Band 8a Matron – Acute & Urgent Care: Sponsorship Available

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

We are looking to recruit a Band 8a Matron for our North Inpatient Wards.

We are looking for highly motivated and experienced Registered Mental Health Nurses (RMN) to join our Leadership Teams across Acute Inpatients (North, Central and South localities) Urgent Care or Home Treatment Team.

You will provide robust, consistent, practical and evidence-based day-to-day clinical and operational leadership and management support on our Acute Wards.

You must have a proven track record of being a clinical lead or manager at Band 7 or 8a.

We are looking for an individual who will support the ongoing development of the service. You will have knowledge and interest in quality and governance, demonstrating an innovative and dynamic approach to ensuring the delivery of high-quality, holistic, patient-centred care in a challenging and fast paced environment.

You will be expected to work alongside other Matrons, CNM and the rest of the multi-disciplinary team to participate in service improvements and evaluation, clinically supporting the ward/team managers and wider team to deliver high quality patient centred care.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for:a) Contributing to the implementation of strategic plans within the service and within designated acute and urgent care services.b) Managing resources appropriately to ensure care is delivered effectively. Including responsibility for the management of a delegated budget.c) Demonstrating a strong focus on the quality of the service user experience in the way services are designed and delivered with clear processes in place for addressing any risks or issues which are identified as impacting on this.d) Developing, implementing and monitoring quality standards across the Trust by strengthening professional clinical leadership at team and service area level.e) Support the development and delivery of service improvement objectives, taking into account the strategic aims and priorities of the Trust.f) Ensuring effective communication and engagement with service users, their carer’s and all members of the multi-disciplinary team, both internal and external to ensure the best possible experienceg) Advising Team Mangers on professional and practice issues in consultation with other functions or specialists e.g. senior nursing colleagues, human resources etc.h) Being highly visible and accessible as a professional leader of the service to all stakeholdersi) Take the lead in supporting the achievement of key performance indicators for service area. including quality, governance, workforce and financial measures.

Person Specification

RMN

Essential

  • Registered NMC Qualification
  • Demonstrates Leadership skills
  • Knowledge of Quality Improvement

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 8 November 2026

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