Thank you for your interest in the North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT). It is an exciting time to join us and be part of our journey to improve mental health care across North London and deliver excellent services to our local people. We will achieve this through the North London Way, as we:
* Collaborate at every level by living our Values to create the right conditions for us all to work together.
* Develop our new Trust culture, to help make our new Trust a great place to work and to receive great care.
* Empower our teams to lead the planned improvements in our services, by skilling them and giving them the tools to make the changes.
* Focus on delivering excellence at every level to improve our performance and ensure consistently high-quality care across all our services.
* Ensure that research, Quality Improvement, and technology lead the way and are embedded in our services.
* Take a trauma-informed approach to everything we do.
We proactively welcome diversity in our workforce and pride ourselves on being an inclusive employer. We aim to recruit from our local communities and provide opportunities to all including apprenticeships, veterans, care leavers, and more.
The Hospital Division in North London NHS Foundations Trust (NLFT) is looking to recruit a motivated and experienced matron who is keen to make positive changes within nursing in inpatient settings.
The post holder will be accountable for the allocation, deployment, prioritization, and delivery of the nursing strategy and for implementing and reviewing systems, policies, standards, and procedures that ensure the provision of high-quality services with frameworks agreed by the Trust. The post holder has overall responsibility for the management and development of integrated inpatient nursing mental health services in North London.
Please submit your detailed application detailing your managerial skills, experience relevant to the role, mental health inpatient experience, and in particular the person specification before the closing date.
Main Duties of the Job
The post holder will have clinical leadership responsibilities and will provide frontline leadership to staff on nursing issues and patient-centered care.
The post holder will ensure the development of governance structures and processes to improve quality of care, safety, and patient experience.
The post holder will develop a culture of clinical improvement, leading by example and empowering nurses to improve the quality of care and well-being of service users.
To be known and visible to staff, be present daily on the ward, lead by role modeling excellent communication on patient care, and being familiar with the service users and their needs and the challenges faced by your staff.
The post holder will have oversight and focus on each stage of the care and discharge pathway, offering expertise in the management of complex cases.
The Matron will be responsible for taking action when quality standards or performance require improvement.
Working for Our Organisation
North London Mental Health Partnership
The post holder will need to be comfortable working in an environment of complex matrix management arrangements and will at all times behave and align with our Trust’s values and cultural pillars:
* We are kind
* We are respectful
* We work together
* We keep things simple
* We are proudly diverse
In order to meet the needs of the new Trust services, you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that falls under Barnet, Enfield and Harringay Trust and Camden and Islington Trust. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.
Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities
The primary aim of the Modern Matron role is predominantly concerned with the delivery of high-standard patient-centered care and the effective management of resources. The role involves the provision of clinical expertise, professional leadership, educational/research, as well as operational managerial responsibilities. The post holder will ensure that there is senior clinical presence at nights, ensure high standards of care, and will provide coaching to staff around best practice.
The post holder will undertake the key functions of the matron role to ensure the attainment and monitoring of quality and clinical performance indicators; and ensuring that all aspects of the Division’s service delivery are underpinned and evaluated by the patients and service users’ experience.
At least 60% of the post holder’s contractual hours will be directly linked to their clinical responsibilities.
The post holder will lead and manage inpatient services in delivering safe and effective high-quality care, within the available resources.
The post holder will work in collaboration with service users and carers; ensuring nursing and professional practice is guided by the principles of recovery and good clinical practice. Act as an exemplar and professional role model in embracing core values of dignity, respect, care, and compassion.
This is not an exhaustive list; please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.
Person Specification
Education
* Registered Nurse with extensive experience of Management and knowledge of Inpatient services.
Education and Experience
* Educated to Degree level or Equivalent.
* Sound practical experience of the provision of mental health services.
* Experience of managing a team and working directly with Human Resources.
* Experience of using Quality Improvement methodology to implement positive change.
* Experience of writing reports and undertaking investigations.
* Leadership Qualification.
* Evidence of managing change to support staff well-being.
Experience
* Substantial management experience in a senior capacity managing the provision of care for people with mental health or substance misuse issues in an inpatient or community care setting.
If you believe you meet the criteria of the person specification and job description and would like to join the North London NHS Foundation Trust at this time, we would be interested in receiving your application.
Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts, we reserve the right to close any vacancies before the stated closing date. Therefore, please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.
In line with NHS protocols, only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview. We regret that it is not possible to contact all applicants for every vacancy. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume you have not been shortlisted for the next stage.
Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Before submitting your application and to avoid disappointment please check that you are eligible under the UKVI points-based system - UKVI.
Please note, in order to progress your application your data will be processed by our 3rd party recruitment providers – North London Partners Shared Service, who conduct recruitment activities on behalf of North London NHS Foundation Trust. As part of pre-employment checks, your identity and right to work documentation will be verified remotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a “selfie” using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit TrustID.
References will be required to cover your last 3 years of employment/training. One has to be from your current or most recent employer and the others from your previous employer. The references should be from persons with management responsibility or HR.
The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.
By applying for this role, you accept in the event you are successful that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which is aimed at improving efficiencies within the NHS both to make cost savings for NHS organisations but also to save you time when your employment transfers.
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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.
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