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Job overview

Are you a passionate, hard working, friendly and experienced Mental Health Nurse Leader looking for a new opportunity within Acute care? Looking for a Band 8a Clinical Nurse Leadership role? We are looking for a Matron to join our hospital, covering three of our wards, working alongside both the leadership and ward teams. You will work alongside one other Matron whom covers our other two wards and the Health Based Place of Safety, together to lead high quality care and governance.

You will oversee the governance and quality for both inpatient wards and provide expertise and advice to the clinical team as appropriate. Working closely with the Ward Manager's, MDT and wider trust networks.

Caburn ward is 17 bedded acute ward. 

Regency Ward is a 20 bedded acute ward.

Brunswick ward is our 10 bedded dementia ward.  

We will support your continued professional development and we are passionate about supporting your wellbeing. We take pride in our culture at Mill View Hospital, our culture is underpinned by quality improvement and working with a compassionate, open and psychologically safe leadership approach. We work within a friendly, kind and gentle environment where least restrictive practice is always prioritised.

Main duties of the job

• Working with the MDT to ensure patients receive the highest quality care possible,  including, but not exclusive to, coordinated care, smooth transitions, privacy and dignity, nutritional, spiritual and cultural needs being met
• Ensuring the patient and carer voice remains heard through frequent feedback
• Overseeing safer staffing levels
• Empowering nurses and overseeing supervision standards
• Ensuring that clinical environments are maintained at a high level of cleanliness
• Supporting Staff Wellbeing and retention
• Networking with colleagues across the trust to maintain good relationships
• Complete an 'On call' manager rota
• Provide clinical and managerial supervision
• Oversee ward budgets alongside team leaders
• Engage in Quality Improvement projects and co-production

To protect the health and safety of our staff/workers, patients, and those attending our sites, we encourage our workforce to get fully vaccinated against COVID

Working for our organisation

We provide mental health and learning disability care for children, young people and adults across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire.

Working in Sussex:

• Travel easily between coast and countryside, with a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns there’s always new experiences to be enjoyed
• Embrace the city life with great access to visit Brighton and London
• With easy access to Gatwick and Heathrow and excellent railway links across the UK there is plenty of opportunity for adventure

We’d love you to join our organisation that is rated ‘good’ overall and ‘outstanding’ for caring by the Care Quality Commission. Our staff agree, with 82% of people in our recent staff survey telling us that they recognise that care for patients is our top priority.

Other key staff survey results include:

• 70% highlighting flexible working opportunities as a key point for satisfaction at work
• 79% reporting feeling able to make suggestions to improve the work within their team
• 77% identifying the opportunities to show initiative in their roles

We welcome external applicants and applications from those currently in Band 7 positions. If you would like any further information or to arrange an informal visit - we would welcome hearing from you.  l