Theatre Matron - Surgical Directorate

Job Overview

Glan Clwyd Hospital is the tertiary referral centre for North Wales and has a wide range of unscheduled and scheduled clinical services ranging from general medicine and surgery to being the tertiary hub for Critical Care, Vascular, Head and Neck, Cardiovascular, Cancer, Paediatrics and Neonatal Intensive Care.

Main duties of the job

The Director of Nursing and Theatre Manager are seeking to appoint a forward thinking and dynamic Theatre Matron that has senior leadership experience within an acute hospital environment. The successful candidate will provide inspirational leadership and direction to the senior theatre team leaders, in order to develop and enhance excellent standards of patient care. The role’s focus will be on service improvement, ensuring high standards of quality and safety and provision of visible leadership to the multi-disciplinary team. The post holder will work closely with the Theatre Manager, Head of Nursing, Clinical Director and General Manager to ensure strategic objectives of the directorate and health board are met.

This is an exciting time to join the senior multi professional team at Glan Clwyd as we work towards:

• Embedding the Chief Nursing Officer five key priorities for Wales
• Implementing the Pathway to Excellence Ward Accreditation programme
• Using Quality improvement methodology as our change agent
• Crafting the “Joy at Work” strategy for the site
  
  

In order to ensure your success as a Theatre Matron you will receive:

• A structured induction programme
• “What next” career conversation with regard to your future career aspiration
• Access to leadership programmes internal and external
• Access to external coaching
• Quality Improvement trainin
  
  

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Working for our organisation

If you relish a challenge, have a passion to help others or simply fancy a fresh start, then Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) North Wales, has all the right ingredients. The largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around 700,000, across North Wales . Join our team and get the support you need, in line with our Organisational Values and ‘Proud to Lead’ competence framework.

Enjoy being part of working with engaged leadership at all levels, and be assured we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and are proud to welcome applicants under the “Disability Confident Employer” scheme.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac

Person specification

Qualifications & Training

Essential criteria

• Registered nurse or Registered ODP
• Degree in Nursing
• Teaching Assessing Qualification or Equivalent
• Evidence of Continuous Professional Development
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Post Grad Management Qualification
• Leadership Qualification
• Masters Degree in Nursing
  
  

Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant relevant experience in a managerial post
• Proven experience of senior nursing operational/manager within nursing
• Experience and working knowledge of safeguarding
• Proving experience of leading clinical teams and professional agendas
• Proven experience of budgetary/financial management/accountability
• Proven track record in improving patient experience and gaining feedback on service delivery
• Previous experience of human resource management
• Ability to develop business cases
  
  

Personal and People development

Essential Criteria

• Demonstrate enthusiasm towards teaching and sharing knowledge
• Up to date in all current issues related to professional nursing practice
  
  

Service Improvement

Essential Criteria

• Multi-professional problem solving in teams
• Ability to develop and maintain constructive relationships with all professional disciplines
• Ability to analyse complex clinical issues/problems, identify necessary action and make recommendations and follow these through
• Proven experience in leading and managing change and service improvement
  
  

Quality

Essential Criteria

• Ability to work to deadlines and under pressure
• Managing quality improvement development programmes within a multi-professional environment
• Able to set and monitor standards of care that ensure this is delivered to an exceptional standard
  
  

Equality and Diversity

Essential Criteria

• Experience of Equal Opportunity policies and procedures
• Ability to identify and take action when own or other’s undermines equality and diversity
• EqIA Assessment experience
  
  

Information, collection and analysis

Essential Criteria

• Advanced computer skills including knowledge of databases, spreadsheets
• Presentation skills to include communicating highly complex and highly sensitive information to large groups
  
  

Research and Development, Education and Training

Essential Criteria

• Ability to provide formal teaching to staff/colleagues
• Good research knowledge
  
  

Management Skills

Essential criteria

• Proven ability to analyse highly complex problems and to develop and successfully implement practical and workable solutions to address them
• Ability to think and plan strategically, tactically and creatively, and to prioritise work programs in the face of competing demands;
• A strong sense of personal and team accountability coupled to a clear understanding of the boundaries around delegated authority;
• Ability to collaborate constructively with internal and external partners to create the conditions for successful partnership working;
• A good understanding of the changing NHS environment
• Financial Management. Knowledge of staff management processes
• Experiencing of working as a Bronze on call manager out of hours
  
  

Leadership Skills

Essential criteria

• Experience of managing a broad range of staff
• Strong sense of commitment to openness, and integrity in undertaking the role
• Ability to prioritise effectively
• Advanced decision making skills
• Sound political judgement and thorough understanding of working with complex policy and diverse interest groups
• Have the ability to know when, and with whom, to escalate and brief on critical issues
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Ability to be intellectually flexible and to look beyond existing structures, ways of working, boundaries and organisations to produce more effective and innovative service delivery and partnerships