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About
The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH) is one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in the UK, with a national and international reputation for the excellence of its services and its role in teaching and research.
Find out more about the Trust on their web-site at www.ouh.nhs.uk
Watch how OUH goes about delivering compassionate excellence on the ouhnhs YouTube channel
Cardiology Matron
Accepting applications until: 08-Aug-2024 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 08-Aug-2024 23:59
Key details
Location
- Gwefan
- John Radcliffe Hospital
- Cyfeiriad
- Headley Way
- Tref
- Oxford
- Cod post
- OX3 9DU
- Major / Minor Region
- Oxfordshire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Oriau
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
- Cyflog
- £58,972 - £68,525 per annum pro rata
- Cyfnod cyflog
- Yearly
- Gradd
- (NHS AfC: Band 8b)
Specialty
- Prif leoliad
- Cardiac
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
Many of our recruitment programmes use Value Based Interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significant difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families. For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visit www.ouh.nhs.uk/about/vision-and-values
Trosolwg o'r swydd
The Oxford University Hospitals NHS trust is looking to appoint a Matron to work within the Cardiology department in the Heart centre at the John Radcliffe Hospital for a year long secondment.
You will work in a clinically led partnership with the Divisional Nurse, Clinical Director and Operational Service Manager to shape and deliver the ambitions of the service, as a key member of the multi-disciplinary team. The Matron is responsible for ensuring the efficient and effective day-to-day running across the directorate, delivering key quality, performance, and financial plans, service improvements within the Clinical Directorate, line managing designated staff and reporting to the Clinical Director.
Your role as the Cardiology Matron will be to provide leadership, support, and motivation to our high performing team, using critical thinking in clinical decision making to maintain a safe and efficient environment for patients and staff. You will join an enthusiastic team, who will work together to ensure that nursing, in conjunction with other aspects of clinical care, are delivered to the highest standard, and in line with the local and national strategy.
We will recruit a Matron who is highly skilled, motivated, proactive and has proven clinical and people management skills. We encourage ambition, strong communication skills, a professional attitude, and a passion for promoting and delivering high-quality care as part of a large MDT.
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The Matron is responsible for ensuring the efficient and effective day-to-day running of the Clinical Directorate, delivering key quality, performance, and financial plans, achieving key service improvements within the Clinical Directorate and line managing designated staff.
The post holder will provide professional and management leadership to all nursing staff in the Clinical Directorate in order to achieve the Trust’s corporate objectives and will be expected to make a positive contribution to the delivery of health care across the local health community.
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more here www.ouh.nhs.uk
The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
Swydd ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
The Oxford University Hospitals NHS trust is looking to appoint a Matron to work within the Cardiology department in the Heart centre at the John Radcliffe Hospital. This post is within the Directorate of Cardiothoracic which comprises of Intervention, Imaging, structural, Cardiac Rhythm Management, Cardiology, heart failure, cardiac rehabilitation, inherited cardiac conditions, cardiac research, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Integrated Community Services, Thoracic and Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Critical Care.
You will work in a clinically led partnership with the Divisional Nurse, Clinical Director and Operational Service Manager to shape and deliver the ambitions of the service, which will include being a key member of the multi-disciplinary team. The Matron is responsible for ensuring the efficient and effective day-to-day running across the directorate, delivering key quality, performance, and financial plans, achieving key service improvements within the Clinical Directorate, line managing designated staff and reporting to the Clinical Director.
Your role as the Cardiology Matron will be to provide leadership, support, and motivation to our high performing team, using critical thinking in clinical decision making to maintain a safe and efficient environment for patients and staff. You will join an enthusiastic team, who will work together to ensure that nursing, in conjunction with other aspects of clinical care, are delivered to the highest standard, and in line with the local and national strategy.
We will recruit a Matron who is highly skilled, motivated, proactive and has proven clinical and people management skills. We encourage ambition, people that excel in communication skills, have a professional attitude, what more a passion for promoting and delivering compassionate high-quality care as part of a large multi-disciplinary team.
We can offer a supportive environment with a strong commitment to continuing professional development.
COVID-19: The COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment , we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information at Oxfordshire County Council Website where you can also find out more about how to access vaccination.
Nursing and Midwifery: For candidates applying from outside the UK: Please be advised that we work in partnership with Envertiz who will be managing your recruitment therefore by applying you are consenting to us passing your contact details and application to Envertiz so they can manage your recruitment and on-boarding. If you do not consent to this, please do not apply.
Probation Period: This post is subject to a 6 month probationary period. If you currently hold a contract of employment with the Oxford University Hospitals, this will not apply. This statement does not apply to Medical staff or Executive Appointments.
Referencing: When providing employment reference details please provide correct work related email addresses so references can be sought promptly when we are looking to progress your application. Your first referee will need to be your line manager, supervisor or clinical lead from your current or most recent post or place of study. Please note that if you have previously worked for the Trust we will require a reference from your last Manager, this information is essential if your offer of employment is to be confirmed.
Next Steps: Please make sure that you read the job description and person specification, and that your supporting statement reflects this as your application will be judged against these criteria. Candidates selected for interview will be contacted after the short-listing process, usually within 2 weeks. (Please note that shortlisting times vary when applying for a Medical position within the Trust). The majority of correspondence will be via the e-recruitment system; therefore you should check your emails regularly including junk mail folders in web-based email products.
No unsolicited recruitment agency telephone calls or emails.
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.
Person specification
criteria
Meini prawf hanfodol
- *Qualifications - Relevant professional/clinical qualification (RN and/or RM)
- Educated to degree level or equivalent level of experience
- Current or on-going Masters level study in management is desirable
- *Experience/Knowledge - Substantial experience of operational (and strategic) management in an acute hospital setting in a senior nurse role.
- Knowledge and experience of leading significant change, delivering tangible and sustained improvements.
- Track record of effectively handling competing priorities, meeting challenging deadlines and delivering under pressure.
- Experience of developing business and workforce plans in line with future service requirements
- Through knowledge and understanding of the key issues facing the NHS e.g. relevant NSF, NICE guidance
- Extensive knowledge and experience of practice and policy across a broad range of responsibilities e.g. financial systems and budgetary control. Corporate and Clinical Governance, Health and Safety and Human Resources.
- Experience of motivating staff and improving performance
- Organisational skills – able to deliver objectives within an agreed timeframe
- Leadership skills – excellent leadership and influencing skills with the ability to enthuse, motivate and involve individuals and teams.
- Able to build rapport and credibility with senior clinical and managerial colleagues
- Strategic and business planning – able to think and plan strategically, tactically and creatively; to gain agreement to relevant plans and to implement plans through service delivery
- Successful track record in conflict resolution and performance management
- *Leadership - Open, participative, dynamic and supportive leadership with a flexible management style.
- Determined and resilient.
- Commitment to on-going lifelong learning and personal development
- Ability to promote equality of opportunity for service users and staff
- *Skills - Excellent communication skills and highly developed interpersonal and influencing skills.
- Ability to organise a diverse teams to deliver high standard of patient care.
- Organisational skills.
- Leadership skills.
Documents
Further details / informal visits contact
- Enw
- Sarah Curtis
- Teitl y swydd
- Divisional director of Nursing MRC
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
- Rhif ffôn
- 01865 223878
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