Band 8a Matron - Acute & Urgent Care

Job overview

We are looking to recruit a Band 8a Matron for our South Inpatient Wards.

We are looking for highly motivated and experienced Registered Mental Health Nurses (RMN) to join our Leadership Teams across Acute Inpatients (North, Central and South localities) Urgent Care or Home Treatment Team.

You will provide robust, consistent, practical and evidence-based day-to-day clinical and operational leadership and management support on our Acute Wards.

You must have a proven track record of being a clinical lead or manager at Band 7 or 8a.

We are looking for an individual who will support the ongoing development of the service. You will have knowledge and interest in quality and governance, demonstrating an innovative and dynamic approach to ensuring the delivery of high-quality, holistic, patient-centred care in a challenging and fast paced environment.

You will be expected to work alongside other Matrons, CNM and the rest of the multi-disciplinary team to participate in service improvements and evaluation, clinically supporting the ward/team managers and wider team to deliver high quality patient centred care.

Interviews will likely take place 14th August 2026 at Oleaster.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for: a) Contributing to the implementation of strategic plans within the service and within designated acute and urgent care services. b) Managing resources appropriately to ensure care is delivered effectively. Including responsibility for the management of a delegated budget. c) Demonstrating a strong focus on the quality of the service user experience in the way services are designed and delivered with clear processes in place for addressing any risks or issues which are identified as impacting on this. d) Developing, implementing and monitoring quality standards across the Trust by strengthening professional clinical leadership at team and service area level. e) Support the development and delivery of service improvement objectives, taking into account the strategic aims and priorities of the Trust. f) Ensuring effective communication and engagement with service users, their carer’s and all members of the multi-disciplinary team, both internal and external to ensure the best possible experience  g) Advising Team Mangers on professional and practice issues in consultation with other functions or specialists e.g. senior nursing colleagues, human resources etc. h) Being highly visible and accessible as a professional leader of the service to all stakeholders i) Take the lead in supporting the achievement of key performance indicators for service area. including quality, governance, workforce and financial measures.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.

We highly recommend you submit your application as soon as possible, this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.