Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (On Call Requirement)
- Job ref
- 354-AB-20930
- Employer
- Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Mill View Hospital
- Town
- Hove
- Salary
- £53,755 - £60,504 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Matron
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Come and join us
We're looking for people who share our values (compassion, accountability and optimism) to help us provide high quality care to the patients, carers, families and local communities we serve. We specialise in providing NHS mental health and learning disability services.
So what can we offer you in return?
We're an organisation which puts people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. We'll help you learn, acquire new skills and gain further experience to support your career development. And we'll provide the opportunity for you to bring your fresh ideas to work about how we can do things differently and continue improving.
You will also be joining a health and care system committed to working together to do the best we can for the communities we serve. Above all, at Sussex Partnership you'll have the chance to make a difference to the lives of the patients, carers and families across our communities.
As a Trust we are committed in making a difference. Your development is important to us, so don't forget to ask us during interview what opportunities we can offer. We can offer fully funded lifelong learning opportunities such as an apprenticeship from GCSE to Masters level.
If you like the sound of that, then come and join our team.
Job overview
Are you a passionate, hard working, friendly and experienced Mental Health Nurse Leader looking for a new opportunity within Acute care? Looking for a Band 8a Nurse Leadership role? We are looking for a Matron to join our hospital, covering three of our wards alongside both the leadership and ward teams.
Falmer Ward - is out 20 bed mixed sex ward.
Palmeira Ward - is our 13 bed female ward.
Regency Ward - is our 19 bed male ward.
You will work alongside one other Matron who covers our other two wards and HBPOS. You will work together to lead high quality care and governance across the hospital.
You will oversee the governance and quality for our inpatient wards and provide expertise and advice to the clinical team as appropriate. Working closely with our hospital Nurse Consultant, Ward Manager's, MDT and wider trust networks.
We will support your continued professional development and we are passionate about supporting your wellbeing. We take pride in our culture at Mill View Hospital, sharing the values of optimism, accountability and compassion.
Main duties of the job
- Working with the MDT to ensure patients receive the highest quality care possible, including, but not exclusive to, coordinated care, smooth transitions, privacy and dignity, nutritional, spiritual and cultural needs being met
- Ensuring the patient and carer voice remains heard through frequent feedback
- Overseeing safer staffing levels
- Empowering nurses and overseeing supervision standards
- Ensuring that clinical environments are maintained at a high level of cleanliness
- Supporting Staff Wellbeing and retention
- Networking with colleagues across the trust to maintain good relationships
- Complete an 'On call' manager shift as per rota
- Provide clinical and managerial supervision
- Oversee ward budgets alongside team leaders
- Engage in Quality Improvement projects and co-production
Working for our organisation
We provide mental health and learning disability care for children, young people and adults across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire.
Working in Sussex:
- Travel easily between coast and countryside, with a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns there’s always new experiences to be enjoyed
- Embrace the city life with great access to visit Brighton and London
- With easy access to Gatwick and Heathrow and excellent railway links across the UK there is plenty of opportunity for adventure
We’d love you to join our organisation that is rated ‘good’ overall and ‘outstanding’ for caring by the Care Quality Commission. Our staff agree, with 82% of people in our recent staff survey telling us that they recognise that care for patients is our top priority.
Other key staff survey results include:
- 70% highlighting flexible working opportunities as a key point for satisfaction at work
- 79% reporting feeling able to make suggestions to improve the work within their team
- 77% identifying the opportunities to show initiative in their roles
We welcome external applicants and applications from those currently in Band 7 positions who have recent ward experience. If you would like any further information or to arrange an informal visit, please do not hesitate to contact us. We look forward to hearing from you.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
-Provide strong clinical leadership, to use the authority of the role to assert the needs of patients and carers within the clinical setting.
- Ensure systems are in place to actively promote patient and carer involvement. Which respond constructively to suggestion or complaint.
- Provide and audit individual, group and clinical supervision to Ward Managers, senior staff and multi-professional staff as required.
- Ensure patients have advice and treatment available regarding their physical health as well as mental health. This includes smoking cessation, and obesity, and long-term conditions.
- Lead – in collaboration with the specialist infection control nurse - on all practices that increase hospital cleanliness and infection control measures
-Support General managers in strategic planning to meet the requirements of the service.
- Ensure that the delivery of care including basic procedures meet the requirement of NICE guidelines, the NSF, the Essence Of Care and evidence-based practice and any other relevant national guidance.
- Monitor, report and act upon any clinical risks associated with change processes or financial constraints. The Matron will be the key lead in the monitoring of recommendations of any investigations.
-To take a lead role in the development of clinically based policies and procedures for the relevant service area.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Mental Health or Learning Disability Nurse
- Educated to degree level (or equivalent)
- Completion of Mentorship Course/ENB equivalent
- Meet NMC requirement for maintenance of registration
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Demonstration of personal development
- Experience working with people with serious mental health problems
- Demonstrable working knowledge of Health and Social Care governance
- Experience of staff management
- Experience of performance management.
- Experience of Risk Assessment and management
- Demonstration of collaborative working with Multi Disciplinary Team / other services.
- Working knowledge of Mental Health Act 2007, Mental capacity Act 2005, Care Programme Approach, Safeguarding adults and children and other relevant legislation / government developments.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lauren D'Souza
- Job title
- General Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07341737666
- Additional information
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