Matron

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust; King's Lynn; On-site; GBP 58,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Matron to lead Older Person Community services in West Norfolk, driving clinical leadership and quality improvement. The post focuses on embedding high standards of care and safety while supporting a transforming service aligned with national guidance.

The role requires strong leadership, a nursing qualification, and current registration with the NMC or HCPC, with emphasis on patient safety and governance.

Qualifications

• Diploma level or degree in a relevant health or social care profession (e.g., RMN, OT, social worker).
• Current registration with the NMC or HCPC.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate clinical leadership and be accountable for services meeting essential standards of care as outlined by the CQC and local/national standards.
• Lead and support the team, contributing to implementation of strategic plans and quality assurance.
• Maintain high standards of care and contribute to safety, environment, and infection prevention.
• Oversee governance, clinical audit, and service improvement activities.

Education

Diploma level / Degree in health or social care

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 comes 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 on 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:

• Patient Safety
• Quality
• Environment
• 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

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

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

Desirable criteria

• Masters Level Degree or equivalent

Experience

Essential criteria

• 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

Please be aware that, due to the high number of applications for certain roles, this vacancy may close earlier than the advertised closing date. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible.

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.