Matron - Mental Health - Urgent & Emergency Care and Medicine

We are seeking an experienced, motivated, and compassionate Mental Health Matron (MHM) to lead our Mental Health Enhanced Care Team (MHECT) across Urgent and Emergency Care (UEC) and Acute and General Medicine (AGM). This exciting new senior post has been created in response to rising demand, increasing acuity, and the growing complexity of mental health presentations in our Emergency Department and inpatient wards.

You will join a well-established, highly committed team, providing visible leadership, expert guidance, and professional oversight to deliver safe, person-centred, trauma-informed, and least-restrictive care. Working closely with senior nursing, medical, safeguarding, and liaison psychiatry teams, you will support high-quality assessment, therapeutic engagement, and integrated mental and physical healthcare.

As Matron, you will drive clinical standards, lead quality improvement initiatives, and develop innovative models of care. You will champion staff development, wellbeing, and a psychologically safe culture, empowering teams to manage complex mental health presentations confidently in fast-paced acute settings.

We are looking for dynamic, inclusive leaders who are passionate about improving patient experience, reducing harm, and shaping a skilled, resilient, and motivated workforce.

Closing date: 24/12/2025

We are seeking an experienced and compassionate Mental Health Matron (MHM) to lead our Mental Health Enhanced Care Team (MHECT) across Urgent and Emergency Care (UEC), including the Emergency Department, and Acute and General Medicine (AGM) inpatient wards. This exciting senior role has been created in response to rising demand, increasing acuity, and the growing complexity of mental health presentations.

You will provide visible, expert leadership and professional oversight, ensuring the delivery of safe, person-centred, trauma-informed, and least-restrictive care. Working clinically for a significant portion of your time, you will support complex decision-making, oversee enhanced care, lead risk assessment and management, and ensure integration of mental and physical health pathways.

As Matron, you will lead and develop the MHECT, supporting staff supervision, education, and wellbeing, while promoting a positive, psychologically safe culture. You will also support Departmental Sisters and Charge Nurses to maintain and enhance clinical standards, drive quality improvement, and contribute to strategic planning, performance monitoring, and service development to meet increasing demand.

We welcome applications from dynamic, inclusive leaders who are passionate about improving patient experience, reducing harm, and developing a skilled and resilient workforce.

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals – Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation. See

We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark. See

We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and – as part of King's Health Partners – we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research's biomedical research centres, established with King's College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities. See

We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.

Please see the job description and personal specification that is attached for the detailed information about this role