Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Modern Matron 11 month fixed term contract to cover for maternity leave. The successful candidate would providing clinical leadership to an 18 bedded male acute ward and a 18 bedded female adult ward. The post holder will be accountable for standards of quality, patient experience, patient safety and clinical effectiveness with in the environment.
The successful candidate would be expected to have experience of working at a band 7 or above in an inpatient setting.
We are committed to the delivery of outstanding care for our patients. The successful candidate will share this commitment and demonstrate both our Trust values and our culture of compassionate care.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will work collaboratively with the clinical lead Consultant Psychiatrists, in ensuring that the wards are safe and a learning culture is fostered.
The post holder will have responsibility for ensuring optimum performance within the team, monitoring of service quality and developing services to meet national and local policies, targets and evidence-based practice.
Excellent communication and motivation skills are essential, as is the ability to promote strong leadership, demonstrating both our Trust values and our culture of compassionate care.
CNWL are committed to progressing and supporting their staff with career development and training and ensuring staff health and wellbeing and job satisfaction.
About us
We are passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patients own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people.
We are always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee were hoping to find our future leaders and well support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career. With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Matron will manage nursing staff, clerical/administrative staff together with those who support care delivery. The Matron will ensure that national and service quality standards relating to the ward/unit environment and non-clinical support services are monitored and reported on. The Matron will be a visible, accessible and authoritative presence in clinical areas providing assistance, advice and support to staff, patients, relatives, carers and visitors.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Matron will manage nursing staff, clerical/administrative staff together with those who support care delivery. The Matron will ensure that national and service quality standards relating to the ward/unit environment and non-clinical support services are monitored and reported on. The Matron will be a visible, accessible and authoritative presence in clinical areas providing assistance, advice and support to staff, patients, relatives, carers and visitors.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oRegistered with the NMC Level 1
- oRelevant Management Qualification
- oEnb998/SLICE or Mentorship qualification
- oDegree/Masters in specialist field or appropriate experience
Desirable
- oRecognised senior management training in leadership, policy or strategy
Experience
Essential
- oExtensive post-registration experience
- oPrevious experience of managing a multi-disciplinary staff team, including line management, supervision responsibility and operational management of services at band 7 or equivalent
- oExperience of re-provisioning services and managing staff through change
- oExperience of multi-professional collaboration at senior level, including partnership working with other agencies
- oExperience of service development
- oExperience managing budgets
- oExperience writing reports and delivering presentations to a high standard and to senior staff
- Experienced in involving service users and their carers in service planning and monitoring
- oExperience in IT skills, familiar with word processing, excel and email systems
Desirable
- oExperience of representing services at different organisations
- oExperience of managing Adult Mental Health services
Knowledge
Essential
- oAble to demonstrate an up to date knowledge and understanding of current Mental Health Policy issues including the Mental Health Act
- oAble to demonstrate an up to date knowledge of nursing developments, especially in mental health
- oAbility to provide high quality nursing advice
- oAbility to build and develop teams of people and to provide strong leadership to a diverse workforce
- oAbility to identify problems and use initiative and creativity in problem solving
- oAbility to manage pressure and changing and conflicting priorities effectively
- oAble to influence and use negotiation skills and the ability to manage differences constructively
- oA demonstrable ability to work closely with a range of stakeholders and other providers in helping plan the future of service provision
- oAble to demonstrate a genuine commitment to principles of equal opportunity, fair access and service user empowerment, and the ability to translate principles into practice
- oAble to demonstrate an understanding of safeguarding practice for both vulnerable adults and children
Desirable
- oDetailed knowledge of policy agenda in Mental Health services
Personal Characteristics
Essential
- oA demonstrable ability to make sound and timely decisions and initiate action to solve problems
- oTo demonstrate the ability to weigh up situations and consider the benefits and problems before decisions are made
- oThe ability to implement performance management systems within the service area that meet local and national objectives and motivate staff to achieve these objectives
- oDemonstrable ability to plan, manage and implement projects when required and assume delegated lead responsibilities
Desirable
- Demonstrable ability to plan and implement change in the service and ensure the involvement of the workforce in the programme of change
Other
Essential
- oThe post holder must have the ability to understand and implement the equal opportunities policy at a level appropriate to the job
- oAbility to promote anti-discriminatory and anti-racist practices
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oRegistered with the NMC Level 1
- oRelevant Management Qualification
- oEnb998/SLICE or Mentorship qualification
- oDegree/Masters in specialist field or appropriate experience
Desirable
- oRecognised senior management training in leadership, policy or strategy
Experience
Essential
- oExtensive post-registration experience
- oPrevious experience of managing a multi-disciplinary staff team, including line management, supervision responsibility and operational management of services at band 7 or equivalent
- oExperience of re-provisioning services and managing staff through change
- oExperience of multi-professional collaboration at senior level, including partnership working with other agencies
- oExperience of service development
- oExperience managing budgets
- oExperience writing reports and delivering presentations to a high standard and to senior staff
- Experienced in involving service users and their carers in service planning and monitoring
- oExperience in IT skills, familiar with word processing, excel and email systems
Desirable
- oExperience of representing services at different organisations
- oExperience of managing Adult Mental Health services
Knowledge
Essential
- oAble to demonstrate an up to date knowledge and understanding of current Mental Health Policy issues including the Mental Health Act
- oAble to demonstrate an up to date knowledge of nursing developments, especially in mental health
- oAbility to provide high quality nursing advice
- oAbility to build and develop teams of people and to provide strong leadership to a diverse workforce
- oAbility to identify problems and use initiative and creativity in problem solving
- oAbility to manage pressure and changing and conflicting priorities effectively
- oAble to influence and use negotiation skills and the ability to manage differences constructively
- oA demonstrable ability to work closely with a range of stakeholders and other providers in helping plan the future of service provision
- oAble to demonstrate a genuine commitment to principles of equal opportunity, fair access and service user empowerment, and the ability to translate principles into practice
- oAble to demonstrate an understanding of safeguarding practice for both vulnerable adults and children
Desirable
- oDetailed knowledge of policy agenda in Mental Health services
Personal Characteristics
Essential
- oA demonstrable ability to make sound and timely decisions and initiate action to solve problems
- oTo demonstrate the ability to weigh up situations and consider the benefits and problems before decisions are made
- oThe ability to implement performance management systems within the service area that meet local and national objectives and motivate staff to achieve these objectives
- oDemonstrable ability to plan, manage and implement projects when required and assume delegated lead responsibilities
Desirable
- Demonstrable ability to plan and implement change in the service and ensure the involvement of the workforce in the programme of change
Other
Essential
- oThe post holder must have the ability to understand and implement the equal opportunities policy at a level appropriate to the job
- oAbility to promote anti-discriminatory and anti-racist practices
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Campbell Centre
Hospital Campus, Eaglestone Health Centre, Standing Way
Milton Keynes
MK6 5NG
Employer's website
https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/work (Opens in a new tab)
