Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatrics
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity Leave Cover)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 396-6445669-MA-PB-Z
- Employer
- Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Kingston Hospital
- Town
- Kingston
- Salary
- £56,388 - £62,785 pa incl HCAS pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Matron - Paediatric Inpatients
Band 8a
Kingston Hospital - First Acute Trust in London to be rated Outstanding by CQC for Overall Quality and Leadership
Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a district general hospital situated in a beautiful and remarkable part of the country – close to London yet surrounded by royal parks, historic buildings and the River Thames. We are located on a single site in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey and run several outpatient clinics in neighbouring areas including Raynes Park Health Centre and Teddington Memorial Hospital.
We employ just under 5000 staff who proudly and efficiently support over 350,000 people locally through a full range of diagnostic and treatment services and we have a national reputation for innovative developments in healthcare, particularly in 'patient-focused' care, day surgery and maternity services.
The South West London Collaborative Bank
Kingston Hospital is a part of the local South West London Collaborative and offer competitive bank rates to work across the three NHS trusts: St Georges, Kingston Hospital and Epsom & St Helier. Our Smart App booking system makes life easier for flexible working!
Health and Wellbeing & Staff Benefits
The Trust understands that benefits go beyond just financial rewards and invests heavily in the wellbeing of its staff. Alongside opportunities for career development, there is a dedicated team of Staff Pastoral Wellbeing Practitioners who work with the Clinical and Corporate divisions, to provide pastoral support to all staff. These Practitioners are part of the wider Health & Wellbeing provision which includes a specialist Staff Physiotherapist, Occupational Health and access to counselling and an Employee Assistance Programme. The team works together to enhance staff wellbeing and to promote a healthy work-life balance.
Recent awards:
- Our Health Heroes Awards 2018 – Staff Retention and Wellbeing Employer of the Year
- HPMA Vivup Award for Well Being 2019
- NHSE National Healthcare Support Worker Award for Innovation and Excellence in Pastoral Support – 2023
- NHSE London Healthcare Support Worker Award for Sustainable Retention Initiative – 2023
Trust Values
Kingston Hospital NHS Trust has five key values and we want to employ and work with people who share these values and demonstrate behaviours that support them. They are:
- Caring – Design and deliver care around each individual patient’s needs and wants.
- Safe – Make the safety of patients and staff our prime concern as safety comes first
- Responsible – All staff take responsibility for the hospital, its services and reputation
- Value Each Other – Value each other's contribution
- Inspiring - We always strive to empower each other to develop and deliver improvements to benefit our patients
Job overview
Due to Maternity leave, an exciting opportunity has arisen for a Paediatric Matron for the Paediatric department at Kingston Hospital Foundation Trust.
The Paediatric Unit comprises of an inpatient ward with 24 beds and 2 high dependency beds, a Paediatric Assessment Unit (PAU) / ambulatory care unit, a designated children’s outpatients, a paediatric outreach nursing team and level 1 POSCU.
It is a busy, friendly unit that provides high quality care for children and young people with a wide range of acute medical & surgical illnesses and complex conditions.
You will be expected to take the professional nursing lead for the paediatric inpatient and outpatient services within the department, working alongside a highly motivated nursing and medical team. You will part of the management team; working with the clinical lead and service manager in order to provide a quality and efficient service for Children and Young People at Kingston Hospital.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be clinically based and responsible for the delivery of high quality paediatric care at all times, providing clear professional and clinical leadership. The post holder will maintain effective communication channels throughout the Trust in order to ensure that the needs of the patient and their family are placed at the centre of care delivery. To work collaboratively with the Paediatric nursing teams to ensure that the standards of patient care and cleanliness of unit environment continue to improve. Provide a visible and authoritative presence in the ward areas for families to access for advice and support. Be an active participant in the Trust wide senior nurse forums (Matrons Forum; Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professional Board).
Working for our organisation
Kingston Hospital - First Acute Trust in London to be rated Outstanding by CQC for Overall Quality and Leadership
Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a district general hospital situated in a beautiful and remarkable part of the country – close to London yet surrounded by royal parks, historic buildings and the River Thames. We are located on a single site in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey and run several outpatient clinics in neighbouring areas including Raynes Park Health Centre and Teddington Memorial Hospital.
We employ 3,300+ staff who proudly and efficiently support over 350,000 people locally through a full range of diagnostic and treatment services and we have a national reputation for innovative developments in healthcare, particularly in 'patient-focused' care, day surgery and maternity services.
The Trust understands that benefits go beyond just financial rewards and offers a wide range of benefits that recognise staff contribution, provide opportunities for career development and offer initiatives to promote a healthy work-life balance.
-Our Health Heroes Awards 2018 – Staff Retention and Wellbeing Employer of the Year.
-HPMA Vivup Award for Well Being 2019.
The Trust has defined its culture as one that is patient centred which puts safety first and where all staff take responsibility, are valued and value each other. To support this our four values are that we are all:
Caring - Safe - Responsible - Value each other - Inspiring
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RN (Child)
- Recognised Post Graduate management qualification or equivalent experience
- ENB 998 or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Masters level qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant years of experience at Band 7 with management responsibility of a Paediatric unit
- Experience of Quality improvement and audit
- Experience of staff management/employee relations management
- Experince of dealing with written and/or verbal complaints
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships in an MDT environment
- Demonstrable ability to lead and influence others
- Excellent management and organisational skills
- Quality focussed with an innovative apprach and ability to solving complex problems
Desirable criteria
- Business planning
Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
Telephone: 02082963786
Text: 07501066267
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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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Tracey Kelly
- Job title
- Head of Nursing
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0208 934 2914
- Additional information
For further details or to make an informal visit please contact:
Tracey Kelly, Head of Nursing, Planned Care on 07787 222803 or [email protected]
Between 26 June and 16 July, please contact Claire Murphy, Paediatric Matron on 07342099834 or [email protected]
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