Matron for Secure

Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust - Forensic and Secure Services, would like to present a wonderful opportunity for someone with passion and experience to join our team. If you are interested in innovative patient led recovery and have the determination to drive the improvement of quality of care, safety and experience, then this maybe a role for you Within Secure and Forensic services, we see ourselves as progressive, creative, and always looking at how to improve. This is a service which has received excellent internal and external feedback. There is an absolute commitment to challenging traditional ways of working and ensuring true patient and carer involvement in everything we do.

We wish to recruit a Matron to work within our services and to be part of our already established team of outstanding practitioners.

We are looking for a dynamic, energised individual who will be excited to be part of our wider MDT. We want someone with a keen eye and a focus on embedding a cohesive culture around quality and safety. Someone who puts excellent patient care at the heart of what they do will fit well with our recovery focused ethos. This role requires you to be part of the developing Nursing strategy which includes a lead role in workforce development, wellbeing and equality and diversity programs.

We need a strong and proven leader who can take responsibility for decisions and will be actively involved in the support and development of the team and will work within the wider network.

We are looking for someone who can communicate and collaborate in a professional manner with a wide spectrum of people, to achieve the best outcomes for patients whilst raising the standard of the service.

Excellent organisational and problem-solving skills are a must for this role as you will be working in environments where creativity on how to approach situations is key.

However, most importantly and in keeping with our trust values of ‘Positively, Respectfully and Together’, we are looking for someone who has exceptional people skills in order to influence change. We have an opportunity to make a difference in people’s lives, service users, carers and staff. We continue to strive to hear the voice of those in our care in order to design, deliver and maintain services.

Surrounded by beautiful countryside the county of Suffolk has an amazing history, universities, museums and art galleries, with wonderful heritage that has inspired great artists, thinkers and musicians for centuries.

In addition, we offer award-winning restaurants, fantastic shopping, annual festivals, and stunning parks. With excellent transport links to connect you to Cambridge, London and beyond but with lower than the nation average house prices.

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing their experiences and learning from each other and are looking forward to welcoming you

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more details on your key accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference, click APPLY

This is an exciting time to join NSFT Secure & Forensic Services as we commit to developing strong clinical leads as part of our nursing strategy. As a care group we have great aspirations to be one of the best Forensic services in the Country. We will facilitate and enable you use your skills providing support and opportunities for career progression whilst supporting an award winning male low secure unit.

We have welcomed and embraced working with Quality Improvement methodology. Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust are committed to Quality Improvement (QI) and have paired up with East London Foundation Trust to train and develop our staff in the understating of QI and how to implement this on our wards. We are currently part of several QI collaboratives which have had significant impact on raising standards and improving safety.