Modern Matron

Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.

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Job overview

The Acute and Rehabilitation Directorate (ARD) are inviting applications from skilled, knowledgeable and committed individuals to provide operational and clinical leadership to the service as modern matron. The directorate is made up of services which include adult, older adults and CAMHS inpatient wards; Integrated assessment hub and HBPoS.

Applicants are expected to have recent experience of working in acute mental health inpatient services at band 7 or above .

You will work closely with the Senior ARD leadership to deliver the Directorate's clinical governance and quality improvement agenda and to promote partnership working with other agencies.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for providing management and leadership to ensure the safe, effective operational and clinical running of the Acute Mental Health Division of Acute and Rehabilitation Directorate (ARD), ensuring effective clinical delivery and performance management against key performance indicators and financial targets.

Work collaboratively with other disciplines (ward medics, LT, estates, etc) to ensure safe delivery of services . Note that flexibility will be expected of successful candidates to also cover shifts that will support the effective provision of services within the Directorate .

You will be someone who enjoys working flexibly alongside clinicians to ensure the delivery of safe and effective patient centred care that meets the needs of service users and their families/carers who are accessing our services. The role involves providing leadership in care delivery, incident prevention and management. You will be working closely with the bleep holder/site manager, duty doctors and a host of other professionals to ensure consistent care is delivered across the 24 hours period.

The post holder will work with the leadership team to deliver the vision of the Trust to provide quality service, which is best care through best people.

The post holder will be expected to lead on incident management, including resuscitation drill & should be prepared to undergo relevant training to support in the delivery of these responsibilities.

Working for our organisation

COVID-19 Vaccination

We continue to encourage all staff to ensure that they have been double vaccinated and received their booster. We recognise that taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID 19 for our patients, our staff, and their families.

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

Starting with NELFT

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process, new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

High-Cost Area Supplement - London

This post also attracts payment for High-Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,313 and a maximum payment of £5,436).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification when completing your application. Please ensure you meet the person specifications and have the relevant qualifications required for the role.

Person specification

Qualifications and Experience

Essential criteria

RMN

Desirable criteria

Recognised management qualification or specialist recognised managerial training/expertise

Qualification and Experience

Essential criteria

Relevant clinical qualification to degree level or equivalent

Skills and Knowledge

Essential criteria

Recent experience of working in acute inpatient mental health services at band 7 and above Evidence of continuing professional development in expert clinical and managerial practice Experience of developing and maintaining partnerships with external agencies, professional leads, staff and trade unions Experience of managing highly complex workload demands

Desirable criteria

An awareness of Long Term NHS Plan and clinical governance priorities Experience of setting and managing budgets/delegated budget

Management and Leadership

Essential criteria

Significant knowledge and experience of managing health care staff and services

Benefits

We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:

A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff. A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our effortsto support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity. Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors. Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.

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 a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.

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