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Job overview
Are you an experienced, compassionate, and clinically credible leader with a passion for improving care for older adults?
We are seeking an exceptional Older Adult Community Matron to join our Community Mental Health Team on a one-year fixed-term basis. This is a pivotal senior clinical leadership role focused on delivering high-quality, patient-centred care to older adults with complex mental health needs in the community.
Main duties of the job
As a Community Matron, you will provide expert clinical leadership across the CMHT, supporting individuals with complex, frail, and often co-morbid mental and physical health needs. You will play a key role in:
Leading on case management for high-risk and complex patients, ensuring proactive, coordinated care Driving quality, safety, and patient experience improvements across the service Supporting admission avoidance and timely discharge, working closely with inpatient services and system partners Providing clinical supervision and leadership to nursing and multi-disciplinary colleagues Embedding personalised, recovery-focused care planning, ensuring the patient voice is central Strengthening partnership working with primary care, social care, acute services, and the voluntary sector
This is an opportunity to shape and strengthen community provision for older adults at a time of transformation. You will be part of a forward-thinking, supportive leadership team committed to:
Delivering safe, effective, and compassionate care Reducing health inequalities for older people Supporting staff wellbeing and professional development Driving innovation in community mental health
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- Significant post registration nursing experience within mental health
- Experience in professional leadership, clinical governance and supervision and appraisal
Desirable
- Experience within a Older Adult setting
- Experience within a Community Setting
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- A demonstrable knowledge of evidence - based nursing practice in mental health nursing
- Evidence of understanding and developing nursing policy and practice, education and research within the context of a multidisciplinary setting
Desirable
- Experience of effective redesign and improvement methodologies
Training and Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified RMN on NMC Register of Nurses
Desirable
- Evidence of significant post registration education and development at degree level or equivalent
- Significant management and or leadership training
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This advert is for Band 8a Matron - Community with Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust in Birmingham, Midlands, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Nurse (adult and children) role. The advertised salary is £57,528 - £64,750 per annum, pro rata. The contract type is 12 months (Fixed Term/ Secondment). The application deadline is 05 Jul 2026.
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