Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT)
Clinical Matron
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Clinical Matron for Older Adult Mental Health Services
There is an exciting opportunity for an experienced, dedicated and innovative Registered Mental Health Nurse or Registered Nurse Learning Disability to join our Specialist Services Division as Clinical Matron for our inpatient mental health services for older adults.
About the Role
Older Adults Mental Health inpatient services consists of 5 inpatient units, covering the frail functional pathway, organic assessment and treatment, and continuing healthcare provision for service users with advanced dementia and complex care needs. This post covers the continuing healthcare wards, Elizabeth Court and Lambourn Grove, in addition to providing senior nurse leadership to our out of hours clinical leads team.
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure that service users’ experience safe and effective care delivered in partnership with them and their carers.
- High visibility, accessibility and clinical leadership.
- Visible presence within their specialist clinical areas providing support, leadership and expertise, highlighting and taking appropriate action where there are concerns and deficits in care.
N.B The post will require travel between sites to any of the older adult inpatient units, all of which based within Hertfordshire. Areas of responsibility may be subject to change as two Clinical Matrons cover the 5 older adult wards and work very closely together to provide senior nurse leadership to our services users and staff.
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Duties
- Provide strong clinical and professional leadership and a supportive approach to Team Leaders and clinicians within the multidisciplinary team (MDT).
- Be a visible, accessible and authoritative presence in the clinical areas.
- Work within the Modern Matrons Charter to ensure good standards of infection control, privacy and dignity, cleanliness and health and safety.
- Oversee and monitor the quality, timeliness and development of nursing care in accordance with all relevant professional standards.
- Ensure the environments in which service care and treatment is provided are fit for purpose, clean, well ordered and maintained.
- Ensure all nursing practice is in accordance with statutory and corporate policies, including those specific to service user care.
- Be responsible for the professional management of the clinical environment, ensuring the right staff with the right skills to deliver person centered nursing care, involving service users and carers.
- Supervise and teach registered and non-registered staff including students.
- Be responsible for the identification of learning development needs; to plan how these will be met and evaluate the effectiveness for learners and impact on care.
- Be responsible for the provision of safe staffing levels, ensuring the privacy and dignity of service users.
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About Us
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission.
Our Family Of Over 4,500 Members Of Staff Provide Health And Social Care For People With Mental Ill Health, Physical Ill Health And Learning Disabilities Across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex And Norfolk, Delivering These Services Within The Community And Several Inpatient Settings. Everything Is Underpinned By Choice, Independence And Equality, With Our Trust Values Embedded Throughout
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Wendy Allam
- Job Title: Head of Nursing
- Email Address: wendy.allam@nhs.net
- Telephone Number: 07771814893
Nuzhat Rahman, Deputy Head of Nursing
Please refer to full Job Description and Person Specification for further details of the role.
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