Matron

NSFT; King's Lynn; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Matron to enhance safety, experience and outcomes for Older Person Community services in West Norfolk. The post focuses on clinical leadership, quality assurance and implementing strategic plans.

The role requires strong leadership, compassion, and a drive to embed high quality care across a multi-disciplinary team within NSFT.

Qualifications

• Diploma level/Degree in relevant health/social care profession, e.g. RMN, RLDN OT, Social Worker.
• Current relevant registration with the NMC or HCPC.
• Masters Level Degree or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Detailed leadership and clinical responsibilities for a Matron within Older Person Community services.
• Drive quality and safety in line with national standards and CQC domains.
• Provide clinical leadership and oversee multi-disciplinary teams in West Norfolk.

Education

Diploma level/Degree in relevant health/social care profession

Current relevant registration with the NMC or HCPC

Masters Level Degree or equivalent

Job description

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.

Please note due to the nature of our roles and patient demographic, you will be required to undertake physical intervention training and remain trained, as required by your role.

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a Matron position to enhance the safety, experience and outcomes of people using our Older Person Community services in West Norfolk

This opportunity com es at a time of transformational change across our service and this post will be at the forefront of clinically delivering this.

This is a unique opportunity for somebody with a drive to embed high quality care to our cohort of service users, based o n best practice and national guidance. The role will involve providing leadership as well as clinical support to the team whilst contributing to the implementation of strategic plans.

We are looking for a person who is kind and compassionate to others, and is proactive in helping people reach their potential whilst maintaining high quality care.

This is an exciting time for change within NSFT, this opportunity will benefit someone looking expand their already established nursing practice, knowledge and clinical leadership to embed and maintain effective systems for quality assurance and high standards clinical care

Main duties of the job

As Matron, you will be expected to demonstrate the qualities and skills associated with a clinical leadership role and be accountable for services meeting essential standards of care as outlined by the CQC as well as agreed local and national quality standards encompassing the following domains:

• Quality
• Infection Prevention
• Physical Health
• Safeguarding
• Feedback, Complaints, service improvement
• Clinical Audit

Working for our organisation

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established nursing networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Person specification

Qualifications

• Diploma level/Degree in relevant health/social care profession, eg RMN, RLDN OT, Social Worker.
• Current relevant registration with the NMC or HCPC
• Masters Level Degree or equivalent

Experience

• Significant experience working within and managing mental health clinical services
• Significant experience of clinical performance management
• Significant general and operational management experience to include the management of a large multi-disciplinary group of staff – part of which to have been in the NHS

YOUR APPLICATION

We can provide all our job application materials in alternative formats so that these are accessible to everyone. Should you require any documents within this job pack in an alternative format, please do not hesitate to contact us at [e-mail].

PLEASE NOTE: If you use a hotmail, msn or yahoo e-mail account, you will need to check your "junk" mail regularly as these email providers will divert any communication from this Trust/NHS JOBS straight into your " junk" inbox.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES Apart from its legal duties in relation to equality and diversity, the Trust recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief.

As a part of the Disability Confident Employer Guaranteed Interview Scheme we interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job vacancy (outlined in the Person Specification).. We encourage you to indicate your eligibility through TRAC jobs when applying.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post may be subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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.