Inpatient Matron

The Methodist Church in Britain; City Of London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

HCAS included

Job summary

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a senior nursing post to lead clinical care across working age adults in inpatient settings. The postholder will oversee patient care standards, staffing, cleanliness, nutrition, and the patient environment, while guiding infection control policy.

The role requires RMN or RN registration with NMC and practice supervisor training, with extensive CPD and experience in senior clinical or managerial roles within mental health services.

Qualifications

• Extensive post-registration CPD in a relevant clinical field.
• Practice supervisor training is required.
• Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) or RN with NMC registration.
• Experience leading infection control and improving clinical standards.

Responsibilities

• Set, monitor and assure the highest standard of clinical care for inpatients.
• Ensure appropriate staffing to patient needs.
• Oversee nutrition and patient environment, including ligature management.
• Lead infection control policy implementation and IPC strategy meetings.
• Be visible to patients, relatives and staff; liaise with PALS and community groups.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Infection control

Audits & improvement

Multidisciplinary comms

Education

NMC registration

Practice supervisor training

Job description

This senior nursing post leads clinical care across working age adults' inpatient services in the Southwark Directorate at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. The postholder oversees patient care standards, staffing, cleanliness, nutrition and the patient environment, and leads infection control policy. The role sits within a large multi-site mental health provider and requires being visible to patients, relatives and staff. Fit depends on current nurse registration and practice supervisor training.

What the job involves

• Set, monitor and assure the highest standard of clinical care for inpatients, leading by example
• Ensure staffing is appropriate to patient needs
• Ensure patients' nutritional needs are met
• Empower nurses to take on a wider range of clinical tasks
• Improve hospital cleanliness
• Ensure and improve the patient environment, including identifying ligatures and supporting the ward's ligature management plans
• Make sure patients are treated with respect
• Prevent hospital-acquired infection
• Lead implementation of infection control policy and represent the Directorate in IPC strategy meetings
• Resolve problems for patients and relatives by building closer relationships
• Be visible and accessible to patients, relatives and staff, liaising with PALS, attending community meetings and setting up opportunities for patients to raise concerns
• Support the development of systems for relatives and carers and attend Service User Advisory Groups as required

What’s required

Qualifications

• Extensive post-registration continuing professional development in a relevant clinical field
• Practice supervisor training

Registration & licences

• Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) or registered nurse, with NMC registration

Experience

• Setting, monitoring and evaluating standards of care
• Managing change and introducing new ways of working in mental health teamsSenior clinical or management experience, collaborating to improve service delivery
• Partnership working with statutory and voluntary agencies
• Working in a multi-cultural environment and developing culturally sensitive practice
• Current experience in relevant clinical practice areas

Skills & knowledge

• Using audits to drive clinical improvement, and teaching and learning strategies for patients and staff
• Knowledge of current mental health nursing policy and professional developments for acute adults' services and nurse education
• Communicating complex, sensitive issues to multidisciplinary teams, and advising on clinical nursing issues against policy and national strategies
• Negotiating and influencing without direct line management, and managing crises and conflicts
• Building credibility and working relationships with external agencies and stakeholders
• Compassion and sensitivity with service users, carers and colleagues, and collaborative problem-solving without a predetermined framework

Nice to have

• Master's degree or equivalent training in physical healthcare, including wound care
• Training in quality improvement methodology, and experience leading it and influencing team culture
• Diversity or cultural competency training, with understanding of the needs of patients from diverse communities
• Experience with other client groups and a range of care models
• Interagency working for working age adults, including community, social care and physical healthcare
• Knowledge of CQC standards and the directorate's quality improvement agenda
• Juggling several projects at once, and negotiating compromises that inspire confidence
• Presenting coherently and professionally, with self-awareness in using authority within a senior team

What’s offered

• High cost area supplement (HCAS) included in the salary