Matron - Medicine Care Group in Durham inDurham PUBLISHED WED 19 FEB 2025 Jump to job information section

County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest integrated care providers in England, serving a population of around 600,000 people. We are a high performing orgnaisation with a track record of success.

An exciting oppourtunity has arisen for a Matron to join our team in the Medicine Care Group based at University Hospital of North Durham. We are looking for an appropriately experienced, highly motivated and committed Band 8a Matron to work covering the General medicine, Gastroenterology and Endocrinology wards, Alcohol Care Team & associated specialist nurses. This post holder will also support the nursing teams at the University hospital at Bishop Auckland Hospital and Darlington Memorial Hospital as required within the Care Group. The post will involve working closely with the management trumvirate and leading on quality improvement, patient safety and governance and providing strong leadership to the nursing teams. In addition the post holder will have operational responsibilites within the Trust covering the provision of nursing care and clinical leadership.

This post requires the succesful candidate to cover the Site Matron weekend rota

The matron will provide leadership and direction to the staff within care pathways for which they are accountable, to ensure delivery of safe care, high quality care in line with the organisations strategic vision. The post holder must be able to motivate teams to reach their full potential by provision of exemplary line management skills. The Matron will provide expert clinical leadership to frontline staff actively promoting Compassion in Practice, the underpinning 6Cs as well as the Trusts values & Behaviours. The Matron will be accountable for both the standard of nursing/midwifery care and the environment within his/her identified area of responsibility. The Matron will work with clinical teams to maintain excellent standards of care, robust infection control practices, high standards of cleanliness and ensure that privacy and dignity is maintained at all times. The Matron will as part of their role on a regular basis deliver direct patient care meeting the requirements of a registered nurse including assessment, care planning and evaluation of care. It will also include teaching of junior team members.

The Matron will be highly visible and accessible to staff & patients

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The post holder will be readily available to advise staff on all operational management issues/ infection control/patient safety/ quality issues as they arise at ward, team and department level.

Monitor performance against the range of relevant patient safety indicators such as falls, pressure ulcers, VTE, medication errors, record keeping and outline improvement plans where aspirations are not being realised.

The role will be clinically focused and include working alongside nurses in a coaching/ teaching/ supervisory capacity.

The post holder will lead on all aspects of patient safety and complaints for the area of responsibility, launching investigation / root cause analysis as required with support from the relevant clinical lead and general manager.

The Matron will ensure that patient feedback is acted upon and all lessons learned from complaints and incidents implemented. Ensure themes are disseminated widely as part of the overall Clinical Governance framework.

The Matron will champion the experience of people who receive services by striving to improve quality care.

The post holder will provide leadership to ensure caseload management and flow of patients throughout the service effectively; identifying and facilitating solutions to bottlenecks to ensure length of stay and re-admission rates are reduced in line with the organisations objectives.

The post holder will be readily available to advise staff on all operational management issues/ infection control/patient safety/ quality issues as they arise at ward, team and department level.

Monitor performance against the range of relevant patient safety indicators such as falls, pressure ulcers, VTE, medication errors, record keeping and outline improvement plans where aspirations are not being realised.

The role will be clinically focused and include working alongside nurses in a coaching/ teaching/ supervisory capacity.

The post holder will provide leadership to ensure caseload management and flow of patients throughout the service effectively; identifying and facilitating solutions to bottlenecks to ensure length of stay and re-admission rates are reduced in line with the organisations objectives.

The Matron will ensure that the safety of team members is maintained through adherence to Trust Health and Safety Policies.