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Trust introduces the role of ‘clinical matrons’
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has introduced the new position to get the best nurses back on wards.
The trust’s chief nurse Donna Green initiated the introduction of the new role, explaining that nurses who wanted to progress in their careers were often forced to abandon clinical work.
She told Nursing Times: “In other professions like medicine you can get to a senior position where you remain very clinical, yet in nursing you normally have to go into management, education or specialist nursing.”
A total of 30 senior nurses and allied health professionals will be recruited to the band 8a post, with most already in place.
Each matron will be responsible for the running of an individual ward at the trust’s three hospitals – Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, the Royal Hampshire County Hospital and Andover War Memorial Hospital.
The new approach will also look at ways to support matrons with administrative tasks, with many wards now employing ward manager assistants.
“This is a whole hospital change and not just about one new role,” said Donna Green.
She explained the next phase would involve looking at the role of ward sisters to ensure they had a focus on education, training and development.
The role of consultant doctors and where they were deployed would also be considered with doctors offered extra training in clinical skills.
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