Clinical Matron - CAMHS

Job summary

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Band 8a Clinical Matron to join our CAMHS acute services, providing professional leadership management to the Nursing / Midwifery / Allied Health Professions' service' for the CAMHS Acute service.

You will initially oversee out inpatient unit Sowenna for the first 3 months then this will extend to also cover our Community Integrated Crisis team MARRS.

The Clinical Matron will provide strong clinical leadership with the services and be highly visible and accessible to the young people who are under acute services. Leading by example, they will drive up standards of clinical care and have the authority to get the essential components of care right for patients.

Proposed Interview Date: Monday 14th April 2025.

Main duties of the job

The Clinical Matron for the CAMHS Acute Care Pathway provides strategic and professional leadership, working collaboratively with the acute senior leadership team across the CAMHS Tier 4 in-patient unit and Acute Care Pathway.

This pivotal role ensures the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based clinical care, operational efficiency, and service excellence, while fostering collaborative working relationships with multidisciplinary teams, stakeholders, system partners, south west provider collaborative and commissioners. Reporting to the Head of Service for CAMHS Acute Care, the Clinical Matron has direct line management responsibility for managers within Acute and inpatient pathways . They will deliver visible, accessible, and authoritative leadership across inpatient and acute community services. They lead on service development, cultivating a philosophy of care that is grounded in best practice and evidence, and ensuring continuous improvement and innovation whilst delivering the NHS matron Charter. The Clinical Matron actively involves patients and carers in the design, delivery, and evaluation of services to maintain relevance and responsiveness to their needs.

About us

We're an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people's physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.

Approximately 568,000 people live her. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increase the numbers of people who use out services.