Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
Are you looking for an opportunity to support the delivery of excellent patient care to adults with mental health difficulties? Are you keen to be at the forefront of service development and innovative practice? Are you keen to seek solutions?
If so, there are innovative and exciting opportunities within our North Yorkshire, York, and Selby AMH Service. We have a permanent opportunity for the role of Community Modern Matron. You will be joining a senior leadership team and taking a leading role in delivering and supporting the delivery of safe, effective, and person-centered care.
Main duties of the job
You will be welcomed by the teams across the locality and will work alongside another enthusiastic, excellent Modern Matron. You will work as part of the leadership team including General Manager, Service Managers, and Clinical leaders. You will be line managed and supported by the Associate Director of Nursing and other Modern Matrons in the NYYS Care Group.
You will be taking a lead on development, assurance, and supporting the identified teams in your portfolio in the specialty with the transformation in order to ensure patient safety, excellent care, and service development.
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* RN, current professional registration with NMC
* Professional knowledge acquired through degree/diploma supplemented by specialist training or equivalent experience to master's level equivalent
* Recognised clinical teaching qualification or equivalent clinical mentoring and teaching experience
* Leadership qualification or willingness to work towards. Qualification must be achieved within agreed timescale.
* Quality Improvement Systems for Leaders or willing to undertake within agreed timescale.
* Evidence of continuous personal development
* Key skills in literacy, numeracy and ITQ level 2 (or equivalent)
Experience
* Extensive experience working with people with complex mental ill health or learning disabilities in an inpatient or community environment
* Extensive experience working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers
* Extensive experience in a clinical nurse leadership role
* Extensive experience providing clinical supervision, mentoring, and teaching to healthcare professionals and students.
Knowledge
* Sound knowledge of principles of nursing and how to apply these in a practice setting
* Significant evidenced-based knowledge of best practice in caring for patients in the designated field
* Good understanding of relevant legislation and guidance (e.g. Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, CPA, Safe Staffing) and its application in practice.
* Good understanding of clinical governance and its application in practice.
* Good understanding of Recovery principles and application in practice.
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.
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