Job summary

Come and Join Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, where we offer a wide variety of challenging and rewarding roles within a supportive, innovative and dynamic work environment!

We are looking for a highly motivated, enthusiastic matron with a wealth of nursing experience and an in-depth understanding of the delivery of safe, high-quality care. The successful candidate will be pivotal in the delivery of high-quality care and improvements within the Urgent Care & Access Pathway.

The matron will have overall responsibility for the delivery of high quality, responsive, safe and effective care that delivers improved patient outcomes and an excellent patient experience. The post holder will be visible and accessible and provide advice and leadership to the professional nursing and quality agenda throughout our services.

The health and wellbeing of our team members is very important to us and we offer a robust induction period, as well as regular supervision and support. You will have opportunities to progress your career with a structured learning journey that will enable you to achieve your long-term goals and work to your strengths.

We also offer:

• A generous pension contribution and holiday allowance starting at 27 days
• Free onsite parking
• Access to a wide range of additional benefits (attached) such as discounted shopping, recognition schemes and various other packages you can draw from to help support your work-life balance
• Health and Wellbeing Support

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for ensuring the highest quality of care is provided, monitoring achievement of standards and supporting staff to deliver care with respect and compassion.

We are looking for a confident and compassionate nurse leader with commitment to the Trusts values. The matron will proactively promote professional standards and act as a positive role model for all registered nurses.

A key element of the role will be supporting the clinical design of services following our successful Step Up to Great consultation.

The role also incorporates professional development of the nursing teams, so strong leadership skills are essential. If you feel that you have the drive and ambition to transform patient care, embed systems and processes to ensure delivery of high quality care and support our highly skilled workforce, then we look forward to you becoming part of our team.

About us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serves over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

Here at LPT, our values are Compassion, Respect, Integrity and Trust, which we keep at the heart of everything we do.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information are contained in the attached document titled Information for Applicants.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.