Modern Matron - Low Secure Forensic Units - Oxford
Band 8a
Main area Registered Mental Health Nurse, Modern Matron Grade Band 8a Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (and on-call out of hours rota, paid at 3% per annum| pro rata) Job ref 267-FS7171987
Site Littlemore Mental Health Centre Town Littlemore Salary £53,755 - £60,504 plus an RSU allowance of £1,446 per annum | pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 13/05/2025 23:59
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.
We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
We actively support anti-racism, equality, diversity, and inclusion so, if you’re excited about this job opportunity and you meet our Trust values, but feel unsure about applying, then please get in touch and we will be happy to have a conversation with you.
We are also committed to increasing diversity in the workforce, that is why we actively encourage applications from those groups of people who are currently under-represented, which include amongst others: people with disabilities; men from all socio-economic backgrounds; people from diverse ethnic backgrounds; and people from the LGBTQIA+ community.
Good luck and we hope to hear from you.
Job overview
Are you a registered mental health nurse looking for a balance of clinical and managerial responsibilities where you will be an influential member of the leadership team for your wards?
We are recruiting for a Modern Matron (Forensic Inpatient Services) at Littlemore Mental Health Centre, Oxford, to provide clinical leadership for nurses and other health professionals providing care in an inpatient setting.
This role offers you a combination of patient contact, carer involvement and managing ward teams, leading on the provision of high quality evidence-based mental health nursing care.
You'll be available to ward staff, patients and carers and be responsive to their experiences of care and concerns about the ward environment.The role of a modern matron is pivotal in delivering the vision of the Trust, patients and carers onto your wards.
You'll offer operational and strategic leadership to the in-patient teams at our low secure units Lambourn House (pre-discharge unit), and Wenric Ward, both within the forensic directorate, and be the clinical and governance lead for these wards.
If this sounds like your next career move, we would love to hear from you!
Main duties of the job
* You'll hold a key role as a member of the leadership team for the wards they are responsible for, alongside psychiatry and allied health professionals.
* Demonstrate a level of healthy curiosity about care delivery and become actively engaged in care planning and risk management as required.
* Contribute to the governance of care and lead on the improvement and development of nursing care with a strong focus on quality improvement, ensuring that Care Quality Commission (CQC) essential standards are met and exceeded
* Support and inspire teams within our inpatient services to meet CQC standards of ‘Excellent’.
The in-patient wards are also involved in the in-patient mental health transformation programme, including the NHS England Culture of Care programme. You will be a core part of the leadership team driving this transformation to improve quality of care.
Please refer to the job description attached for a comprehensive list of duties.
The ability to travel independently between sites within the Trust is essential for this role. Please note if you are based outside of the UK you will need to be fully qualified, have already passed your OSCE and have an NMC pin number in order to be considered for this role.
Working for our organisation
Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application please read the “candidate guide to making an application” and ensure your supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses any essential criteria.
As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our values are:“Caring, safe and excellent”
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
* Excellent opportunities for career progression
* Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
* 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
* NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
* Lease car scheme
* Cycle to work scheme
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Mental Health First Aiders
* Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
* Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.
The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.
Person specification
Qualifications
* RMN, Educated to degree level
* RGN and/or Master’s degree
Knowledge Requirements
* Experience of successful budget and resource management
* Skills and experience in managing poor performance and dealing with misconduct issues
* Extensive knowledge of clinical governance and Care Quality Commission (CQC) essential standards of care
Experience
* Experience of leading teams, and of managing the performance of individuals within those teams.
* Detailed understanding of the key policy issues affecting the delivery of health and social care across local health economy and at national leve
* Experience of leading the planning, delivering, and evaluation of care to address changing needs.
Personal Qualities
* Demonstrate an ability to organise and motivate self and others
* Demonstrate an ability to communicate at different levels and relay information to people with different levels of ability to understand
Contractual / other requirements
* To be available to take part in on-call rota
* To be able to travel to work in different parts of the Trust; if possible to hold a current driving license
* Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults
* All new starters have a thorough induction process, both local and Trust wide, which aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
* Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
* We’re advocates of flexible working and many of our roles offer a range of employment options to help you balance your work and personal life.
* Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
* We are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence, driven by the belief that a fair, just and fully inclusive organisational culture enables our teams to deliver the best quality of care and services possible and we work hard to ensure that our diverse workforce reflects the communities that we serve.
* We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential. All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values – safe, caring and excellent.
* We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
* Oxford is a world-renowned centre of excellence for research. Oxford Health works closely with the University of Oxford department of Psychiatry and the Department of Primary care, has a Biomedical Research Centre dedicated to improving mental health and the NIHR Clinical Research Facility at the Warneford site. The Trust also hosts the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) which carries out applied research that directly impacts patient health and wellbeing
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.
Name Pippa Williams Job title Service Manager Email address pippa1.williams@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk Telephone number 07425673697 Additional information
At Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust we want to employ people not just with experience, but with the aptitude and motivation to succeed and whose values resonate with our own.
Therefore, if you don’t meet all the requirements of the role and are unsure about applying but are excited about the opportunity, please do get in touch. We will be happy to discuss the requirements in more detail ahead of making a written application.
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