Band 8a Physical Health Matron | Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS foundation Trust; Hawkesley; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Birmingham is seeking a Modern Matron to lead learning disability services. This innovative role requires a Registered Allied Health Professional or Nurse dedicated to high-quality care and clinical leadership. You'll be essential in promoting good practices and improving service delivery. The position offers opportunities for professional development and involvement in quality improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills are required.
• Interest in quality improvement and promoting good practice.
• Experience in clinical operational leadership is essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage clinical operations and improve service quality.
• Oversee the clinical effectiveness of the services.
• Lead recruitment and retention efforts for clinical workforce.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Planning skills

Flexibility

Adaptability

Quality improvement

Education

Registered Allied Health Professional or Nurse

Job description

Overview

Modern Matron in the Learning Disability Division covering our physical health teams and bedded areas, focusing on the delivery of safe high-quality care to adults with learning disabilities across Birmingham.

Are you looking to help the division challenge traditional views of professional roles within Learning Disability Healthcare services? This Modern Matron post is a direct result of a large scale Strengthening Operational Structures transformation programme throughout the Trust. It is a dynamic and innovative role for a Registered Allied Health Professional or Nurse with experience of working in Learning Disability Services to influence and shape a multi-professional role.

The post will support the provision of high-quality, compassionate and responsive leadership, ensuring robust arrangements are in place to support evidence-based, high-quality clinical service delivery to service users within our community.

Due to the Trust’s strong commitment to evidence-based practice, CPD will be well-supported, with involvement in audit, research and policy development encouraged and facilitated.

The advert closes on Wednesday 24 Sep 2025.

Responsibilities

• Clinical operational management and clinical improvement of services listed in Appendix 1 adjoined to this job description.
• Oversee the clinical effectiveness of the service(s), managing the Service(s) response to Complaints, Patient Experience and Staff Survey feedback. Use information alongside Incident, Safety, Safeguarding, ECI, clinical harms and clinical forum outcomes to ensure high-quality and effective care.
• Work in liaison with the Service Manager on rota management (including safe staffing), delivery of activity against agreed activity plans, and management of overall caseload and waiting time performance for services listed in Appendix 1.
• Support Cost Improvement Schemes for their respective areas and ensure service delivery remains within budget; provide clinical expertise when delivering these.
• Lead on recruitment and retention of the clinical workforce across the respective services; support development of business cases and continued transformation/improvement of service(s).
• Provide clinical operational leadership and responsibility for the Service(s) listed in Appendix 1, including clinical advice and expertise where required.
• Maintain Complex Clinical Caseload in the respective clinical field as necessary and uphold personal development and professional knowledge.
• Lead on development of clinical/standard operational processes and ensure adherence to clinical policies and practices across all services.
• Maintain visibility within clinical areas and support staff on clinical matters/patient care to ensure positive outcomes and experience.
• Provide service clinical operational leadership/support for student and educational placements in the group of services where required.
• Support the Divisional on-call rota where requested.
• Support overall budget management for the Service(s) listed in Appendix 1.
• Regularly review and improve the service(s) in partnership with Divisional colleagues, considering local and national guidelines and guidance from Professional Leads.
• Support robust CIP identification, reporting and monitoring for Services listed in Appendix 1, providing clinical expertise to maintain clinical outcomes.
• Work with the DDNT & Professional Lead to develop the strategic overview for continuing quality improvement within service(s), providing leadership and clinical support to enable change.

Qualifications and Skills

• Applicants must possess excellent interpersonal, communication and planning skills.
• Flexible, adaptable, with an interest in quality improvement and confidence in promoting good practice and good relationships within multi-professional/agency working.
• Provide clinical operational leadership and responsibility for the Service(s) listed in Appendix 1, including clinical advice and expertise where required.
• Maintain Complex Clinical Caseload in respective clinical field and keep professional knowledge and personal development up to date.
• Provide Clinical leadership in the development of clinical/standard operational processes and ensure adherence to policies and practices for all services.

About BCHC

BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services in people\'s homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We are committed to integrated, personalised care rooted in our local communities and aim to deliver outstanding, integrated care as a key NHS provider in the West Midlands. If you want to be part of our team and contribute to best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.

IMPORTANT

• Please check your Trac account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you during the shortlisting and selection process.
• Please ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully, including full details of referees with business email address, telephone contact details and postal address.

We are a progressive, expanding organisation with ambition to deliver safe, high-quality care to our local communities and priorities, and champion the health and well-being of our staff. We are inclusive and open to flexible working arrangements.