Modern Matron | Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

We have an exciting opportunity for a Matron to join our inpatient team within the Learning Disabilities and Autism care group.

LSCFT Learning Disability Inpatient Servies are currently based at Whalley near Clitheroe and this post will support the delivery of this service and the mobilisation and delivery of the new 14 bed inpatient facility (Water meadow View) in Wittingham at the Guild Park site. These two sites are just 12 miles apart.

As part of the development of Water Meadow View, our new state of the art 14 bed facility for people with learning disabilities and mental ill health you will be a key member of the mobilisation project team and take the lead on specific work streams, recruitment and operating procedure development.

One of the Trusts aims is to deliver the best possible care to our patients and this new inpatient unit will do just that. Water Meadow View will offer clinical excellence, support and safety, with patient-centred care at the heart.

LSCFT's specialist learning disability inpatient services are designed to meet the holistic needs of service users/patients and carers, in a working environment conducive to staff development and wellbeing.

This post supports the delivery of the inpatient facility and crisis model providing leadership to professional and direct care staff, ensuring that high quality care is delivered to patients on all wars, that staff teams are engaged and compliant with key aspects of workforce management (supervision, training etc) and that patients care plans, and other related documentation is kept continually up to date and accurate.
The post holder will be expected take responsibility for the delivery of key improvement actions required in the service and in preparing for regulator visits to ensure the service is presented in the most positive way.

As part of the development of Water Meadow View, our new state of the art 14 bed facility for people with learning disabilities and mental ill health you will be a key member of the mobilisation project team and take the lead on specific work streams including recruitment and operating procedure development.
Matrons must be clinically up to date and creditable/have clinical skills expecting others to perform and be passionate about driving up clinical and professional standards Lead on quality agenda within clinical environment.

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.