Employer University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Blood, Inflammation and Cancer Directorate Town Plymouth Salary £66,582 – £77,368 Per Annum Salary period Yearly Closing 09/06/2026 23:59
Directorate Matron / Deputy Lead Cancer Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 8b
Job overview
Job Purpose:
As a key member of the Directorate Management Team, working under the Head of Nursing, professional direction of the Director Clinical Professions, the Directorate Matron / Directorate Clinical Professions lead is responsible for the implementation of national and corresponding local clinical strategies and is clinically accountable for delivery of the Directorate clinical and professional service.
Specifically at Directorate level, this means delivering a highly complex agenda as defined by the Trust strategy, the NHS Institute’s ‘High Impact Actions’ and other national/local guidance and policies, adopting a highly visible and accessible approach for patients and staff, leading by example in empowering and developing staff to undertake a greater range of clinical activities in order to modernise and improve patient care.
The postholder is responsible for managing nursing teams and their associated budgets, clinical leadership, infection prevention and control and standards of patient care and is responsible for the performance management of key individuals in respect of the clinical professional contribution to service delivery.
Main duties of the job
The postholder is responsible for overseeing and performance managing of Clinical Professional Leads / Clinical Matrons in the Directorate in managing their clinical professional teams and budgets.
They are also responsible for recruitment and supervision of Clinical Professional Leads / Clinical Matrons and other key personnel.
***Please note that applications from temporary workers who have been engaged with the Trust for a minimum of 3 months are welcome.
Working for our organisation
We are a people business – where every member of staff matters and can make a difference. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Joining University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust means becoming part of a team of dedicated staff, who are committed to leading the way through innovation, clinical excellence and great customer care. The Trust has great opportunities for career development in a highly progressive working environment. We offer all of this in a vibrant, modern city with a historic reputation for adventure. PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL COMMUNICATION WILL BE ELECTRONIC, PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT REGULARLY. If you have any issues with applying online and need additional support including reasonable adjustments with the application process please contact the recruitment manager for this post who will put you in touch with the recruitment team. We recognise that work life balance is important for our colleagues and so we invite requests from applicants around less than full time/flexible working for our advertised roles. Please contact the recruiting manager to discuss this prior to your application submission. We commit to giving this full consideration in each case. We encourage people from diverse backgrounds to apply for our roles, as diversity strengthens our teams. It is sometimes necessary to close vacancies before the closing date. If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Providing professional leadership and assurance across all nursing and AHP services in the Directorate, to set and monitor high standards of clinical care, underpinned by sound evidence-based knowledge and principles, ensuring quality systems are in place to monitor practice.
- Lead and ensure the delivery of Infection Control practice across the Directorate as defined by National recommendations and the Director of Infection Prevention and Control and Hygiene Code. Ensure highly complex IPC and HCAI surveillance, audit and RCA data are analysed and utilised to inform priorities, actions and interventions to reduce infection.
- Leading the development & implementation of standards of cleanliness in line with the Health & Social Care Act 2008 (commonly referred to as the Hygiene Code) and ensure provision of catering meets agreed standards, with action being taken in cases of exception.
· Support the delivery of nursing/ AHP elements of the Directorate Operational Plan, especially workforce, safe staffing, quality and patient experience.
· Set and adhere to Health and Safety standards, leading investigation and follow up of all clinical incidents (as per the Trust’s Clinical Incident Reporting policy), and complaints, including taking action on highly sensitive, highly complex or highly contentious matters.
· Supporting Clinical Matrons/Clinical Professional Leads in the application of Clinical Governance processes.
· Participate in both direct and indirect clinical patient care as required by the role, using highly developed physical skills, in order to function both as a credible clinical leader and role model for professional practice to staff.
· Ensuring that patients and relatives have the opportunity to meet the post holder if necessary, relaying on occasion highly sensitive information in liaison with the professional lead for Patient Experience and Outcomes and that they have access to the Patient Advocacy Liaison Service (PALS).
· Support the Divisional Clinical Leads with the highly complex, multi stranded analysis of information at Directorate level, of the overview resolution of complaints and clinical incidents including investigating, organising meetings with complainants, writing response letters and constructing/implementing/reviewing agreed action plans, ensuring such feedback drives a sustainable, consistent improvement in standards.
· Sharing lessons learnt from complaints/incidents within the Directorate, Division and Trust as necessary and ensuring action plans are developed and implemented.
