Senior Matron

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Job overview

Based in the busy West End of London, we have a lively and vibrant working atmosphere, with quick and easy transport links to all our sites. Our size and resources enable us to offer a range of attractive benefits as well as unparalleled education and development opportunities for staff at all levels. This includes an extensive portfolio of academic and clinical courses and programmes ranging from ongoing personal development through to clinical excellence and leadership skills. UCLH prides itself on its investment in staff both in terms of developing career skills but also its commitment to staff health and wellbeing.

We have four critical care units on three sites and three pathways: University College Hospital (UCH) is a general unit with 35 beds (funded to 23) taking patients from our busy emergency department, following emergency surgery and from the wards, as well as tertiary referrals from across the UK and abroad. We have two elective surgical PACUs, on T06 at UCH (10 beds) and at Westmoreland Street which has 9 beds and takes mostly high risk, complex surgical patients. We also have Grafton Way building Critical Care Unit, which is a state-of-the-art cancer facility and has 10 beds primarily taking haematology patients.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for an exceptional nurse leader to join our ambitious, motivated, and dynamic team. You must be an experienced critical care nurse with demonstrable leadership skills and experience who always puts patients and staff at the centre of all you do.

You will be part of a dynamic multidisciplinary team, including the country's leading critical care research and development team, the authors of Europe's best-selling critical care nursing textbook, experts in quality improvement and human factors, and a department which excels in critical care nursing education. We are also award winners internally and externally, this year we won the Nursing Times award for our continued ambition to be a truly inclusive department.

The post holder will also contribute to the promotion of UCLH as a centre of excellence for nursing practice and research, fostering a culture that values staff, recognises achievement and enables career progression and succession planning.

We offer our permanent staff an interest free season ticket loan for travel, a subsidised social club including gym, free independent and confidential well-being support for all staff, large retail discounts, cycle to work scheme and on-site accommodation to name a few... for more information on our staff benefits please see attached poster.

We recognise, reward, and thank colleagues by nominating them for our annual Celebrating Excellence Awards, which are funded by UCLH Charity.

Working for our organisation

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:

• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)

• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery

• Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals

• University College Hospital Grafton Way Building

• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine

• University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre

• The Hospital for Tropical Diseases

• University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.

We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

We are also members of www.mytrustbenefits.co.uk/ which offers discounts on high street retail stores, offers on travel deals, and also to take advantage of cash back schemes.

This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. You are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.
Please note that all correspondence regarding your application will be via email. The emails will be sent to you via TRAC.jobs and not via NHS Jobs, we encourage you to check your inbox regularly.

Please note that if you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date of the advert to assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion.

Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*

UCLH top trust to work at in England - for the second year running! : University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

*In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England - for the second year in a row.

UCLH top trust to work at in England - for the second year running! University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Once again, UCLH has received the highest score of all general acute and acute/community NHS trusts in England for staff that would recommend us as a place to work.

To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit: Why Choose UCLH?

Person specification

Knowledge and Qualifications

Essential criteria

• First level registered nurse
• Educated to master's level or equivalent
• Leadership Qualification
• Management qualification or equivalent
• Teaching qualification • Extensive knowledge acquired through post graduate specialist training in Critical Care Nursing

Experience

Essential criteria

• Broad clinical experience in an acute hospital setting
• Significant experience of operational management of a complex range of services within an acute setting.
• Significant experience in a nursing leadership role at senior level (matron or equivalent) in a large and complex organisation.
• Experience of effectively leading and implementing transformational change and delivering projects in a complex organisation.
• Experience of teaching, training and development and implementing evidence based Practice / nursing research in practice.
• Demonstrates experience of negotiating and presenting cohesive arguments.
• Required to participate in Trust Silver on call rota.

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria

• People management skills.
• Organisational skills.
• Decision-making skills.
• Professional nursing issues.
• Able to manage time effectively.
• Able to prioritise objectives and workload.
• Practice development.

Health, Safety and Security

Essential criteria

• Monitors and maintains health, safety and security of self and others.
• Promotes, monitors, and maintains best practice in health, safety, and security.
• Clinical risk management techniques and skills.
• Clinical Governance and Risk Management

Service Improvement

Desirable criteria

• Business planning skills.

Information Processing

Essential criteria

• Able to utilise ICT to full potential.
• Data collection and interpretation as required.

Financial Management

Essential criteria

• Budgetary management skills

Personal and People Development

Essential criteria

• Able to delegate appropriately
• Highly professional role model
• Managing a range of staff groups
• Managing organisational change

Responsibilities towards promoting Equality Diversity and Inclusion

Essential criteria

• Demonstrate and champion compassionate leadership that is diversified and inclusive

At UCLH, we have a real 'One Team' ethos, and our values - safety, kindness, teamwork and improving, are central to the way we work. This is supported by our staff, who voted us as the #1 NHS Acute Trust to work for in the whole of England.

At UCLH we take equality of opportunity seriously and are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer, with a culture that creates a real sense of belonging and trust. It is our fundamental aim, to recruit, retain and promote a diverse mix of people who are representative of our local communities. Applications are encouraged from candidates of all backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives to support our world class research, innovation and creativity.

UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff and has a dedicated policy which allows staff to apply for flexible working right from the beginning of employment. For more information please go to: https://www.uclh.nhs.uk/work-with-us/why-choose-uclh/flexible-working.

We offer our permanent staff an interest free season ticket loan for travel, all our staff have access to free independent and confidential support, large retail discounts, a staff discount platform, cycle to work scheme and on-site accommodation to name a few.

Additionally, UCLH Arts and Heritage's staff wellbeing programme, Creative Comfort, offers a variety of ways to engage with the arts as a member of UCLH staff. You can try out the weekly choir, weekly art club and join the Culture Club for exclusive access to free and discounted tickets for opera, exhibitions, theatre and more.

We recognise, reward and thank colleagues by nominating them for our annual Celebrating Excellence Awards, which are funded by UCLH Charity.

We are also members of www.mytrustbenefits.co.uk/ which offers discounts on high street retail stores, offers on travel deals, and also to take advantage of cash back schemes.

This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. You are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.

Please note that all correspondence regarding your application will be via email. The emails will be sent to you via TRAC.jobs and not via NHS Jobs, we encourage you to check your inbox regularly.

Please note that if you are at present in a training position on the 2016 new junior doctor's contract and are applying for a Trust doctor role your salary will not be pay protected.

You will be placed on the appropriate point of the Trust Doctor pay scale based on your previous experience.

Please note that if you have not heard from us within 3 weeks of the closing date of the advert to assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion.

The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• Job description (PDF, 544.3KB)
• Functional requirement (PDF, 262.3KB)
• UCLH Values (PDF, 860.9KB)