South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond. We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’. We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone’s potential as change makers. The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust. Our Values We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I’m going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you’ll be part of something special. As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working. Job overview Psychological Medicine, Older Adult and Neurodevelopmental (PMOA & NDS) Directorate are offering an exciting opportunity for a proactive and proficient Inpatient Matron to come and join our team, working within the National Autism Inpatient ward. 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 successful post holder will be based within the Directorate and will be an integral part of the Nursing, Quality and Assurance Team. The successful candidates 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. The candidates will need to be passionate about the delivery of high-quality patient care and have experience in leadership. The post holder will be a ‘self-starter’ and be able to work autonomously as well as part of a multi professional team, with a particular understanding into the requirements of an inpatient unit in terms of good quality care. With a good understanding into the neurodevelopmental pathway and associated clinical and quality outcomes in this area. We look forward to receiving your application. Advert The matron role will provide senior overall operational, quality and clinical leadership and responsibility. With the aim to provide senior nursing leadership and responsibility for overseeing the clinical care within the specialist inpatient setting in our National Autism ward under PMOA & NDS directorate, within the neuro-developmental pathway. The post holder will deliver on the Matrons 10 responsibilities: · Leading by example · Making sure patients get quality care · Ensuring staffing is appropriate to patient needs · Empowering nurses to take on a wider range of clinical tasks · Improving hospital/team cleanliness · Ensuring patients’ nutritional needs are met · Improving on patients experience (to include supporting teams in identification of ligatures and management plan regarding existing ligatures where patients are seen in outpatients) · Making sure patients are treated with respect · Preventing hospital-acquired infection when patients are admitted to the ward. · Resolving problems for patients and their relatives by building closer relationships Working for our organisation About the team: The Psychological Medicine, Older Adult and Neurodevelopmental Directorate are offering an exciting opportunity for proactive and proficient Matrons to work with Specialist inpatient services and community teams. This is an exciting post that allows for close working and collaboration with senior management and clinicians in the future development of the specialist directorate, as well as being a key person in shaping future clinical practice across national services, pioneering new ways of care within mental health services. About the location: The successful post holder will be across all four boroughs. Our base is at Maudsley Hospital, however there is an expectation that you are able to travel between services and sites. We have satellite offices at Bethlem Royal Hospital and Blue Star House Lambeth. Our Trust headquarters is located at 113 Denmark Hill less than 5 minutes from the train station (zone 2). 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. The Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We provide reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability and are committed to treating people fairly with compassion, respect and dignity and in promoting equality and human rights. We aim to put this commitment into practice by: Embedding our commitment to tackling inequality, eliminating discrimination and harassment; promoting equality of opportunity and fostering good relations in our everyday practice Ensuring that all our services and all staff understand and support our commitment We believe that people who use our services, their carers and our staff, should be treated with compassion, respect and dignity Please note: That all applications for this post will need to be made online That you read and understand the Job Description and Person Specification attached to the role. Your Statement in Support should reflect the requirements specified as your application will be judged against these criteria That the closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should sufficient number of applicants have been received. We advise that you submit your application as early as possible That once you have submitted your application you agree to your application being transferred to a 3rd party e-recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs That should you not have heard from us within three weeks from the closing date your application has not been successful That priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employees That should you be successful and appointed, you authorise South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process That we are a smoke-free Trust SLaM is a Stonewall Diversity Champion, Stonewall is the largest Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans (LGBT) rights charity in Europe’ Helpful Resource: How to Use TRAC for Job Applications If you're preparing to apply for a role, this guide provides step-by-step instructions on how to use TRAC effectively throughout the application process : Using TRAC to apply