Job overview
Are you passionate about mental health, clinical leadership and driven to empower others on their recovery journey?
CAMHS Nursing Executive is searching for a dedicated Matron to join our Directorate Leadership team and be at the heart of our children and adolescent mental health services. This is your chance to be at the forefront of innovative mental health care, making a tangible impact on the lives of people in South London and ensuring high standards of care for all.
You will be responsible for the delivery of high quality, evidence based, compassionate, person centred care. Where you will be responsible for clinical and professional leadership to nursing/non nursing staff at all levels within their clinical area of responsibility.
· Continuous learning and growth: Benefit from an ongoing bespoke professional development package to further hone your skills and knowledge.
· Be part of a supportive network: Work alongside a dedicated team committed to your success and well-being.
This is an exciting post that allows for close working and collaboration with senior management and clinicians in the future development of the directorate. The modern matron will be an integral part of the Nursing, Quality and Assurance Team. The successful candidate will have exceptional communication, motivational and influencing skills being able to influence and encourage teams to work across organisational boundaries whilst holding patient care at the heart of their work.
Main duties of the job
What you'll bring:
· A Mental Nurse or RN (Mental Health) Degree or Equivalent professional qualification and experience in mental health care.
· A passion for supporting children and young people with mental health challenges.
· Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
· A commitment to teamwork and collaboration.
· A strong work ethic and a dedication to providing high-quality care.
Working for our organisation
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. It's important to us that you are valued and appreciated and that is why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer.
Some of our benefits are highlighted here:
1. Generous pay, pensions and leave. We offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
2. Work life balance. We support a range of flexible working options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
3. 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.
4. Car lease. Our staff benefit from competitive deals to lease cars.
5. Our staff benefit fromkeyworker housing, which is available on selected sites.
6. NHS discounts. With discounts of up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands through the Health Service Discounts website.
Other benefits include:
7. Counselling services
8. Wellbeing events
9. Long service awards
10. Cycle to work scheme
11. Season ticket loan
12. Childcare vouchers
13. Staff restaurants
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
14. Registered Mental Nurse
15. Extensive post-registration relevant continuing professional development.
Desirable criteria
16. Leadership course at level 5 or above
Experience
Essential criteria
17. Relevant clinical and operational experience in inpatient Mental health services.
18. •Experience at a senior management/Clinical level, collaborating and working to improve service delivery.
19. •Experience of managing budgets and finances at a service level.
20. •Experience in completing audits and preparing reports/action plans
Desirable criteria
21. •Experience of contributing at conferences and publications.
22. •Experience of participating in Quality improvement, transformation and/or research projects
Knowledge
Essential criteria
23. •Knowledge of current professional developments in nursing and nurse education
Desirable criteria
24. •Training in Coaching skills
Skills
Essential criteria
25. •Excellent skills in managing tasks related to Trust flow including managing demand and capacity for patients’ groups
26. •Ability to manage crises and conflicts effectively
Desirable criteria
27. •Able to work on several projects simultaneously using project management skills