Job summary
Modern Matron
Acute Care (Crisis Response Home Treatment and Mental Health Liaison)
This career enhancing opportunity has arisen for a senior nurse who wishes to further progress their nursing career and play a key role in delivering safe quality care to our patients and developing services in line with the transformation of mental health services.
This role is one of three matron roles within the acute care pathway for the Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin Care Group, which practice around the NHS England Matrons Handbook which highlights, reinforces and celebrates the critical role matrons play in health and care services.
The role of the Matron is fundamental to ensuring patients receive safe, high-quality care and a co-produced and positive patient experience and reducing health inequalities which is responsive to the needs of patients, families and their carers.
Main duties of the job
- The post-holder will have a responsibility of a number of wards/teams as indicated in the organisational structure and will be responsible/accountable for the respective ward managers and quality leads within the designated areas.
The post-holder will be responsible for the oversight of the ward/department budgets they are accountable for
About us
By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;
- Supporting your career development and progression
- Excellent NHS Pension scheme
- Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Options for flexible working
- Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
- Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
- If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
- Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
- Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
- Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
- Free car parking at all trust sites
- Free flu vaccinations every year
- Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)
And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This role provides visible clinical knowledge, expertise and leadership for nurses and other health professionals providing care in an inpatient setting whilst working with mental health community services and community and acute providers to ensure safe, high quality and effective delivery of care.
The post holder will be accountable for acute care community based teams to include bed management, site management team and 136 suite (on-site at the Redwoods Centre), be visible and available to ward/community team staff, patients and carers and be responsive to their experiences of care and concerns about the ward environment.
Please see attached job description for further details.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This role provides visible clinical knowledge, expertise and leadership for nurses and other health professionals providing care in an inpatient setting whilst working with mental health community services and community and acute providers to ensure safe, high quality and effective delivery of care.
The post holder will be accountable for acute care community based teams to include bed management, site management team and 136 suite (on-site at the Redwoods Centre), be visible and available to ward/community team staff, patients and carers and be responsive to their experiences of care and concerns about the ward environment.
Please see attached job description for further details.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oRegistered Mental Health or Learning Disability Nurse.
- oEducated to Master's degree level (or equivalent).
Desirable
- oMeet NMC requirement for maintenance of registration
Skills
Essential
- oAbility to analyse highly complex information (including financial and performance data) which may be conflicting.
- oAbility to provide effective leadership and team effectiveness
Desirable
- oAbility to negotiate, persuade and influence at a senior level across the Trust and externally
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oRegistered Mental Health or Learning Disability Nurse.
- oEducated to Master's degree level (or equivalent).
Desirable
- oMeet NMC requirement for maintenance of registration
Skills
Essential
- oAbility to analyse highly complex information (including financial and performance data) which may be conflicting.
- oAbility to provide effective leadership and team effectiveness
Desirable
- oAbility to negotiate, persuade and influence at a senior level across the Trust and externally
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
