Matron Theatres

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

About

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust is a community focused provider of local and acute care, providing high quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich and Bexley. With a turnover of around £700 million, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham and a range of community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup.

The Trust has 7,500 staff and we have recently invested in our workforce to grow our establishment across a number of key services. In 2020 we won a London NHS Parliamentary Award in recognition of a wide range of initiatives to make the organisation a great place to work. We are accredited as a flexible working employer offering a number of flexible working options for staff. We are also accredited as a London Living Wage employer for our substantive, bank and contractors.

Our hospitals provide a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, as well as emergency and planned care. Over the last year, our emergency performance has been among the strongest in London, despite our emergency departments being among the busiest in the capital.

Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich regularly achieves the fastest ambulance turnaround times in London. The critical care unit at the hospital is one of the few in the country to meet the gold standard for consultant and junior doctor staffing.

University Hospital Lewisham has the largest stroke rehabilitation centre in the country, and the third largest specialist centre in the UK for treating blood conditions such as sickle cell. The hospital is one of the few in the country to offer opt-out HIV testing in the emergency department, ensuring that any patient who has a blood test is routinely screened for HIV.

The Trust’s community services for children and adults in Lewisham are rated “Outstanding” by the Care Quality Commission.

The Trust is a centre for the education and training of medical students enrolled with King’s College London’s GKT School of Medical Education. We are a training centre for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals. We are pioneering new roles that will support the changing needs of our patients and are one of the largest employers of physician associates in the country.

We are committed to working with our partners to deliver the best outcomes for our local communities. This means playing an active role in the South East London Integrated Care System (ICS), and in formal partnerships including the South East London Acute Provider Collaborative, provider partnerships with our local mental health trusts and borough-based boards of the ICS in Bexley, Greenwich and Lewisham.

Key details

Location

Site: Lewisham Hospital

Address: Lewisham High Street

Town: London

Postcode: SE136LH

Major / Minor Region: London

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Permanent (Previous applicants should not re-apply)

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Mon - Sun)

Salary

Salary: £53,755 - £60,504 per annum

Salary period: Yearly

Grade: (Band 8a)

Specialty

Main area: Surgery

Job overview

Are you passionate about providing exceptional healthcare services? Lewisham and Greenwich Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking a dedicated Matron to join our dynamic Theatres team. This is an incredible opportunity to make a real difference in patient care through leadership, expertise, and collaboration.

There is one theatres service which is delivered across both our Lewisham Hospital and Queen Elizabeth Hospital locations, providing both elective and emergency surgery. Leading a team of theatres coordinators, you will be responsible for 11 theatres at Lewisham Hospital. Working collaboratively with your counterpart theatres matron at Queen Elizabeth hospital, you will also work closely with consultants and other clinical colleagues to develop and implement high-quality services that meet the needs of our patients.

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To provide strong clinical leadership to ensure the smooth and effective running of the main theatres and strive for continuous productivity improvements to achieve national elective best practice standards.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To manage the quality of the provision of nursing care at all times, within their ward / department by:

1. Holding Ward/Departmental Sister/Charge Nurse to account for delivery of their key performance indicators in clinical areas on the Perfect Ward App.
2. In conjunction with the Directorate’s Workforce Manager ensure effective action is taken where nursing performance is at risk of falling below expected levels and standards are not maintained.
3. Ensuring that the Trust’s nursing and Midwifery priorities are implemented locally.
4. To take appropriate action on issues of staff discipline, grievance, poor performance and sickness, up to but not including dismissal.

Risk & clinical governance

1. Ensure patients are cared for in a clean and safe environment, including the appropriate decontamination of multi-use equipment, taking remedial action if standards are not maintained.
2. Be champions for driving the infection prevention and control agenda and challenging poor practice.
3. Manage and respond to complaints and adverse incidents, including serious untoward incidents. Liaise with the PALS Department regarding informal complaints and where possible actively diffuse complaints to avoid escalation.
4. Undertake root cause analysis and develop action plans, ensuring that this leads to change in practice.
5. Ensure Risk Assessments are undertaken and action plans implemented in wards and departments.
6. Lead on the implementation of patient safety strategies such as Saving Lives and Clinical Performance Indicators.
7. Share best practice and drive improvements in patient care through the Matrons’ Forum.
8. In conjunction with the Head of Nursing, the Matron will be responsible for monitoring and maintaining excellent clinical standards within clinical teams.

