About this role
Job summary
Interest and applications are sought from senior nurses with a professional, motivated approach and experience of leading a large team. Experience in Endoscopy is desirable but not essential to the role, however a genuine commitment and drive for endoscopy service development is. Experience of leading a team in a theatre, day case, ambulatory or procedural setting would also be beneficial.
Main duties of the job
The Matron will be accountable for the clinical operation and quality of the service, working with the close engagement of our supportive consultant body, and the Gastroenterology Care Group Triumvirate Team. Ensuring compliance and commitment to the JAG accreditation process and providing clinical leadership to ensure high quality endoscopy practice and nursing care are key to this exciting role .
The Matron will also hold budgetary responsibility of the area as part of ensuring efficiency and productivity of the Endoscopy department.
The role includes the requirement to work on the clinical manager on call rota, which enables the opportunity to develop as a senior nurse within the wider hospital as well as being part of the wider senior medicine nursing team in Medicine.
About us
NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group (UHL Group) was formed on 1 November 2024, born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our communities.
We are one of the largest employers in region, with over 18,900 colleagues who are dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services that extend to more than two million people in the North West.
We operate from five hospital sites:Aintree University Hospitalis the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside, and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility.Broadgreen Hospitalis home to several elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation.Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospitalprovide specialist services incardiothoracic surgery,cardiology and respiratory medicine, both in the hospital and out in the community.Liverpool Women's Hospitalspecialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. TheRoyal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single en-suite bedrooms and mainly focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
Job description Job responsibilities
Support the senior leadership team by ensuring that optimum quality of care and clinical excellence is achieved and maintained by working collaboratively and co-operatively with clinical teams, patients, patient representatives, relatives and carers.
Provide strong clinical leadership on the quality of care provided, and cleanliness of the environment.
Role model a quality driven, and caring and compassionate leadership style, upholding the standards and values of the nursing profession at all times.
Ensure that operational plans and performance are closely managed, by proactively leading and providing solutions to resolve difficult operational issues.
Deal competently with difficult issues ensuring that policy is implemented and performance managed on behalf of the senior leadership team.
Implement patient centred clinical and nursing operational strategy and plans, ensuring that systems and processes are in place to comply with relevant legislation and governance requirements, including linking with external bodies when required, utilising the expertise and skills of the wider Divisional team.
Contribute to strategic direction and policy setting for the Division, forming an essential two way communications link between the Care Group and staff in departments ensuring that key messages, team brief etc. are shared and discussed, demonstrating a coaching style of leadership, ensuring that clinical, staff and stakeholder engagement is in place, and action taken to address issues.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Clinical Professional Qualification. Degree level or equivalent Post-graduate/registration Management or Training qualification /equivalent
Experience Essential
Demonstrable experience as a clinical manager, with responsibility for clinical quality, people management, budget responsibility and successful delivery of performance targets and quality standards within strict financial controls.
Knowledge Essential
Understanding and appreciation of diversity Key issues and pace of change facing the NHS nationally and locally, assess and describe impact on nursing/clinical professional service.
Desirable
Principles and impact of the NHS Constitution Knowledge and understanding of computerised financial, management, budgetary management and workforce information systems Knowledge and understanding of governance arrangements and standards in the NHS and the wider health and social care economy
Skills Essential
Coaching & values led leadership style, encouraging engagement and empowerment amongst staff and stakeholders, and in developing high performing teams A high level of communication skills, to include but not exclusively, mediation, negotiation, consultation, facilitation, presentation, training and coaching skills using well developed interpersonal skills to influence, inform, reconcile differences and resolve conflicts. Solve difficult problems, using a solution focused approach demonstrating competent persuasive and influencing skills Analyse data and information, including preparing responses to issues, weighing risks and forming judgements often within tight timescales. Competently implement business plans, business cases and project plans in order to deliver the Clinical Service Strategy for the area. Coordinate area day to day clinical operational activity to meet challenging performance targets within tight financial controls Implement policy and implementation plans to deliver the clinical strategy and plans ensuring successful implementation Demonstrate competent project management skills Cope with competing priorities and a demanding workload Deal with uncertainty in a political environment Work in an environment with frequent interruptions, and within stressful, unpredictable situations including responding to and solving urgent and emergency situations day to day.
Desirable
Research information and use audit skills to applying findings to influence practice and develop business cases/plans. IT literate and able to use standard office software and bespoke systems. Imaginative and innovative in developing new ways of working in meeting patient care and service needs
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address Aintree
Lower Lane
Liverpool
L9 7AL
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)