Matron - Theatres and Pre-Op Assessment 8A

We are looking for an enthusiastic and innovative leader who will help support us through the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. Due to recent retirement within the nursing leadership team this exciting opportunity has arisen for a talented individual with multiple skills and an appetite for delivering a first class nursing service to join the team in one of the UKs most successful and progressive NHS Foundation Trusts. We are looking for a senior nurse or operating department practitioner to join our team on the Chelsea site. The role entails overseeing and leading our main theatre complex in addition to our burns theatres and pre-operative assessment unit. The successful applicant will take a senior management role to deliver an innovative service across our theatre complexes and pre-op assessment department. In this role, you will lead a committed team to deliver the service, support the Senior Nursing and Midwifery Team priorities and the wider Trust agenda. You will work collaboratively with the clinical leads while developing partnerships with the other divisions and our specialist nurses. You will have had demonstrable success in a senior role working as part of a multi-professional team, and bring strong leadership and management skills. You will be able to establish your credibility with colleagues and be a visible senior nurse to an ambitious and high performing team. You will have extensive experience of caring for patients, good clinical and management skills along with well-developed ability to communicate and support colleagues, patients and their families throughout their care, treatment and follow up. You will be able to motivate and engage others to ensure that the services we provide supports the Trust’s values, as well as having a pioneering approach that is not afraid to challenge convention and traditional ways of working.