# Modern Matron > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/modern-matron/58883816-f8e6-4569-9b9e-f964f95da813 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/modern-matron/58883816-f8e6-4569-9b9e-f964f95da813.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Chalkhill - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Matron - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £57,528 - £64,750 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-29T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-15T13:32:05.121Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/West_Sussex/Chichester/Sussex_Partnership_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Mental_Health/Mental_Health-v8370790 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8370790?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Are you a visionary nursing leader passionate about quality, safety and improving forensic mental health care? Join Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust as Clinical Matron at The Chichester Centre, our low secure forensic unit. This pivotal clinical leadership role focuses on care quality, patient safety and service-user experience. We seek a dynamic, inspiring leader who empowers staff and champions high standards. Why This Role is Different Our structure protects your time to focus on what matters most: - Clinical Leadership, Not Operational Overload: Day-to-day operations sit with the Service Manager, enabling you to concentrate on clinical and professional leadership. - Supportive Professional Structure: Receive professional supervision and mentoring from the Head of Nursing, plus clinical supervision from Nurse Consultant John Canning. - Develop the Next Generation: Line manage a Clinical Nurse Specialist and help develop future nursing leaders. ### Main duties of the job As Clinical Matron, you will be a visible, accessible and trusted nursing leader, modelling compassionate, person-centred care and advocating for patients and staff. Your key responsibilities will include: - Championing Quality & Safety: Lead clinical governance, including infection control and safeguarding, using data and patient feedback to improve safe, evidence-based care. - Leading and Empowering our Nursing Team: Provide expert leadership to nurses, nursing associates and healthcare support workers, developing skills and fostering a supportive learning culture. - Transforming the Patient Experience: Put patients’ and carers’ voices at the heart of care through co-production and constructive responses to feedback, improving privacy, dignity and experience. - Driving Clinical Excellence: Promote evidence-based practice, lead clinical audits, support research and encourage innovation and continuous quality improvement. - Supporting a Therapeutic Environment: Respond effectively to clinical incidents and crises. Complete PMVA training to help teams maintain a safe, therapeutic and least restrictive environment. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The post provides strategic, professional and clinical nursing leadership across services or geographical areas determined by Chief Nursing Office and the division. The post holder will provide expert nursing intervention within their area, whilst influencing more broadly in the development of the wider workforce. The post holder will ensure the delivery of safe, effective, evidence-based, person-centred care whilst supporting clinical innovation and quality improvement in line with the Trust strategy and national guidance for the relevant area of practice (e.g. NICE, LeDeR, STOMP, Transforming Care, NHS Long Term Plan) with the aim of reducing health inequalities. The post leads on the development and delivery of specialist training, education and development for nursing staff and others in their specialist area. The postholder must adhere to NMC code of conduct and ensure that all nurses under their leadership comply with code requirements. This post will act as professional lead for all nurses, nurse associates and HCSW within their area and has lead accountability for the delivery of objectives outlined below and included within the area of ‘patient experience’. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Qualifications **Essential** - Registered Mental Health or Learning Disability Nurse. - Educated to degree level (or equivalent) - Post qualification study to Master’s level (or equivalent) - Completion of Mentorship Course/ENB equivalent - Meet NMC requirement for maintenance of registration ### Knowledge/Experience **Essential** - Extensive experience as Ward Manager or equivalent in the community - Extensive previous experience in relevant setting - Demonstration of personal development - Experience working with people with serious mental health problems or learning disability (LD) as appropriate to area - Demonstrable working knowledge of Health and Social Care governance - Experience of staff management and supervision - Experience of performance management - Experience of Risk Assessment and management - Demonstration of collaborative working with Multi-Disciplinary Team / other services. - Working knowledge of the 2025 (Amended) Mental Health Act, Mental Health Act 2007, Mental capacity Act 2005, Care Programme Approach, Safeguarding adults and children and other relevant legislation / government developments. ## Documents - [modern matron (pdf, 401.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10698484) - [privacy notice (pdf, 127.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2254) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.