Matron For Care Quality

at  NHS Blood and Transplant

JOB SUMMARY

This is a national vacancy, the successful candidate may be based at any of our main centres in the UK, final location to be agreed at interview.
We require a confident and self assured clinical leader; the post holder will provide their team with clear, expectations. You will need to build relationships across NHSBT and be an effective interface with other departments to support and strengthen the team, ensure clarity of responsibilities and build success. Be the champion of dignified compassionate care. Attend sessions regularly and establish a credible presence being highly visible and recognisable to donors and staff. Providing leadership and support to clinical and non clinical staff, including being able to advise on clinical practice issues, demonstrating an understanding of professional guidance, nursing policy and relevant statutes

EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE

• Significant leadership and management experience in a clinical environment at a senior level
• Experience of successful improvement in service delivery and implantation of change
• Evidence of experience in setting, monitoring & evaluating standards of care
• Experience of mentorship, coaching and presentation of educational materials
• Experience of working with budgets and use of financial/activity information
• Current understanding of developments withing the wider NHS including benchmarking and similar services
• Experience of working with Information Technology using Microsoft Office packages (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)

QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING

• Registered Nurse with current Nursing and Midwifery Council registration (which must be maintained) as Adult Nurse level 1 or 2 or Children’s Nurse level 1
• Postgraduate professional qualification OR equivalent training and experience in a relevant field
• Evidence of commitment to continued learning and application in practice
• Demonstrates commitment to own continued professional development (CPD)
  Please view the attached recruitment profile which is a summary of the detailed Job Description and Person Specification for the full personal attributes we require for the role. You will need to demonstrate these throughout the recruitment process.

ABOUT US

It takes all types of people to deliver the kind of service that saves and improves lives. At NHS Blood and Transplant, you’ll join a team of more than 6,000 people who are making a genuine difference to communities, families, friends, relatives and more across the UK. We play a unique and special role in the NHS by helping people do something extraordinary- donate blood, blood products, organs, tissues, or stem cells to save someone in need.
Our three core values are what set us apart. They guide and inspire everything we do.
By being caring, expertly meeting the needs of our patients and our people, and accepting nothing less than the best quality, we can do extraordinary work and help our people to do something extraordinary in their career, too. Three small words, one big difference - Caring, Expert and Quality. Together we’ll save and improve more lives than ever.
You will join us on our journey to create an inclusive workplace and aim to reflect the diverse communities we work with, and we positively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

In this role you will lead and manage the Regional Matrons, reporting to the Deputy Chief Nurse for Blood Donation.

• Accountable for all processes on session, you will define the framework of systems within which blood donation can be effective. Ensuring all systems are fully integrated across all functions in NHSBT delivering the stable foundations on which to improve and remove any barriers to effective and lean service delivery. To achieve this, you will ensure our established systems and processes are fit for purpose, identifying areas for improvement or redesign. Designing and implementing improved or new systems working collaboratively across all functions within NHSBT. It will be essential for you to work with professionals from a wide variety of disciplines and donors to develop policy and protocols.
• You will be expected to actively contribute to the development of senior nursing leaders through advancing their knowledge and skills and developing the new systems in collaboration with them.
• You will provide clarity around all standards of donor care and services (clinical and non clinical) and have maximum positive impact on the donor experience.
• Accountable for ensuring high quality clinical and process content of the Blood Donation education and training materials.
• Accountable (owner) for the controlled documents used within Blood Donation.
• You will demonstrate and be a source of expert knowledge of blood and component donation processes, operations and practice within Blood Donation.
• You will exercise individual accountability in line with Clinical Governance and professional requirements committed to and holding all to account for the delivery and continuous improvement of an excellent donor experience.
• Working as the operational link with the Clinical Director Blood Supply, the Lead Quality Specialist for Blood Donation and be a visible member of the Blood Donation Clinical Audit Risk and Effectiveness group in order to identify opportunities for improvement.
• You will ensure professional leadership at all times to the highest standards of nursing as per the NMC code of professional conduct.