Main area Adult & Specialist Mental Health Grade Band 8a Contract 6 months (Fixed term for 6 months or secondment) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 310-MASMH-7403035
Employer Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Fulbourn Hospital Town Cambridge Salary £55,690 - £62,682 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 11/09/2025 23:59
Modern Matron
Band 8a
Job overview
We are seeking an experienced leader with a background in managing diverse teams at a senior level to join our leadership group. The Interim Modern Matron position is available to support some of the Adult Inpatient Wards and associated teams in Care Group 2 for up to 6 months.
The role involves overseeing safe, high-quality care, governance, and performance to improve service user experience across the wards, as well as supporting our new inpatient clinical model to enhance service flow. This band 8a portfolio contributes to shaping, developing, and maintaining the mental health acute care pathway, aiming to ensure safe and effective clinical interventions and strengthen the integration between Crisis, Community, and Inpatient services.
This is a fixed-term position. For those interested in a secondment, please first discuss this with your line manager to confirm release from your current role and to arrange backfill if needed.
Main duties of the job
To lead and manage the acute adult mental health across the inpatient & associated teams in Care Group 2 delivering safe and effective high-quality services, within the available resources to achieve the team targets.
The post holder will provide leadership and expertise to deliver services within an agreed service model, working with service users and carers, and other stakeholders, maintaining effective working relationships.
The post holder will work to establish effective multi-disciplinary working within and across the wider acute services.
Working for our organisation
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting andempowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of ourethnic minority andLGBTQ+ communities.
For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.
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To ensure that the services are delivered within a robust clinical governance framework, monitoringandevaluatingstandardsofcareroutinelyinaccordancewith Trust governance arrangements.
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Toinvestigateandrespondtocomments/complaints/incidentsinlinewiththeTrust policy and take appropriate action.
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
* Degree or equivalent experience
* Senior Leadership experience/qualifications
* Professional registration NMC, AMHP, HPCP
* Experience in managing Adult Mental Health Inpatient wards.
Experience
* In depth experience as a senior professional or manager
* Evidence of successful working within multidisciplinary teams
* Evidence of managing workload and ability to prioritise
* Evidence of clinical supervision training and/or experience
* Experience of operational management of multiple teams
* Experience in working in or managing mental health services
* Experience of working with wider stakeholder groups
* Lived experience of mental health
* Able to demonstrate commitment to high quality care and service provision
* Good understanding of Care Programme Approach / Care Management.
* Evidence of leadership ability, able to influence, involve and develop individuals and teams. ng of performance information
* Decision making and problem-solving skills.
* Experience of managing feedback, investigation of complaints or similar
Abilities
* Ability to use performance management information and demonstrate understanding of performance information.
* Knowledge of policy and legislation relating to mental health and social care services.
* Good interpersonal skills and the ability to foster good inter- team/interagency working relationships.• Good interpersonal skills and the ability to foster good inter- team/interagency working relationships.
* Able to demonstrate initiative and be proactive.
* Approachable, flexible and reliable.
Other
* Recognise people’s right to privacy and dignity, treating every person with respect
* Willingness to embrace integrated model and new ways of working
* Willingness to be flexible in approach and attitude
Here at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) we are dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion. We deliver many of the NHS services that are provided outside of hospital and in the community such as physical, mental health and specialist services.
We are a health and social care organisation, offering a wide range of services, including:
* Integrated physical and mental health services for adults and older people;
* Specialist mental health and learning disability services;
* Children’s community services in Peterborough;
* Ground-breaking research
We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities. For further information about our positive equality, diversity and Inclusion work, please visit https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/equalityanddiversity .
CPFT is looking to build upon its pool of temporary workers with Temporary Staffing Services (TSS). You will be asked at interview if you would be willing to register with TSS. This is an excellent opportunity for those looking to take on additional hours that are flexible around your personal circumstances.
Please be advised that in line with the WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguards List, 2020 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust currently are unable to accept applications from overseas candidates whose country of residence is classed as a ‘Red List’ country.
Applicants who require entry into the UK will be required to provide a valid police certificate from the relevant authority from each country (except the UK) where the applicant has been present for 12 months or more, 10 years before the date of visa application, while aged 18 or over.
If you are successful at interview you will be subject to pre-employment checks, including a DBS (if appropriate), references and Occupational Health. To ensure a smooth process please bring all identity documents to your interview. A list of required identity documents will be attached to your interview invitation.
All communications will be sent to you via TRAC Systems. By applying for this post you are agreeing to CPFT transferring the information contained in this application to TRAC. If you are made an offer, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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