Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly experienced and motivated nurse to join the North community nursing team as a Community Matron, based at Romic House.
We are seeking an individual with a sound level of clinical experience who can provide expert care, leadership, and management within a dynamic community setting. The successful candidate will play a key role in leading and supporting community nursing teams, ensuring high standards of clinical care are delivered consistently.
This role requires someone who can confidently lead and manage teams, as well as investigate and respond to concerns relating to clinical quality. You will be working closely with multi-disciplinary colleagues to improve patient outcomes and support service development across Community Nursing Care Pathways across the North.
This post will involve travel across the county for meetings and joint working.
This post is fixed term and fulltime. Working pattern is 5 days a week Monday to Friday, you will not be working weekends and Bank Holiday.
Main duties of the job
To be shortlisted you will need to demonstrate current ability to work at the level expected as this is not a development post.
Key Requirements:
Significant post-registration clinical experience
Proven ability to lead and manage teams effectively
Strong knowledge of clinical governance and quality improvement
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Evidence of working with stakeholders
Ability to investigate and respond to concerns about clinical quality
About us
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be 'outstanding' by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities:
- Clinical Leadership & Practice
- Provide expert nursing leadership and deliver advanced clinical assessments in the community.
- Act as a role model in delivering high-quality, evidence-based care to patients with complex needs.
- Work collaboratively with GPs, consultants, and multidisciplinary teams to develop and maintain integrated care pathways.
- Promote patient self-care and shared decision-making, particularly for long-term conditions and end-of-life care.
- Team & Service Management
- Lead and manage a team of community clinicians, ensuring safe staffing levels and performance standards are maintained.
- Respond to clinical quality concerns and support teams with supervision, professional development, and governance structures.
- Promote a culture of continuous improvement, service innovation, and best practice across the service.
- Manage delegated budgets and contribute to strategic planning within ACHS.
- Governance & Quality Improvement
- Ensure compliance with NMC and Trust guidelines in all clinical and managerial responsibilities.
- Support the development and implementation of clinical governance standards, policies, and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
- Coordinate responses to clinical incidents and ensure learning is embedded in practice.
- Professional Development & Education
- Actively engage in staff education, clinical supervision, and mentorship to build team capability and resilience.
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of nursing developments, participate in audit and research, and contribute to teaching placements and learning environments.
- Service Development & Partnership Working
- Work with local and regional partners including social care, voluntary services, and commissioners to develop joined-up, patient-centred services.
- Identify and address service gaps, particularly for hard-to-reach populations, promoting health equity across the locality.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities:
- Clinical Leadership & Practice
- Provide expert nursing leadership and deliver advanced clinical assessments in the community.
- Act as a role model in delivering high-quality, evidence-based care to patients with complex needs.
- Work collaboratively with GPs, consultants, and multidisciplinary teams to develop and maintain integrated care pathways.
- Promote patient self-care and shared decision-making, particularly for long-term conditions and end-of-life care.
- Team & Service Management
- Lead and manage a team of community clinicians, ensuring safe staffing levels and performance standards are maintained.
- Respond to clinical quality concerns and support teams with supervision, professional development, and governance structures.
- Promote a culture of continuous improvement, service innovation, and best practice across the service.
- Manage delegated budgets and contribute to strategic planning within ACHS.
- Governance & Quality Improvement
- Ensure compliance with NMC and Trust guidelines in all clinical and managerial responsibilities.
- Support the development and implementation of clinical governance standards, policies, and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
- Coordinate responses to clinical incidents and ensure learning is embedded in practice.
- Professional Development & Education
- Actively engage in staff education, clinical supervision, and mentorship to build team capability and resilience.
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of nursing developments, participate in audit and research, and contribute to teaching placements and learning environments.
- Service Development & Partnership Working
- Work with local and regional partners including social care, voluntary services, and commissioners to develop joined-up, patient-centred services.
- Identify and address service gaps, particularly for hard-to-reach populations, promoting health equity across the locality.
Person Specification
Qualifications/Skills/Experince
Essential
- Current Adult Nursing professional registration
- At least 3 years at band 7
- Completion of Excellence in Leadership NHFT course
- Currently a non-medical prescriber
- Completed advanced practitioner or DNSPQ qualification.
- Currently employed in ICT in Community Nursing in NHFT
- Current compliance in own supervision and appraisal
Desirable
- Additional leadership or management qualification
- Past band 8a experience
- Completion of project management qualification
- Experience of leading a formal HR process
- Experience of leading a service improvement project
- Evidence of relevant CPD in the last 2 years, not project management or leadership.
Personal statement and interview
Essential
- Clear understating of the job role
Desirable
- Ability to demonstrate the NHFTT leadership behaviors
Person Specification
Qualifications/Skills/Experince
Essential
- Current Adult Nursing professional registration
- At least 3 years at band 7
- Completion of Excellence in Leadership NHFT course
- Currently a non-medical prescriber
- Completed advanced practitioner or DNSPQ qualification.
- Currently employed in ICT in Community Nursing in NHFT
- Current compliance in own supervision and appraisal
Desirable
- Additional leadership or management qualification
- Past band 8a experience
- Completion of project management qualification
- Experience of leading a formal HR process
- Experience of leading a service improvement project
- Evidence of relevant CPD in the last 2 years, not project management or leadership.
Personal statement and interview
Essential
- Clear understating of the job role
Desirable
- Ability to demonstrate the NHFTT leadership behaviors
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is 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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is 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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
