Job overview
We are seeking a dedicated and motivated Modern Matron to join our Inpatient Services at Airedale Centre for Mental Health.
Key Responsibilities:
The matrons’ fundamental role is to improve the patient experience. As well as providing better care faster, that also means making hospitals cleaner, more comfortable and friendlier places, and providing patients with better information and more choice.
The main objectives of the role are:
• Providing leadership and supervision to clinical and direct care staff within their unit, to ensure high standards of care
• Ensuring that administrative and support services for their unit support the delivery of high standards of care, i.e. cleaning
• Providing a visible, accessible and authoritative presence in wards for
patients and their families.
• To provide focus on key performance indicators (KPI’s), finances and
safety of the unit
The underpinning principle is to have a professional leader who is accountable for co-coordinating safe, high-quality care to improve patients’ experience.
In addition to the above, the holder of this post will act as deputy to the Service Manager. This will be giving support and covering the responsibilities of the Service Manager as required.
Main duties of the job
1. Leading by example
2. Making sure patients get quality care
3. Ensuring staffing is appropriate to patient needs
4. Empowering nurses to take on a wider range of clinical tasks
5. Improving hospital cleanliness
6. Ensuring patients nutritional needs are met
7. Improving wards for patients
8. Making sure patients are treated with respect
9. Preventing hospital-acquired infection
10. Resolving problems for patients and their relatives by building closer
relationships
Closing Date: 10th October 2025
Shortlisting Date: W/C 13th October 2025
Interview Date: TBC
Working for our organisation
Everything we do is underpinned by our core values: -
We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference
We Listen - We understand people’s views and respond to their individual needs
We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners
We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :
Increase mileage rates for > 3500
A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages
A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities
Plus many more.
We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.
BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.
The Trust reserves the right to close this position early if a significant number of applications are received.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please read the attached Job description and person specification for further details about this role.
Right to Work in the UK
Prior to your appointment you will be asked to provide confirmation of your right to work and reside in the UK. During your continued employment with the Trust, you have a personal responsibility to notify your manager as soon as possible should there be any changes to your right to work status.
Regrettably, if the role is not eligible for sponsorship under the Trust’s eligibility criteria, the Trust are unable to extend your employment beyond the expiration of your current visa. The Trust is not responsible or liable for ensuring that your employment continues after this period.
As a condition of continuous employment, it essential you maintain the legal right to work in the United Kingdom throughout the duration of your employment with Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust (BDCFT). Any change in your right-to-work status, including but not limited to visa expiration, revocation, or denial of renewal, may impact your eligibility for employment with the Trust. It is your responsibility to promptly inform your Line Manager of any changes in your right-to-work status immediately and to provide necessary documentation for verification purposes. Failure to obtain or renew your visa in a timely manner is a breach of employment conditions and will result in termination of your employment. We appreciate your attention to this matter and your commitment to fulfilling this requirement promptly.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
11. Mental Health Nurse Qualification
12. Current NMC Registration
13. Evidence of continuing professional development
14. Post Graduate level education in specialist area or equivalent experience.
Desirable criteria
15. Educated to Masters Level or working towards
16. Leadership qualification/training
17. Clinical supervision qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
18. Mental health care/treatment relevant to service (Significant experience)
19. Clinical leadership.
20. Operational management of a clinical team
Please note that the Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy before the closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received. It is in the candidates best interest to apply as soon as possible.
In view of Home Office Immigration Regulations all applicants must state their current immigration status, including expiry dates.
Bradford District Care Trust is an award-winning Trust that provides a range of innovative services that have been recognised as best practice nationally. As a provider of care for people of all ages who have mental and/or community health needs we are dedicated to providing a high-quality service, close to where people live and as much as possible tailored to an individual’s needs.
The Trust’s purpose is to create connected communities and help people to feel as healthy as they can be at every point in their lives and our vision is to connect people to the best quality care, when and where they need it and be a national role model as an employer and provide our staff with the best place to work.
Bradford has been awarded the coveted status of UK City of Culture 2025. The year is set to deliver more than 1000 new performances and events including 365 artist commissions, a series of major arts festivals as well as exciting national and international collaborations. Its themes will be rooted in the unique heritage and character of Bradford and will reveal the magic of the district that is held in its people, its ambition, and above all, its potential.
We would welcome applicants with lived experience of providing unpaid care and/or support to a family member or friend with a disability, health condition, frailty, mental health problem, addiction or other health and care needs.
We welcome people from all backgrounds and in particular Bradford District Care Trust is keen to reflect the population we serve, we are currently underrepresented in terms of black and minority ethnic staff. Applications are encouraged from these groups, but it must be stressed that selection will be solely on merit and in accordance with the Trust recruitment policy.
BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.