We are looking for an experienced 8a Clinical Matron for the Emergency Department at Wexham Park Hospital, with extensive experience in Accident & Emergency to join out team. Are you an experienced professional nurse with a passion for driving excellence in patient care in a fast-paced and dynamic environment We are looking for someone who wants to work in a dynamic, innovative and evolving team and who is experienced in all areas of emergency medicine. The post holder will have clinical and managerial responsibility for a defined clinical portfolio at Frimley Health Foundation Trust. The Matron will also have a defined set of relevant requirements specific for the core area of responsibility. The post holder will report directly to the Head of Nursing. The post holder will be accountable for ensuring the highest standard of clinical care is provided within the relevant setting. They will be easily identifiable to clients and users, provide strong, visible leadership and have the appropriate level of authority to provide support, advice and assistance required. Emphasis on the areas of Patient/Client Safety, Patient Experience, User engagement and Clinical Outcomes will be essential. • Clinical Quality and Patient Experience • Management of Resources • Human Resources • Training and Education • Performance and management • Service improvement • Safe guarding • Safety • CQC Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire. As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area. We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough. Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future. We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties Clinical Leadership for the Emergency Department. • Provide leadership for their teams. Provide support to professionals, nursing staff, and care support workers within the service areas • Clinically competent in all areas of emergency medicine and able to undertake all nursing skills with an ED. • Lead developments in practice consistent with the patient care priorities set nationally, locally. Development of new roles or service redesign will take place in line with best practice and evidence-based. • Address the concerns of patients and service users and respond to their suggestions for local quality improvements. Lead the effective resolution of complaints where appropriate and any subsequent learning, liaising with the Risk Management Department and the Patient Experience Team as necessary. • Work with clinical teams to provide appropriate staffing on both a daily and longer term basis. Work to empower frontline staff, enabling them to consider changes / developments including skill mix review. • To ensure the service areas facilitate the patient’s journey to be effective as possible. This advert closes on Monday 22 Apr 2024 Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme Disability Confident About Disability Confident