Job Description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Matron to join our inpatient team within Croydon Directorate.



The post holder will lead and be responsible for the delivery of high quality care and patient experience within the acute inpatient setting through proactive clinical and professional leadership to nursing/non-nursing staff at all levels within their clinical area of responsibility.



The post holder will need to ensure the delivery of high quality, evidence based, compassionate, person-centred care and ensure that care delivered is in a safe and clean environment.



This is an exciting post that allows for close working and collaboration with senior management and clinicians in the future development of the directorate. The inpatient matron will be an integral part of the Nursing, Quality and Assurance Team.



The successful candidates will have exceptional communication, motivational and influencing skills being able to influence and encourage teams to work across organisational boundaries whilst holding patient care at the heart of their work.



The candidates will need to be passionate about the delivery of high quality patient care and have experience in leadership. The post holder will be a 'self-starter' and be able to work autonomously as well as part of a multi professional team.



The post holder will deliver on the Matron's 10 Key Responsibilities;



Leading by example



Making sure patients get quality care



Ensuring staffing is appropriate to patient needs



Empowering nurses to take on a wider range of clinical service



Improving hospital cleanliness



Ensuring patients' nutritional needs are met



Improving wards for patients (to include supporting ward in identification of ligatures and management plan regarding existing ligatures)



Making sure patients are treated with respect



Preventing hospital-acquired infection



Resolving problems for patients and their relatives by building closer relationships



Please see attached for full job description and person specification



We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close knit team at SLaM. It's important to us that you feel valued and appreciated and that is why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer.

Some of our benefits are highlighted here:

Generous pay, pensions and leave, we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.



Work life balance, flexible working and supporting a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.



Career development, There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes



Car lease, our staff benefit from competitive deals to lease cars



Accommodation, our staff benefit from keyworker housing which is available on selected sites



NHS discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands through Health Service Discounts website.

Other benefits include:

Counselling services



Wellbeing events



Long service awards



Cycle to work scheme



Season ticket loan



Childcare vouchers



Staff restaurants



The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the attachment with the job advert.