Modern Matron

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT); Peterborough; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health and social care organization in the UK is seeking a Modern Matron to lead acute adult mental health services. The role involves overseeing safe and high-quality care and improving service user experience in inpatient wards. Strong leadership and team management experience is required. This position does not offer sponsorship.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in managing diverse teams at a senior level.
• Ability to oversee safe, high-quality care and governance.

Responsibilities

• Oversee safe, high-quality care, governance, and performance.
• Support the new inpatient clinical model to enhance service flow.
• Lead acute adult mental health teams to deliver high-quality services.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Interpersonal communication

Multi-disciplinary collaboration

Job description

We are seeking an experienced leader with a background in managing diverse teams at a senior level to join our leadership group. The Modern Matron position is available to support Oak 1 and Oak 3 Adult Inpatient Wards based at the Cavell Centre in Care Group 2.

Responsibilities

• Oversee safe, high‑quality care, governance, and performance to improve service user experience across the wards.
• Support the new inpatient clinical model to enhance service flow.
• Lead and manage acute adult mental health across the inpatient & associated teams in Care Group 2 to deliver safe and effective high‑quality services within the available resources to achieve team targets.
• Provide leadership and expertise to deliver services within an agreed service model, working with service users and carers and other stakeholders, maintaining effective working relationships.
• Establish effective multi‑disciplinary working within and across the wider acute services.

The post holder will work to establish effective multi‑disciplinary working within and across the wider acute services.

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high‑quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children’s, adult and older people’s mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.

Values and Equality

As an equal opportunities employer we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under‑represented groups including disabled people and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.

Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.

Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.

For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sam Swinden (she/her) Job title: General Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07866940749.