Community Matron - South Manchester & Trafford Community Response

An exciting and new opportunity has arisen to join the senior leadership team for South Manchester & Trafford Community Response services as the Community Matron., In this role you will work closely with the Clinical lead and as part of the management team, providing clinical advice and leadership to colleagues in the organisation and working in partnership with a range of other agencies. You will have specific responsibility for clinical governance within the portfolio of services, driving the quality agenda and implementation of quality improvement strategies.

If you are an experienced, highly motivated individual with management experience, a vast knowledge of community care delivery and a passion for driving clinical quality, you could be perfect for this role!, You will need to be able to demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a driving passion and determination to support the clinical teams, with a focus on clinical quality. The successful candidates will need to have a good clinical knowledge base, together with proven experience of community working and leadership skills.A proven track record of supporting change processes, coupled with good influencing and negotiation skills are key attributes required for this post in order to provide an integrated and effective service focusing on the delivery and assurance of safe, high quality patient care across our services.

You will be resilient, hard working and have a strong work ethic, with the ability to manage complex situations as well as being well organised and innovative.

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.