Job Description

We are seeking an experienced leader with a background in managing diverse teams at a senior level to join our leadership group. The Interim Modern Matron position is available to support some of the Adult Inpatient Wards and associated teams in Care Group 2 for up to 6 months.



The role involves overseeing safe, high-quality care, governance, and performance to improve service user experience across the wards, as well as supporting our new inpatient clinical model to enhance service flow. This band 8a portfolio contributes to shaping, developing, and maintaining the mental health acute care pathway, aiming to ensure safe and effective clinical interventions and strengthen the integration between Crisis, Community, and Inpatient services.



This is a fixed-term position. For those interested in a secondment, please first discuss this with your line manager to confirm release from your current role and to arrange backfill if needed.



To lead and manage the acute adult mental health across the inpatient & associated teams in Care Group 2 delivering safe and effective high-quality services, within the available resources to achieve the team targets.



The post holder will provide leadership and expertise to deliver services within an agreed service model, working with service users and carers, and other stakeholders, maintaining effective working relationships.



The post holder will work to establish effective multi-disciplinary working within and across the wider acute services.



Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.



Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.



To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.



For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk



Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.



To provide the highest quality service within the resources allocated.



To ensure that there are team systems and processes to provide a responsive and effective and service to service users and carers..



To ensure that the services are delivered within a robust clinical governance framework, monitoring and evaluating standards of care routinely in accordance with Trust governance arrangements.



To provide leadership within the team, supporting and developing the team to provide effective services.



To investigate and respond to comments/complaints/incidents in line with the Trust policy and take appropriate action.



Participate in an on-call as required.