Job overview

There is an exciting opportunity for an experienced, dedicated and innovative Registered Mental Health Nurse or Registered Nurse Learning Disability to join our Specialist Services Division as Clinical Matron for our inpatient mental health services for older adults. 

Older Adults Mental Health inpatient services consists of 5 inpatient units, covering the frail functional pathway, organic assessment and treatment, and continuing healthcare provision for service users with advanced dementia and complex care needs. This post covers the continuing healthcare wards, Elizabeth Court and Lambourn Grove, in addition to providing senior nurse leadership to our  out of hours clinical leads team.

The Matron’s key responsibility is to ensure that service users’ experience safe and effective care delivered in partnership with them and their carers. This will be achieved through high visibility, accessibility and clinical leadership. The Matron will be expected to be a visible presence within their specialist clinical areas providing support, leadership and expertise, highlighting and taking appropriate action where there are concerns and deficits in care.

N.B The post will require travel between sites to any of the older adult inpatient units, all of which based within Hertfordshire. Areas of responsibility may be subject to change as two Clinical Matrons cover the 5 older adult wards and work very closely together to provide senior nurse leadership to our services users and staff.

Main duties of the job

• To provide strong clinical and professional leadership and a supportive approach to Team Leaders and clinicians within the multidisciplinary team (MDT)
• To be a visible, accessible and authoritative presence in the clinical areas
• To work within the Modern Matrons Charter to ensure good standards of infection control, privacy and dignity, cleanliness and health and safety
• To oversee and monitor the quality, timeliness and development of nursing care in accordance with all relevant professional standards
• To ensure the environments in which service care and treatment is provided are fit for purpose, clean, well ordered and maintained
• To ensure all nursing practice is in accordance with statutory and corporate policies, including those specific to service user care
• To be responsible for the professional management of the clinical environment, ensuring the right staff with the right skills to deliver person centered nursing care, involving service users and carers
• To supervise and teach registered and non-registered staff including students
• To be responsible for the identification of learning development needs; to plan how these will be met and evaluate the effectiveness for learners and impact on care
• To be responsible for the provision of safe staffing levels, ensuring the privacy and dignity of service users.

Please refer to full Job Description and Person Specification for further details of the role.

Working for our organisation

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission.

 Our family of over 4,500 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

 Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.