Band 8a - £40, 028 - £48,034 pa pro rata
University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
Full time (permanent) 

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a permanent position to cover the Children’s Paediatric Intensive Care Unit and Specialist Cardiac ward Matron role, Band 8a full time, at the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children starting with immediate effect. 

Working within the framework of the Modern Matron principles, your key role will be to ensure clinical quality standards are achieved consistently by providing inspirational and visible clinical leadership to the Sisters/Charge Nurses and their nursing teams and assigned Clinical Nurse Specialities, assuring delivery of a modernised, high quality, safe, effective and evidence based nursing service. 

Key working relationships are with other Senior Nurse/Matron colleagues, the Head of Nursing, General Managers and other key staff in the Division and across the Trust. You will also have a link responsibility for ensuring the bereavement agenda is implemented in the children’s hospital, assisting in developing and delivering a robust strategy to ensure high levels of supportive care for families and staff. You will also have link responsibility for organ donation and the patient environmental operational group. 

With experience of managing and leading intensive care departments and/or large acute inpatient wards with high dependency patients, you will require a high level of organisational skills, be driven and have a resourceful and professional approach to work. You should be able to demonstrate excellent inter-personal and communication skills and have the ability to forge and maintain relationships with a variety of clinical and non-clinical staff. The ability to manage a busy workload and to prioritise, quickly find solutions and to focus on the important issues when decision making is essential. You will have evidence of your effective leadership, practice development, change management, clinical expertise and innovation in practice. You will have experience of working at a senior nurse level at Band 7 or above. 

As a member of the senior nursing team, you may also have to lead on key nursing projects and will be required to participate in the Duty Matron rota.

To apply visit our website by clicking on the link below and search using reference 387-WC-1234-SH 

For an informal discussion about this role, please contact Mark Goninon (Head of Nursing/ Assistant Chief Nurse at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children) on 0117 342 8460 ext 28818 or email: mark.goninon@uhbristol.nhs.uk

Selection Day and interview will take place on Thursday 23rd March 2017

Closing date: 3rd March 2017