An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Modern Matron (8a) to join the Learning Disability Intensive Support team.
We are looking for a Registered Nurse in Learning Disability who is forward thinking, innovative and creative. Do you have a can do attitude to problem solving? Do you champion service user and family carer involvement? Are you a team player who leads with compassion and inclusivity?
If so this is the role for you. The Intensive Support team is an all age team who work with people with a learning disability and additional complex needs to prevent inappropriate admissions to hospital. The team is multi-disciplinary and works across the whole of Lancashire and South Cumbria. The modern matron will be responsible for the operational and clinical leadership of the team ensuring patient experience is a priority. You will be expected to provide leadership and clinical expertise within the IST working collaboratively with people with lived experience and registered practitioners.
This is a community role and will require travel between various sites across Lancashire and South Cumbria. You must have the ability to access your own travel for this role.
The post holder supports the delivery of the intensive support team model providing leadership to professional and direct care staff, ensuring the availability of appropriate administrative support services in the team to release clinical time to care. The post holder will be expected to work Monday to Friday 9am-5pm with their colleagues providing leadership and clinical expertise to the team and advice to external agencies as required.
The Matron will provide a visible, accessible and authoritative presence in the team, to whom service users and their families can turn for assistance, advice and support.
Matrons must be clinically up to date and credible/have clinical skills expecting others to perform and passionate about driving up clinical and professional standards.
Lead on quality agenda within the clinical team.
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.
The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.
Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.
For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.
Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.
This advert closes on Monday 27 Jan 2025