Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust
Inpatient Matron- Learning Disability and Autism Secure Services.
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Are you a creative thinking, motivated registered nurse with experience working in an inpatient Learning Disability setting? Are you interested in working with a great team to clinically and operationally lead our secure forensic services?
An opening has arisen to work in a dynamic, responsive and friendly senior leadership team, where no two days are the same. Can you bring optimism, a positive attitude and commitment to transforming our services, sharing our passion and vision to deliver high quality patient care and be a critical part of the development of our services to be the very best.
The post holder will work closely with the General Manager, the Head of Nursing for Inpatient Services, and alongside the SATs services Matron. You will be responsible for; the clinical and operational oversight of four secure wards, direct line management of ward managers, clinical leads and be an active member of their multidisciplinary team processes. The post holder will be expected to demonstrate strong nursing leadership and provide highly specialist advice in the field of inpatient secure services care.
This role offers the opportunity to engage in collaborative approaches across the trust, liaising with nursing lead peers from across the organisation and to be part of the wider Reach Out provider collaborative.
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The Matron will provide senior clinical and operational leadership and supervision for ward inpatient teams to drive continually improving and high standards of clinical care. They will lead and drive quality improvement approaches to improve and sustain standards on the wards. This includes ensuring that Care Quality Commission (CQC) essential standards are met and exceeded.
The post holder will provide visible leadership and be available to ward staff, patients and carers and be responsive to their experiences of care and concerns in the ward environment. Each post holder will work as part of the collaborative clinical leadership team across LD inpatient services providing, the foundation for strong, safe and effective multi-professional team development across all LD wards.
The post holder will work in conjunction with the Head of Nursing, Associate Director of Nursing, General Manager and the Director of Operations to deliver strong and effective clinical leadership to deliver a positive working environment and quality clinical outcomes.
At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.
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We put ‘people at our heart’; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.
- Generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
- Excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
- Salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
- Discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
- Wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
- Staff networks and support group
We’re always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Carol Woods
- Job title: Manager
- Email address: Carol.Woods@covwarkpt.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 07920252377
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