CAMHS Inpatient Matron | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 05 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £61,631 - £68,623 per annum inclusive of HCAS |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 January 2026 |
| Location: | London, BR3 3BX |
| Company: | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7597570/334-NUR-7597570-FR |
Summary
Are you passionate about mental health, clinical leadership and driven to empower others on their recovery journey?
CAMHS Nursing Executive is searching for a dedicated Matron to join our Directorate Leadership team and be at the heart of our children and adolescent mental health services. This is your chance to be at the forefront of innovative mental health care, making a tangible impact on the lives of people in South London and ensuring high standards of care for all.
You will be responsible for the delivery of high quality, evidence based, compassionate, person centred care. Where you will be responsible for clinical and professional leadership to nursing/non nursing staff at all levels within their clinical area of responsibility.
· Continuous learning and growth: Benefit from an ongoing bespoke professional development package to further hone your skills and knowledge.
· Be part of a supportive network: Work alongside a dedicated team committed to your success and well-being.
This is an exciting post that allows for close working and collaboration with senior management and clinicians in the future development of the directorate. The modern matron will be an integral part of the Nursing, Quality and Assurance Team. The successful candidate will have exceptional communication, motivational and influencing skills being able to influence and encourage teams to work across organisational boundaries whilst holding patient care at the heart of their work.
What you'll bring:
· A Mental Nurse or RN (Mental Health) Degree or Equivalent professional qualification and experience in mental health care.
· A passion for supporting children and young people with mental health challenges.
· Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
· A commitment to teamwork and collaboration.
· A strong work ethic and a dedication to providing high-quality care.
We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. It's important to us that you are valued and appreciated and that is why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer.
Some of our benefits are highlighted here:
• Generous pay, pensions and leave. We offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
• Work life balance. We support a range of flexible working options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
• Career development. There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes.
• Car lease. Our staff benefit from competitive deals to lease cars.
• Our staff benefit from keyworker housing, which is available on selected sites.
• NHS discounts. With discounts of up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands through the Health Service Discounts website.
Other benefits include:
• Counselling services
• Wellbeing events
• Long service awards
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Childcare vouchers
• Staff restaurants
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
This advert closes on Friday 19 Dec 2025