Community Matron

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

About the role:

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Matron to join the Team. This is an exciting opportunity has arisen within the Lewisham Operational Directorate Nursing and Quality Team.

You will be responsible for assuring the highest standards of clinical care are provided to our service users in the community within Lewisham Directorate. Lewisham Directorate has recently gone through community transformation and the post holder will responsible for maintaining outstanding care across our community services.

The successful candidate will require energy and a consistent focus on Quality Improvement. You should be driven by the desire to improve the experience of all those that use our services.

Our Team:

You will be part of Nursing and Quality team in Lewisham Directorate working alongside other inpatient and community matrons, supported by Deputy Head of Nursing, Head of Nursing and our governance team. We are a motivated and supportive team who are devoted to providing outstanding patient care.

Main duties of the job

About our location:

Lewisham Nursing and Quality team is based at Ladywell Unit, Lewisham Hospital, Lewisham High Street, London, SE13 6LH

Lewisham Hospital is based in south east London, zone 3 and is close to the beautiful green open spaces of Ladywell fields park and Lewisham park. It is within walking distance to the vibrant high-street with shops and restaurants and located within walking distance from Ladywell, Hither Green, Catford and Crofton Park overland stations. The site is not located within the congestion charge zone.

Our community services are located at different sites within the Lewisham Borough. As community matron you will be required to work across our different sites.

The post holder will deliver on the Matron's 10 Key Responsibilities;Leading by example

Making sure patients get quality care
Ensuring staffing is appropriate to patient needs
Empowering nurses to take on a wider range of clinical service
Improving 'Team areas' cleanliness
Ensuring patients' nutritional needs are met
Improving wards for patients (to include supporting ward in identification of ligatures and management plan regarding existing ligatures)
Making sure patients are treated with respect
Preventing (hospital)acquired infection
Resolving problems for patients and their relatives by building closer relationships

About us

Benefits:

We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close knit team at SLaM. It's important to us that you valued and appreciated and that are why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer

Some of our benefits are highlighted here:

Generous pay, pensions and leave, we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
Work life balance, flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
Career development, There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes
Car lease, our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars
Accommodation, our staff benefits from keyworker housing available which is available on selected sites
NHS discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands though Health Service Discounts website.

Other benefits include:

Counselling services
Wellbeing events
Long service awards
Cycle to work scheme
Season ticket loan
Childcare vouchers
Staff restaurants

We look forward to receiving your application.

Date posted

10 June 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£54,223 to £60,316 a year Per Annum Incl. HCAs

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

334-LEW-4239232

Job locations

Ladywell Unit, Lewisham Hospital, Lewisham High Street, London, SE13 6LH

Lewisham High Street

London

SE13 6LH

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide senior nursing leadership and responsible for overseeing the clinical care of Lewisham community services. To assure the highest standards of clinical care are provided to our service users. See attached Job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Registered mental health nurse
Experience at a senior management level, including managing change
Experience of setting, monitoring and evaluating standards of care
Experience of working in a multi-cultural environment and knowledge of methods to develop culturally sensitive practice
Current experience of relevant clinical practice

Desirable

Higher degree in Nursing or related fields

Knowledge

Essential

oAble to negotiate and influence in order to achieve objectives without direct line management
oAbility to problem-solve, identify problems, review options and take appropriate action without a predetermined framework.
oAbility to negotiate and reach compromises in a manner, which inspires confidence and respect from others at all, levels both within and outside the organisation
oWorking knowledge of relevant legislation and policies associated with Mental Health Care including MHA, CPA Procedures and Human Rights Act
Understanding of risk issues including Clinical and Health and Safety

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Registered mental health nurse
Experience at a senior management level, including managing change
Experience of setting, monitoring and evaluating standards of care
Experience of working in a multi-cultural environment and knowledge of methods to develop culturally sensitive practice
Current experience of relevant clinical practice

Desirable

Higher degree in Nursing or related fields

Knowledge

Essential

oAble to negotiate and influence in order to achieve objectives without direct line management
oAbility to problem-solve, identify problems, review options and take appropriate action without a predetermined framework.
oAbility to negotiate and reach compromises in a manner, which inspires confidence and respect from others at all, levels both within and outside the organisation
oWorking knowledge of relevant legislation and policies associated with Mental Health Care including MHA, CPA Procedures and Human Rights Act
Understanding of risk issues including Clinical and Health and Safety

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).