Matron for Quality

1 month ago


Wigan, United Kingdom Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust Full time

The Matron for Quality alongside the Senior Leadership wider team will ensure our services are safe, timely, clinically effective, and person centred so patients, service users and families have a good experience of care. The matron through clinical leadership, will embed clinical governance processes and systems to support assurance that the teams provide consistently achieve care standards. You will demonstrate a value base that is just and learning and enables staff to feel psychologically safe and believe in learning for continuous improvement.

If you have a passion for Quality in our Mental Health Services, experience in QI and Patient Safety / Transformation then please get in touch, informal pre shortlisting contact encouraged
1. To ensure high standards of care delivery are consistently delivered, monitoring clinical outcomes and effectiveness of service delivery
2. To ensure clinical practice and development is in line with evidenced best practice
3. To be responsible for auditing clinical practice and clinical policy compliance
4. To monitor and promote development of practitioner clinical skills, knowledge and competency
5. To be responsible for achievement, maintenance and monitoring of environmental standards.
6. To ensure the clinical environment is conducive to promote service users health, safety and recovery and adherence to all clinical policies and protocols is evident. This will incorporate the safe management of medicines.
7. To support the delivery of high quality, clinically safe service and make the best use of resources.
8. To support clinical practice development and ensure that the fundamentals of care are right and that clinical innovations are rolled out in a timely and managed way.
9. To support and Lead on Quality Improvement and Service Transformation

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 6,400 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 160 locations.

We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.

Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.

Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.

Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.

See attached detailed job description and person specification:
Staff benefits
- Pay Enhancements - 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
- 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
- Excellent pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary sacrifice car scheme
- Wellbeing programme
- Blue Light Card Discounts


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