Modern Matron
| Posting date: | 23 August 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 21 September 2025 |
| Location: | Oxford |
| Company: | inploi |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 75731455 |
Summary
Are you a mental health nurse looking for a balance of clinical and managerial responsibilities?
Are you seeking a role that combines patient contact, carer involvement and managing ward teams, and being an influential member of the leadership team for your wards?
We are currently seeking a Modern Matron for Allen & Wintle Wards. This role provides clinical leadership for nurses and other health professionals providing care in an inpatient setting. You will be available to ward staff, patients and carers and be responsive to their experiences of care and concerns about the ward environment. The role of a modern matron is pivotal in delivering the vision of the Trust, patients and carers onto your wards. You will offer operational and strategic leadership to 2 adult of working age acute wards at the Warneford Hospital.
Our inpatient services provide high quality care and are currently assessed as ‘Good’ by the CQC. We are actively working towards excellence.
We want to work with highly skilled, highly motivated matrons that will support and inspire teams within our inpatient services to meet CQC standards of ‘Excellent’.
Main duties of the job- Hold a key role as a member of the leadership team for the wards they are responsible for, alongside psychiatry and allied health professionals.
- Take a lead role on developing aspects of the service across inpatient services working closely with matron colleagues within the directorate in addition to working across the wider Trust as necessary, providing an opportunity for networking and shared learning across the organisation.
- Demonstrate a level of healthy curiosity about care delivery and become actively engaged in care planning and risk management as required.
- Contribute to the governance of care and lead on the improvement and development of nursing care with a strong focus on quality improvement, including ensuring that Care Quality Commission (CQC) essential standards are met and exceeded.
The in-patient wards are also involved in the in-patient mental health transformation programme, including the NHS England Culture of Care programme. You will be a core part of the leadership team driving this transformation to improve quality of care.
It is essential that any applicant demonstrates their ability to work collaboratively and with compassion for patients, carers and staff.
Working for our organisationOxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible
Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
- Excellent opportunities for career progression
- Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
- 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
- NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
- Competitive pension scheme
- Lease car scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Mental Health First Aiders
- Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
- Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.
The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview, and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.
Person specification Qualifications Essential criteria- RMN, Educated to degree level
- Mentor Qualification
- Post graduate management qualification or equivalent management experience
- RGN and/or Master’s degree
- Experience of successful budget and resource management
- Skills and experience in managing poor performance and dealing with misconduct issues
- Extensive knowledge of clinical governance and Care Quality Commission (CQC) essential standards of care
- Experience of leading teams, and of managing the performance of individuals within those teams.
- Detailed understanding of the key policy issues affecting the delivery of health and social care across local health economy and at national leve
- Experience of leading the planning, delivering, and evaluation of care to address changing needs.
- Demonstrate an ability to organise and motivate self and others
- Demonstrate an ability to communicate at different levels and relay information to people with different levels of ability to understand
- To be available to take part in on-call rota
- To be able to travel to work in different parts of the Trust; if possible to hold a current driving license
- Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults
Modern Matron Job Description and Person Specification (PDF, 206.1KB)
Guidance Notes for Candidates Applying for a job at OHFT (PDF, 424.6KB)
Recruiter Contact DetailsName: Anne Dolan
Title: Senior Matron In-Patient Oxon & BSW Mental Health
Email: anne.dolan@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk
Telephone: 07881476379