of and be able to provide visible, supportive and inclusive leadership to enthusiastic multi professional teams. You will have excellent communication and well-developed influencing and negotiating skills.

    For further information and/or an informal discussion please contact Louise Senior - Senior Matron for Medicine

    Interview Date: w/c 20th of May 2024

    Main duties of the job

    Providing clinical leadership to the Clinical Service Unit thorough clinical and professional support to all nursing and wider team of staff.

    Ensuring high quality, safe patient care is delivered by an appropriately skilled and educated workforce, through effective leadership by setting standards and performance monitoring of those standards.

    Work collaboratively with all stakeholders to ensure a high standard of quality care delivery including - safety , effectiveness and patient experience, learning from feedback and patient and public involvement strategies.

    About us

    You can expect a warm welcome at Milton Keynes University Hospital, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At MKUH we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:

  • Free on-site parking
  • Free tea and coffee
  • Great flexible workingopportunities
  • Discounted gym membership
  • Lease car scheme
  • Generous annual leave and pension scheme
  • On site nursery (chargeable)
  • Extensive staff health and well-being programme
  • Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, in partnership with the University of Buckingham, is a University Teaching Hospital; we conduct research and teaching on site to improve the care of our patients. The hospital is undergoing significant investment, and we are proud to be rated good by the CQC. Visit our website to catch up on our latest news.

    Job description

    Job responsibilities

    Please refer to the attached Job Description.

    MKUH is committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and as such we offer a range of flexible working practices. We promote an inclusive workforce and encourage applications from applicants from all backgrounds.

    We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.

    MKUH uses identification scanning technology to confirm the authenticity of documents; all prospective employees of MKUH will have their original documents verified using this technology.

    By applying for this role, you accept if successful, that information from your application will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) system. Your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which aims at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers.

    Upon commencing employment with the Trust, all employees (except Medical & Dental Staff on national terms and conditions) are subject to a probationary period lasting a period of six months with an option to extend for a further six months to a total of 12 months.

    Person Specification

    Qualifications and knowledge

    Essential

  • Registered Nurse / Midwife
  • Evidence of study at degree/masters level education
  • Evidence of continuing professional development
  • Leadership qualification
  • Demonstrates senior clinical credibility
  • Experience

    Essential

  • Proven experience at ward/department manager level
  • Experience of working across organisational boundaries
  • Proven experience of visible and knowledgeable leadership
  • Budget management
  • Involvement in audit and evaluation
  • Governance experience of risk assessment and root cause analysis
  • Experience of responding to complaints both formal and informal
  • Evidence of learning from incidents and improving practice
  • Desirable

  • Experience of successful change management within a multidisciplinary team
  • Participation in business case planning
  • Experience of harnessing patient and public involvement in standard setting
  • Skills

    Essential

  • Well-developed influencing and negotiating skills
  • Ability to set a clear vision of the service
  • Excellent time management skills
  • Able to work under pressure with competing priorities
  • Clear decision maker, able to use initiative and meet deadlines
  • Flexible and adaptable to changing needs of the service
  • Understanding of how own area of responsibility contributes to the Trust operational and quality objectives
  • Able to motivate staff and promote positive team working ethic
  • Able to teach and provide a positive learning environment
  • Desirable

  • Coaching to empower staff/staff development/leadership skills
  • Personal and people development

    Essential

  • Positive attitude
  • Evidence of personal insight, emotional intelligence with ability to reflect and embed learning
  • Able to build and development high functioning teams
  • Able to recognise and challenge poor performance and provide appropriate support to address
  • Passion and drive for providing high standards of care delivery for patients and staff
  • High standards of personal conduct and behaviour, acting as a role model in valuing and respecting others
  • Communication

    Essential

  • Excellent negotiation skills
  • High standard of verbal and written skills
  • Ability to analyse reports and complex data sets
  • Able to work successfully within multi-disciplinary teams
  • Specific requirements

    Essential

  • Able to perform the duties of the post with reasonable aids and adaptations

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