Clinical Matron - MHUCC / MHL

This is a 6 month fixed term contract (possible secondment for internal staff) for a Clinical Matron for:

• Mental Health Liaison (MHLT) service based at Watford General
• Mental Health Liaison (MHLT) service based at Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• Mental Health Urgent Care Centre (MHUCC) based at Lister Hospital, Stevenage
This is an unique opportunity to provide senior nursing leadership within a dynamic crisis service, ensuring the delivery of safe, effective and high-quality care for people experiencing a mental health crisis. As Clinical Matron, you will provide visible leadership across the service, promoting excellence in clinical practice, patient safety, professional standards and compassionate, recovery-focused care. Working closely with Team Leaders, Operational Managers, Heads of Service, the Head of Nursing and medical colleagues, you will lead quality improvement, clinical governance, workforce development and service transformation. You will play a key role in strengthening clinical assurance by overseeing safe staffing, professional standards, incident learning, regulatory compliance and continuous improvement in patient and staff experience. This is an excellent opportunity for an established senior nurse who is passionate about leading change, developing others and influencing service-wide improvement. If you are committed to delivering outstanding care and inspiring high-performing teams, we welcome your application., Under the direction of the Head of Nursing, the Clinical Matron is the professional and quality lead for nursing within their specialist areas promoting safe, high-quality and compassionate care, ensuring dignity, inclusivity and best practice in infection prevention and control. The Clinical Matron is accountable for delivering safe, effective and person-centred care through a strong clinical presence, accessibility and oversight, promptly identifying and addressing concerns. They are accessible to service users, carers and staff, offering advice, support and resolution of issues. In partnership with the Head of Nursing, the Clinical Matron contributes to strategic service development, delivery of key performance indicators and assurance of compliance with regulatory, professional and internal standards. They lead and develop staff, drive quality improvement, and promote teamwork, learning and continuous improvement. As a senior divisional leader, the Clinical Matron acts as a professional role model, fostering a just, inclusive and learning culture, upholding Trust values, policies, and equality and diversity principles, and acting up as required.

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from theCare Quality Commission. Our family of over 4,500 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout