Matron

Interest and applications are sought from senior nurses with a professional, motivated approach and experience of leading a large team. Experience in Endoscopy is desirable but not essential to the role, however a genuine commitment and drive for endoscopy service development is. Experience of leading a team in a theatre, day case, ambulatory or procedural setting would also be beneficial.

The Matron will be accountable for the clinical operation and quality of the service, working with the close engagement of our supportive consultant body, and the Gastroenterology Care Group Triumvirate Team. Ensuring compliance and commitment to the JAG accreditation process and providing clinical leadership to ensure high quality endoscopy practice and nursing care are key to this exciting role .

The Matron will also hold budgetary responsibility of the area as part of ensuring efficiency and productivity of the Endoscopy department.

The role includes the requirement to work on the clinical manager on call rota, which enables the opportunity to develop as a senior nurse within the wider hospital as well as being part of the wider senior medicine nursing team in Medicine.

NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group (UHL Group) was formed on 1 November 2024, born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our communities.

We are one of the largest employers in region, with over 18,900 colleagues who are dedicated to caring for our communities \- from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services that extend to more than two million people in the North West.

We operate from five hospital sites: Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside, and hosts a number of regional services including an award\-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to several elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital provide specialist services in cardiothoracic surgery, cardiology and respiratory medicine, both in the hospital and out in the community. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single en\-suite bedrooms and mainly focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

Support the senior leadership team by ensuring that optimum quality of care and clinical excellence is achieved and maintained by working collaboratively and co\-operatively with clinical teams, patients, patient representatives, relatives and carers.

Provide strong clinical leadership on the quality of care provided, and cleanliness of the environment.

Role model a quality driven, and caring and compassionate leadership style, upholding the standards and values of the nursing profession at all times.

Ensure that operational plans and performance are closely managed, by proactively leading and providing solutions to resolve difficult operational issues.

Deal competently with difficult issues ensuring that policy is implemented and performance managed on behalf of the senior leadership team.

Implement patient centred clinical and nursing operational strategy and plans, ensuring that systems and processes are in place to comply with relevant legislation and governance requirements, including linking with external bodies when required, utilising the expertise and skills of the wider Divisional team.

Contribute to strategic direction and policy setting for the Division, forming an essential two way communications link between the Care Group and staff in departments ensuring that key messages, team brief etc. are shared and discussed, demonstrating a coaching style of leadership, ensuring that clinical, staff and stakeholder engagement is in place, and action taken to address issues.

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