Professional leadership and staff management

1. Be a visible leader who is accessible to patients, visitors and staff.
2. Provide professional and clinical leadership within their wards / department.
3. Take forward and develop, the nursing and midwifery contribution to excellent service provision.
4. Develop Ward/Departmental Sister/Charge Nurse in leadership and management.
5. Ensure that nursing staff comply with Trust-wide policies and procedures.
6. Represent the Trust at local and National forums promoting achievements in patient care.

R&D, education and training

1. Undertake training needs analysis in conjunction with the Training and Development Lead and the Practice Development Nurses.
2. Support the development and implementation of education and training programs within area of responsibility for nurses and midwives.
3. Be responsible for developing own skills and knowledge and contribute to the development of others.
4. Provide advice relating to approved R & D projects.
5. Work in collaboration with the Ward/Departmental Sisters/ Charge Nurses to monitor and regulate training and development of all staff.

Professional standards and patient experience

1. Promote excellent standards in all wards/departments through:
2. Promotion of a nurturing environment for patients, relatives, visitors and staff through monitoring, measuring, actioning and evaluating.
3. Advocating for patients at all times.
4. Daily ward rounds and monitoring observations of care.
5. Implementing a system for gaining patient feedback, responding to adverse outcomes.
6. Driving the privacy and dignity agenda.
7. To work in collaboration with the Management Team to ensure maintenance of level 2 NHSLA standards and undertake developments to support the achievement of level 3.

Implementing the Matrons’ Charter (Section 11 – Infection Control)

The Matron will be competent in the use of appropriate equipment in use within his/her own area. They will ensure that all staff within their area have access to training and are facilitated in the achievement of their competencies. Mandatory training in Health & Safety should be undertaken in line with Trust policy.

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

Qualifications and Training

Essential criteria

• Degree Registered nurse [Part 1] / or theatres Practitioner Post registration qualification or equivalent experience in theatres specialty.
• Master’s degree in relevant discipline or in process of studying to Masters level or equivalent experience.
• Teaching and assessing qualification.

Desirable criteria

• Change or human factor training.

Experience

Essential criteria

• Proven experience of working in surgical specialities and theatres including high volume and/or day surgery.
• Senior clinical experience within speciality.
• Partnership/multi-professional working.
• Managing staff.
• Developing and implementing service development initiatives. Demonstrate experience of change management.
• Developing and implementing educational programmes for patients and staff.
• Research and audit.
• Proven track record of staff development and team working.

Desirable criteria

• Effective budget management.
• Service/professional presentations to a wide group.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential criteria

• Advanced nursing skills relevant to specialty.
• Advanced verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.
• Experience of managing and leading a team.
• Working with and within a diverse community.
• Demonstrates innovative thinking.
• Facilitation skills. Understanding of the health and social care agenda and commissioning processes in the current political environment.

Desirable criteria

• Presentation and publishing experience.
• Finance and resource management. Knowledge base of research methodology.
• Project management skills.
• IT skills word/excel.
• Keyboard skills.

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria

• Leadership qualities.
• Facilitative working style. Sensitivity to emotional situations.
• Able to use own initiative.
• Ability to deal with stressful situations and to manage conflicting priorities.
• Able to cope with interruptions and adapting workload to service need.
• Ability to work autonomously and as a member of a multidisciplinary team.
• Good attendance record. Flexible and able to work on any hospital site, or community sites.

Desirable criteria

• Presentation and publishing experience. Finance and resource management.
• Knowledge base of research methodology. Project management skills.
• IT skills word/excel.
• Keyboard skills.

Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Branita Mills

Job title: Head of Nursing

Email address: [email protected]

Telephone number: 07533446206