Job overview

Do you have a track record of providing high quality care? Are you a credible clinician looking for your next opportunity? West Norfolk locality is recruiting a Community Matron on a full-time, permanent basis within the Norfolk Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) Service. Our service comprises of five teams, one EIP team in Kings Lynn, one in Great Yarmouth, two in Norwich and our At Risk Mental State (ARMS) team (known as TIDES, also based in Norwich but covering the county). The successful post holder will be expected to work peripatetically across the county to support all five teams.  

The post holder will work closely with the operational manager and have overall responsibility for the clinical and financial management functions within the service. This will involve ensuring effective and efficient clinical, quality and safety performance, working alongside the operational manager and associate director of operations and holding joint responsibility for financial management; the delivery of evidence-based patient care and ensuring that the service is safe. The Community Matron will provide clear, visible leadership, strategic vision, and good clinical knowledge and experience of working within psychosis services or pathways.

Main duties of the job

As Matron, you will work closely with the locality leadership team to ensure that high quality care is delivered within your services and will provide professional leadership to the nursing workforce.

You will promote a culture of learning and openness and ensure clinical staff have the knowledge, capability, systems and support to deliver evidence based care and embed lessons learned in practice for the improvement of patient experience.

We are looking to appoint individuals who have a passion for their work and a track record of achievement in influencing colleagues and partners to deliver high quality care. We want inspirational and compassionate leaders who will develop their teams to provide outstanding care.
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Working for our organisation

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you’ll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We’re an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.