· Participate in the Investigation and follow up actions from Incident reports, employing RCA Tools to SIRIs and Infection Control issues. This may at times include acting as the lead investigator for a serious incident.
· Maintaining own clinical competence and active professional registration.
· Act as a positive change agent and role model, identifying and initiating changes as required enhancing service provision.
· Lead the development and review of relevant evidence-based policies and procedures for the Directorate – and on occasion within the Division/Trust as necessary.
· Enable members of the team to develop their full potential enabling them to meet the requirements of their job descriptions and personal objectives.
· Work with the multidisciplinary team in developing an integrated service for each patient.
· Ensure all staff undertake Trust induction and local induction programmes.
· Lead the process of developing standards and practice in line with policies and national guidance.
· Taking national and Trust initiatives, policies and practices and interpreting and transforming these into workable plans for the Directorate.
· Undertake business planning for clinical professional elements of Divisional/ Directorate annual plans as necessary.
· Contribute to the delivery of the Quality Management System (QMS) within the Directorate through the teams managed by the postholder in terms of CQC domains, patient safety and undertake harm reviews as necessary.
· Deputise for the Head of Nursing/Lead Cancer Nurse in their absence or as asked.
· Work across the whole directorate including Oncology, Haematology, Immunology and Allergy, Rheumatology and EOL Care
Person specification
Knowledge & Experience
- Demonstrable experience at a Senior Nursing
- Demonstrable up to date and relevant clinical experience
- Experience within Oncology/Haematology/Immunology or Rheumatology
Qualifications
- Registered Nurse
- Educated to Degree level in a healthcare related subject, or equivalent demonstrable experience, plus additional demonstrable experience and proven knowledge/ training as above in people management, governance, financial management and information management to masters level
- Mentorship course or equivalent
- Recognised Risk Assessors course
- Further formal professional study, either postgraduate/ masters level in a healthcare related subject / or working towards
- RCN Leadership course or equivalent
- Good communication skills, written and verbal, with ability to demonstrate fluency, clarity and effectiveness at all levels
- Effective influencing and negotiating skills: in general and with senior health care professionals
PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL COMMUNICATION WILL BE ELECTRONIC, PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT REGULARLY INCLUDING YOUR JUNK FOLDER.
If you need support with the online application process or require reasonable adjustments with the application and/or interview process please contact the Recruiting Manager for this post.
We recognise that work life balance is important for our colleagues and so we invite requests from applicants about less than full time/flexible working for our advertised roles. We recommend contacting the manager of the role prior to applying and we commit to giving requests full consideration.
We welcome and encourage applicants who identify with all protected characteristics to apply for our roles. We believe that diversity strengthens our teams and improves our patients’ experience. At UHP we aim to create an inclusive workplace and hospital where everyone feels they belong and included .
It is sometimes necessary to close vacancies before the closing date. If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.
Providing false information is an offence & could result in the application being rejected or summary dismissal/police action if an applicant is successful.
Please note that if you are successful in your application & accept the position you agree that the Staff Health and Wellbeing Department can access your health records from your current/previous employer in order to check the status of your inoculations & screening tests. This is an automated process & the information will only be used for these purposes prior to your taking up the position with us.
For Doctors Roles:
Unsolicited CVs and Candidate Profiles/DetailsUniversity Hospitals Plymouth has a commitment to sourcing candidates directly and as such we do not accept speculative CVs from agencies.
We do, however, work with a defined list of preferred HTE Framework suppliers who may be invited to support us in sourcing candidates for particular roles.
In line with our preferred supplier list, we only pay agency fees where we have a signed agreement in place and an agency has been instructed by a member of the Trust’s Medical Workforce team.
We do not pay agency fees where speculative and unsolicited CVs are submitted to the Trust or Trust employees by any other means than the official route above. Where this is not observed the Trust reserves the right to contact these candidates directly and initiate discussions without payment of any agency fee.
Any candidate details (whether written or spoken) or CVs that are referred directly will not constitute an introduction. The Trust will under no circumstances be responsible for any recruitment fees in relation to these contacts.
Submission of any unsolicited CVs, candidate’s details and/or proposals to the Trust will not be considered further and will be deemed evidence of full and unlimited acceptance of this Agency Protocol.
In order to establish and maintain good working relationships with the Trust’s agency suppliers, we ask that this Protocol is adhered to and thank you for your co-operation.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name Rachel Bryce Job title Head of Nursing for Blood, Inflammation and Cancer Email address rachel.bryce@nhs.net Telephone number 01752 430508
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