An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and motivated individual to become the Matron for the Infection Prevention & Control Team at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust.

The Matron for Infection Prevention & Control will provide a highly visible, accessible and authoritative presence in their Clinical area. The Matron will be available to patients, their families and staff to provide expert infection prevention and control advice and support and to address problems and concerns as required.

Main duties of the job

The Matron will support the Associate Nurse Director for infection prevention & control (IPC) to deliver the Trusts IPC strategy. The individual will be responsible for providing and supporting IPC leadership across the Trust, setting and auditing standards of IPC, ensuring that they are evidence based and reflect best practice.

The Matron will support effective management of the IPC team with an enabling style of leadership, delivering an IPC service across all sites. The Matron role is key in relation to the management and delivery of the regional and national IPC agenda and will be responsible for daily operational delivery of a complex infection prevention programme across Stockport NHS Foundation Trust.

The post holder must be able to work autonomously and as part of a team, be a quick thinker, problem solver and demonstrate proven and effective leadership skills.

The post holder must be confident to deliver expert advice to clinical and non-clinical colleagues both within the trust and externally, to continuously help to reduce risk and avoid harm, and to improve patient safety and experience. You must therefore be able to consistently promote principles of good IPC practice, even in times of severe operational and clinical pressures.

About us

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.

If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

Benefits we offer to you:

• Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• NHS pension scheme membership
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
• NHS Staff discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
• Stockport Credit Union- for local financial advice

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Matron is responsible for ensuring safe Infection Prevention & Control practices are in place and adhered to in order to facilitate safe care delivery and support effective and efficient patient flow.

They will ensure employees adhere to policy in relation to Infection Prevention and hygiene and take personal accountability for addressing issues / shortfalls as required

The Matron will act as a role model and will take corrective action to uphold the standards required of the Trust and the nursing profession. This will include participating in hospital specific shift arrangements to provide professional advice and leadership during evenings (including nights in extreme circumstances), weekends and bank holidays in support of the operational teams.

In conjunction with the Assistant Nurse Director for Infection Prevention & Control, the Matron will contribute to the direction of the Infection Prevention & Control Strategy, develop, improve and monitor standards of patient care and gain assurance of effective Infection Prevention services.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trusts policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.

If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of �41.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary

In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of �13.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse on NMC Register
• Educated to Master's degree level, or currently working towards a Master's degree, or equivalent experience
• Evidence of continuing personal and professional development
• Leadership course evident or working towards
• Mentorship course

Knowledge

Essential

• Wide knowledge of infection prevention & control developments in the NHS impacting on Trust including Comprehensive understanding of current NHS initiatives and targets.
• Confident with HR policies and procedures and demonstrable evidence of managing significant numbers of staff.

Desirable

• Accreditation (CQC) and revalidation knowledge and experience.

Experience

Essential

• Senior operational management experience in infection prevention & control within a clinical NHS environment at management level or above.
• Excellent understanding and evidence of successful financial management of large Budgets
• Significant experience of people management and effective leadership

Skills & Abilities

Essential

• Effective written communication skills including analysis and presentation of reports

Employer details

Employer name

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Stepping Hill Hospital

Poplar Grove,

Hazel Grove, Stockport

SK2 7JE

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362-A-24-6496976