Matron Elderly Care services

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Closing Date: 20.04.25 (this may change dependent on response) - Shortlisting to take place after closing date: commencing 21.04.25 - Interview expected to take place in the week following shortlisting: commencing 09.05.25

Within the Clinical Service Unit (CSU), the Elderly and Intermediate Care Department have an exciting opportunity for you to join our established team.

As Matron for Elderly Care services, you will be responsible for the 3 acute elderly care wards at Bradford Royal Infirmary and our downstream and intermediate care wards at St Luke's Hospital and two intermediate care wards at Westbourne Green Hospital and Westwood Park Hospital, assisted by a Deputy Matron.

If you are forward-thinking, dynamic, and enthusiastic, and have current acute NHS experience at Band 7 or above with proven leadership and management skills including operational flow, then look no further.

You will need to be flexible and resilient in order to cope with the demands of the role. In addition, you must be able to influence and negotiate in order to improve the service your teams provide for their patients.

The post holder will be based at BRI and be expected to travel to St Luke's, Westwood Park, and Westbourne Green on a weekly basis; therefore, the ability to travel is essential.

The post involves a 5-day standard working week with the ability to be responsive to out of hours working when required.

Main duties of the job

Working closely with the Deputy Director of Nursing, Clinical Director, and Senior General Manager to ensure quality and safety of patients is delivered, as well as delivering financial, strategic, and operational goals.

As Matron, you will be a visible and reassuring presence for our patients and their families whom they can trust to ensure high-quality care is delivered for all patients all of the time. You will be an active member of the team in a continuous drive for quality as well as demonstrating extensive clinical leadership experience.

You will provide professional leadership and ensure that the needs of the patients are placed at the center of everything we do. You will ensure that staff feel supported and thrive within the clinical areas, providing evidence-based quality care to every patient.

With the support of the Deputy Director of Nursing, you will take responsibility for action planning and implementing change within the clinical area, working with the ward and service managers to ensure that specialty, CSU, and Trust objectives and targets are met.

You will be able to demonstrate how you have positively influenced nursing and elderly patient care and have experience of change management. The ideal candidate must have a proven track record of progressive leadership and development, be an effective role model, self-motivated with passion, drive, and adaptability to cope with continuously changing services.

About us

Our People Charter outlines the behaviours we can expect from one another and what you can expect from Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust:

• We are one team

We're keen to meet people who share these values and are passionate about delivering the highest quality of care to our patients.

Job responsibilities

For full details of this role and responsibilities, please see the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Experience

• Substantial current management/leadership experience at senior nurse level in relevant clinical specialty.
• Current experience of working within an Acute Hospital NHS setting.
• Experience of working within Acute Elderly Care services.
• Current experience of managing operation flow within an acute NHS hospital.
• Able to demonstrate an understanding of Health Policy and its impact on the Professional Nursing Agenda and BTHFT.
• Experience of delivering service improvements with demonstrable positive impact on patient safety, patient experience, and quality of care.
• Evidence of a track record of developing nursing, or research experience and audit application.
• Leading and developing a team.
• Experience of budget management including human resource management, quality assurance, change management, complaints handling, policy implementation, and participation in Trust-wide initiatives/committee membership.

Skills

• Knowledge of quality, standard setting, and audit.
• Ability to lead a large team.
• Organisation and management skills.
• Negotiating skills.
• Team building skills.
• Appraisal skills.
• Ability to manage change.
• Articulate with advanced written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively under pressure.
• IT Skills (Including proficiency with Microsoft Office Packages and accurate, fast typing skills).
• Capable of working strategically (business planning, service improvements, strategies for infection control).
• Ability to meet deadlines.
• Maintain accurate records.
• Ability to undertake surveys or audits, as necessary e.g. audit of clinical incidents.

Knowledge

• Quality, standard setting, benchmarking, and audit.
• Budget and people management.
• Current issues in healthcare/specialty.
• Nursing Agenda.
• Clinical Governance.
• IPandC.
• Fundamentals of Care.
• Patient Safety Issues.

Qualifications

• First level Registered Nurse.
• First Degree or equivalent level of knowledge and experience gained in a relevant environment.
• Post Registration qualification/or robust CPD in relevant specialty.
• Recognised Leadership Qualification or equivalent experience.
• Evidence of commitment to continuous learning and application in practice.
• A Masters level qualification in relevant subject or evidence of equivalent knowledge and experience.

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.

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust