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Modern Matron
The closing date is 22 October 2025
We are seeking an experienced leader with a background in managing diverse teams at a senior level to join our leadership group. The Modern Matron position is available to support Oak 1 and Oak 3 Adult Inpatient Wards based at the Cavell Centre in Care Group 2.
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.
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.
About us
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.
Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.
Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.
For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.
1. To provide the highest quality service within the resources allocated.
2. To ensure that there are team systems and processes to provide a responsive and effective service to service users and carers.
3. To ensure that the services are delivered within a robust clinical governance framework, monitoring and evaluating standards of care routinely in accordance with Trust governance arrangements.
4. To promote an ongoing process of service improvement within the team.
5. To provide leadership within the team, supporting and developing the team to provide effective services.
6. To maintain an appropriate working environment.
7. To investigate and respond to comments/complaints/incidents in line with the Trust policy and take appropriate action.
8. To develop and maintain a high performing team.
9. To maintain the team performance management framework, taking appropriate actions, and ensuring that there is clear communication of the team functions, standards and targets.
10. To ensure that the teams maintain clinical and care records in line with the Trust policies and procedures.
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.oGood 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
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
£55,690 to £62,682 a yearper annum, pro rata
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