Mental Health Matron and ETOC Service Lead

King's College Hospital; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London seeks an experienced Mental Health Matron for a 6-month maternity cover. The role involves supporting clinical vulnerability strategies, working collaboratively with senior nursing leads, and overseeing mental health care quality across inpatient services. This position is pivotal for improving care pathway efficiency for patients with mental health needs, while fostering a trauma-informed care environment.

Qualifications

• Provide in-house support for multi-disciplinary staff teams.
• Coordinate care and support for mental health patients.
• Ensure mental health care quality is met in hospitals.

Responsibilities

• Support the clinical vulnerability caseload across the organization.
• Oversee the Enhanced Therapeutic Observations and Care team.
• Act as a contact for teams needing information on patient care.

Skills

Expert clinical knowledge

Training evaluation

Multi-disciplinary collaboration

Education

Registered Mental Nurse (RMN)

Job description

We are seeking an exceptional individual for the post of Mental Health Matron to support maternity leave cover for a period of 6 months. The postholder will play a pivotal role in the ongoing development of the clinical vulnerabilities team and service, in addition to supporting the overarching strategy to facilitate a trauma informed approach within the organisation, this represents an exciting opportunity for the right person to diversify their experience and skillset, through contributing to the wider agenda and supporting the clinical vulnerability caseload, while acting as subject matter expert for Mental Health across the wider organisation.

This is an exciting opportunity, to work in a developing service, working closely with the Director of Nursing for Safeguarding and Vulnerable people and Associate Director of Nursing for Mental Health in addition to other senior safeguarding/vulnerability leads, the postholder will collaborate closely with operational teams and support the delivery of a coherent trauma informed Mental Health ETOC and vulnerabilities service across all sites within the Trust.

This post represents an excellent opportunity for an expert clinical and professional practitioner to work collaboratively and innovatively with colleagues from within the Trust, local authority and other external stakeholders and agencies to coordinate care and support., To provide in-house support with mental health care to multi-disciplinary staff teams across the inpatient wards and across all divisions; to improve the quality of mental health care provided to patients admitted with mental health and physical health needs; to oversee the development of, and act as service lead for an Enhanced Therapeutic Observations and Care team; and, under the direction of the Associate Director of Nursing for Mental Health, support the Trust's wider strategic and operational improvement aims.

Provide on hand clinical support for frontline staff in supporting patients with mental health, social, emotional and behavioural needs admitted with mental health needs

To assure pathway of care for patients with emotional, psychiatric, social and behavioural needs is timely, appropriate and well supported

To work closely with ward matrons to ensure mental health related educational needs of multidisciplinary staff teams are met, that any training is evaluated and that response to needs is flexible and creative.

Provide a point of contact for external and internal teams seeking up to date information on patients who require ongoing mental health care

Line management of RMN teams, linking with ward Matrons and Staff Bank agency (provided by Reed) to ensure quality mental health care is delivered

The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King's to another level.

We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.

King's is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone's contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust's carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.