Matron-Eating Disorders

An exciting opportunity has arisen to develop your skills and abilities within our Eating Disorder Service as interim Matron for a 12 month fixed term.

The post-holder will need to have strong clinical and leadership skills to enable you to support clinical care across the pathway. You need to be passionate and committed to delivering high standards of care; and need to ensure that all the people use our services have a positive experience. You should also be able to work with partnership organizations delivering a safe and robust service. You must be a qualified Mental Health Nurse (RMN) with substantial experience including clinical experience at a senior level.

This interim position of Matron will offer you an opportunity to develop your expert physical and mental health skills and utilise your leadership and organisational skills to improve patient experience and develop junior nursing staff. You will be working closely with a well-established clinical team. You will receive regular supervision and support as well as opportunities to further develop your skills, ability and career.

Main duties of the job

The Matron role provides leadership for nursing services across Eating Disorders in inpatients, day patient services, as well as overseeing physical health monitoring clinics. The main responsibilities include developing and implementing nursing standards, improving clinical practices, and providing leadership for the nursing team. This role involves close collaboration with the multidisciplinary team, management, and senior nursing leadership to ensure high-quality care in line with policies and service specifications.

Key duties include overseeing nursing leadership, ensuring professional standards, promoting career development, and maintaining compliance with professional codes. The post-holder will support staff training, recruitment, retention, and the development of nursing protocols. They will also advise on infection control, safeguarding, and best practice in nursing, while ensuring systems for clinical supervision are in place.

The role also involves collaborating on service improvement initiatives, contributing to the development of policies, and representing the service at external events. The post-holder will ensure compliance with operational standards, while continuously working on personal professional development and engaging in relevant research. A key aspect of the role is maintaining effective clinical systems to ensure the delivery of safe, high-quality, and patient-centred care across the Eating Disorders service.

CNWL is recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ only the best people, and our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries.

We're always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee we're hoping to find our future leaders and we'll support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more - whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.

Hear from our staff what it's like working with our CNWL Eating Disorders service, please click on below videos

We offer a generous relocation package (subject to eligibility assessment) and flexible working options, including bank assignments for most roles. See attached Staff Reward and Wellbeing Handbook detailing our benefits, discounts and wellbeing initiatives for staff.