UHS is seeking an experienced and compassionate nursing leader to join our Critical Care, Care Group as General ICU / Surgical HDU Matron.  This will be a co - lead role combining the 30 Bedded Adult General Intensive Care Unit (GICU) and 10 Bedded Surgical High Dependency Unit.  The matron role is pivotal in providing visible, professional leadership across our critical care services, ensuring the delivery of safe high-quality and patient centred care. 

As matron you will, be working with a broad multi-disciplinary team supporting your staff to care for emergency and elective patients, ensuring that GICU/ SHDU is safe, effective, and responsive.  You will be a leader who is accountable for co-ordinating safe, high-quality care to improve and maintain our patients NHS experience. 

Working in partnership with your critical care matron colleagues, across the care group and other key staff in the Division and across the Trust, as the custodian of the patient experience, you will ensure patients, staff and the Trust have confidence in your areas of responsibility.   You will maintain a visible presence where patients, staff and visitors can turn for assistance and upon whom they can rely on to ensure fundamental and specialist aspects of care are met.