Job summary

This post is for internal candidates to South Tees Trust. If you are not currently working within the trust your application will not be reviewed and automatically rejected at shortlisting stage. Please be aware of this when submitting your application.

Base Location: The Friarage or appropriate Community Base (cross site working maybe required)

We have a rare and exciting opportunity for a committed Senior Nurse who has a passion for Community Services to join our Growing the Friarage and Community Collaborative in the Hambleton and Richmondshire Directorate. We are looking for a dynamic nurse leader who will manage and lead Band 7 nurses and Adult Community Nursing Teams and Primary Care Hospitals across a large rural patch in the Yorkshire dales.

The Matron role will work over 6 PCN's and Primary Care Hospitals and will work in close collaboration with the Head of Nursing, General Manager and Service Managers and clinical staff to ensure that clinical priorities and standards of care are achieved, supporting the delivery of local and National objectives.

The Matron should be a role model for the nursing workforce and actively and positively contribute to the Senior Leadership Team

There has never been a better, more exciting time to join our Collaborative due to the Transformation of Community Services with the introduction of Urgent Community Response, Hospital at Home and development of new clinical pathways.

Main duties of the job

This role will work in close collaboration with the Head of Nursing, Clinical Director, and Senior/ Service Manager.

The post holder will be responsible for providing leadership and management to Senior Sister/ Charge Nurse and clinical leads within his/her area of responsibility.

The role involves providing assurance of safety, quality, and patient experience.

Within his/her area of responsibility the Matron will ensure that a culture of cost consciousness exists, and ward/team expenditure is in line with budget and associated agreed efficiency targets.

In conjunction with the senior team the post holder will work across organisational boundaries to ensure appropriate services are in place to deliver national and local strategic and operational service objectives and standards.

Matrons will hold responsibility for ensuring the efficient and effective day to day running of nursing/midwifery within their designated area of responsibility, to deliver key quality, performance, and financial plans, achieving key service improvements and line management to designated staff.

The Matron reports to the Head of Nursing. The Matron will provide representation of nursing on key strategic groups internal and external to the organisation.

About us

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the leadership development programme, and the Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers. This programme aims to:

• Explore leadership within the NHS
• Promote Trust Values and Behaviours
• Develop your Leadership effectiveness and skills
• Practitioner level in quality improvement, equipping you with the skills to champion, lead and complete quality improvement within your role

After you complete this four and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses dependent upon your role and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3,5 and 7