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Essential
19 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Knowledge
Knowledge and understanding of Care quality commissions standards and the quality improvement agenda for the directorate.
- Knowledge
An appreciation of the unique needs of patients from diverse cultural communities
- Knowledge
Knowledge of current professional developments in nursing and nurse education
- Knowledge
Knowledge and understanding of processes and policies related to quality and safety
- Knowledge
Knowledge and experience of PSIRF implementation and embedding LFPSE (Learning from Patient Safety events)
- Experience
Experience at a senior management level, managing change and introducing new ways of working for mental health nurses.
- Experience
Experience of using audits and data effectively to guide the improvement or other QI initiative
- Experience
Current experience of relevant clinical practice, especially if working across different specialities.
- Experience
Experience of using effective teaching and learning strategies to improve clinical practice and operational delivery.
- Experience
Experience of managing budgets and finances at a service level.
- Qualifications
BSc (Hons) in Nursing or Diploma in Nursing (Mental health/MHLD)
- Qualifications
Extensive post- registration continuing professional development
- Skills & Abilities
Able to advise on clinical nursing issues, demonstrating an understanding of professional guidance, nursing policy and relevant Trust and national strategies.
- Skills & Abilities
Able to negotiate and influence in order to achieve objectives without direct line management
- Skills & Abilities
Ability to problem-solve, identify problems, review options and take appropriate action without a predetermined framework.
- Skills & Abilities
Excellent skills in managing tasks related to Trust flow including managing demand and capacity for patients’ groups
- Skills & Abilities
Ability to establish credibility and good working relationships with representatives of external agencies and other stakeholders, and manage those relationships with sensitivity and compassion
- Skills & Abilities
Highly motivated and able to work independently as well as team, prioritising work and effectively dealing with competing demands
- Skills & Abilities
Demonstrate high degree of self- awareness, able to demonstrate appropriate use of authority, providing a clear and unambiguous role within the senior management team
Desirable
7 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Knowledge
Awareness of evidence-based practice in specialist areas such as perinatal mental health, eating disorder, neuropsychiatry and psychosis
- Knowledge
Training in Coaching skills
- Experience
Experience of working in in specialist services in an inpatient and/or community pathway.
- Experience
Experience of participating in Quality improvement, transformation and/or research projects
- Qualifications
Master’s degree in nursing/mental health field / MBA / relevant discipline
- Qualifications
Leadership course at level 5 or above
- Skills & Abilities
Ability to negotiate and reach compromises in a manner, which inspires confidence and respect from others.
Job overview
Psychological Medicine, Older Adult and Neurodevelopmental (PMOA & NDS) Directorate are offering an exciting opportunity for a proactive and proficient Matron to come and join our team.
This is an exciting post that allows for close working and collaboration with senior management and clinicians in the future development of the directorate. The successful post holder will be based within the Directorate and will be an integral part of the Nursing, Quality and Assurance Team.
The successful candidates will have exceptional communication, motivational and influencing skills being able to influence and encourage teams to work across organisational boundaries whilst holding patient care at the heart of their work.
The candidates will need to be passionate about the delivery of high-quality patient care and have experience in leadership. The post holder will be a ‘self-starter’ and be able to work autonomously as well as part of a multi professional team.
We look forward to receiving your application.
Main duties of the job
The matron role will provide senior overall operational, quality and clinical leadership and responsibility. With the aim to provide senior nursing leadership and responsibility for overseeing the clinical care within the specialist inpatient and community teams under PMOA & NDS directorate, in particular within our national services within our Psychosis, Neuropsychiatric, Neuro-developmental, Perinatal and Eating Disorders pathways.
The post holder will deliver on the Matrons 10 responsibilities:
- Leading by example
- Making sure patients get quality care
- Ensuring staffing is appropriate to patient needs
- Empowering nurses to take on a wider range of clinical tasks
- Improving hospital/team cleanliness
- Ensuring patients’ nutritional needs are met
- Improving on patients experience (to include supporting teams in identification of ligatures and management plan regarding existing ligatures where patients are seen in outpatients)
- Making sure patients are treated with respect
- Preventing hospital-acquired infection when patients are admitted to the ward.
- Resolving problems for patients and their relatives by building closer relationships
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for Matron with South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust in London, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Matron role. The advertised salary is £66,274 - £73,496 58.698. The contract type is 12 months (Secondment). The application deadline is 26 Oct 2026.
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