Job overview

The Matron will play a key role in leadership of the intermediate care unit teams as part of the clinical management team within the area and will support the General Manager to ensure the delivery of quality care.  They will be responsible and accountable for the direct delivery of care within intermediate care unit services ensuring effective professional nursing leadership and pro-active resource management.

As an experienced practitioner, the post holder will be expected to create an environment of continuous quality improvement, developing clinical practice and ensuring that delivery of care is regularly reviewed embedding the CQC agenda.

Key Responsibilities will include contributing to the strategic development within the area, maximising human and financial resources and the delivery of the Key Performance Indicators as identified including effective and efficient patient flow through the intermediate care units. This will be supported by high quality communications with all groups of staff.

Main duties of the job

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust is a large Community Trust which is proud to provide extensive services across Brighton & Hove, West Sussex and part of East Sussex.

As part of these services SCFT have a number of Intermediate Care Units which provide both step down and step up care in our local communities.

Our teams include trained nurses, healthcare assistants, rehabilitation support workers, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, medical staff, Advanced nurse practitioners, visiting pharmacists and in reach services from other healthcare and social care professionals.

We are now looking to recruit a Locality Matron to provide the leadership and governance oversight to three of our units based in Haywards Heath, Horsham and Worthing. 

We are looking for an exceptional candidate who will provide a professional role model, is able to lead change in an empathic manner, has recent inpatient experience and is resilient in the face of the unique challenges we continue to face.

Our recent Care Quality Commission inspection rated our community inpatient services as Outstanding for caring and our overall Trust rating as Good. If you are passionate about making a difference and want to contribute to an organisation which is continuously striving to improve then we would love to hear from you.

Working for our organisation

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.

Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.

Why work for us?
•    Positive 2024 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeing
•    Varied environments: community hospitals, patients’ homes, and bases across Sussex
•    Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retirement
•    Excellent training, development, and research opportunities
•    Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brighton
•    Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networks
•    Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust
•    Beautiful Sussex location near the South Downs and coast

Our values—Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence—guide everything we do.

We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.

This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.