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UEC Quality Matron
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About the role
The Quality Matron is responsible for supporting the Clinical Service Manager for Urgent and Emergency (UEC) and Head of Clinical Pathway for UEC with the clinical quality agenda across the Urgent and Emergency Care teams in GMMH. The UEC teams include Home Based Treatment Team (HBTT), Mental Health Liaison Team (MHLT), Mental Health Urgent Triage (MHUT) and NHS 111.
The post holder will provide clinical leadership to each of the UEC Teams and provide and direction for staff in maintaining clinical standards of care and in implementing clinical and quality service improvements. This includes ensuring that Care Quality Commission (CQC) essential standards are met and exceeded.
Matrons are vital to delivering high quality care to patients and their relatives across the NHS and the wider health and care sector. They are instrumental in promoting high standards of clinical care, reducing health inequalities and promoting equality for all, workforce retention and recruitment, staff education and development, compassionate, inclusive leadership and patient safety.
The matron's role is the cornerstone of improving the quality of patient care. They do this through visible inclusive leadership and engagement with patients and families, frontline staff and senior management teams. Matrons provide key assurance to the board, providing evidence that the organisation is delivering safe care and supporting and developing staff to fulfil their roles.
Job description
1. Inclusive leadership, professional standards and accountability
2. Governance, patient safety and quality
3. Workforce planning and resource management
4. Patient experience and reducing health inequalities
5. Performance and operational oversight
6. Digital and information technology
7. Education, training and development
8. Research and development
9. Collaborative working and clinical effectiveness
10. Service improvement and transformation
Person specification
Education and Qualification
Essential
- Registered Mental Health Nurse
- Evidence of post qualification clinical training/professional development.
- Extensive experience of working in an urgent and emergency care mental health services in a leadership/managerial position.
Desirable
- Evidence of ongoing professional development
- A degree or equivalent in leadership and management
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with service users experiencing mental health difficulties in urgent and emergency setting.
- Audit and research practices relevant to clinical area
- Quality improvement Delivery
Desirable
- Experience of high level clinical risk assessment and management
- Delivery of clinical education
- QI training at silver level
About the employer
Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 122 locations.
We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford,Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.
Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.
Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.
Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.
This description is the source posting as it read when we added it. We are not affiliated with Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, so check their own site for the current details.
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