Clinical Matron

**Clinical Matron - Falmouth & Newquay Community Hospitals**:
**Band 8a**:
**Main area**
- Clinical Matron - Inpatients - Falmouth & Newquay Community Hospitals
- **Grade**
- Band 8a
- **Contract**
- Permanent: Dual working across Falmouth & Newquay Community Hospital sites
- **Hours**
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Rota for On Call & Overtime)
- **Job ref**
- 201-23-435**Site**
- Falmouth Community Hospital
- **Town**
- Falmouth
- **Salary**
- £48,526 - £54,619 Per Annum. Pro Rata
- **Salary period**
- Yearly
- **Closing**
- Today at 23:59
- **Interview date**
- 11/04/2023Thank you for your interest in joining us at **Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.**

**We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.**

**_ Strategic Themes_**

**_ Great Care_**:

- We will deliver safe, high quality, consistent and personalised care based on best practice. We are working to be a responsive organisation that listens and learns._

**_ Great Organisation_**_ _**:

- We work to be a green organisation, and our sustainability plan will deliver NHS net zero targets. We will support quality care, research and innovation. All our work will be underpinned by clear and transparent principles and systems._

**_ Great People _**:

- We will work together with our staff to create an organisation that supports our collective health and wellbeing. We will attract, retain and develop great people, and embed a caring, open, inclusive and restorative just culture that supports us to deliver quality care._

**_ Great Partner_**:

- With our partners we will deliver health care that improves people’s quality of life, prevents ill health and reduces inequalities. We will spend our money wisely to achieve high quality outcomes that matter to local people._
- _At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

**_ The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19._**

**Job overview**:
This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced or aspiring Clinical Matron to play a pivotal role within the development of services at two of the Central Community Hospital sites in Falmouth and Newquay. Our community are passionate about the care they receive locally and therefore we are looking for an individual who will continue to develop responsive, safe, caring and committed community hospital services and be an innovative and inspirational leader for our front-line teams.

Falmouth and Newquay Hospitals provide community services for the local populations. Within the remit of this Matron role, the community hospitals provide eldercare rehabilitation beds, busy Outpatient Departments, Minor Injury Units, Xray services and Outpatient Therapy services.

**Proposed interview date: 11th April 2023**

**Main duties of the job**:
Work across organisational and professional boundaries to implement new solutions to facilitate a smooth patient journey.

You will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the patients, visitors, workforce colleagues and working closely with PFI site management and cleaning service providers based at these sites.

Facilitate effective multi-professional care across primary and secondary care and act as the lead Clinical Practitioner within the multi-disciplinary team.

Build and develop improved links with the community and other provider units, aiming for seamless service across boundaries.

In conjunction with colleagues across public and private sectors, health and social agencies, support the Government’s strategy to tackle poor patient experiences.

Provide expert NMAHP leadership and represent the Trust at local, regional and national level.

This is a full-time post working 37.5 hours per week across the two sites

**Working for our organisation**:
We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'