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Band 8a Matron – Community
The closing date is 05 July 2026
Are you an experienced, compassionate, and clinically credible leader with a passion for improving care for older adults?
We are seeking an exceptional Older Adult Community Matron to join our Community Mental Health Team on a one-year fixed‑term basis. This is a pivotal senior clinical leadership role focused on delivering high‑quality, patient‑centred care to older adults with complex mental health needs in the community.
Main duties of the job
As a Community Matron, you will provide expert clinical leadership across the CMHT, supporting individuals with complex, frail, and often co‑morbid mental and physical health needs. You will play a key role in:
- Leading on case management for high‑risk and complex patients, ensuring proactive, coordinated care
- Driving quality, safety, and patient experience improvements across the service
- Supporting admission avoidance and timely discharge, working closely with inpatient services and system partners
- Providing clinical supervision and leadership to nursing and multi‑disciplinary colleagues
- Embedding personalised, recovery‑focused care planning, ensuring the patient voice is central
- Strengthening partnership working with primary care, social care, acute services, and the voluntary sector
This is an opportunity to shape and strengthen community provision for older adults at a time of transformation. You will be part of a forward‑thinking, supportive leadership team committed to:
- Delivering safe, effective, and compassionate care
- Reducing health inequalities for older people
- Supporting staff wellbeing and professional development
- Driving innovation in community mental health
About us
Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.
Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people’s lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.
Job responsibilities
For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Training and Qualifications
- Qualified RMN on NMC Register of Nurses
- Evidence of significant post registration education and development at degree level or equivalent
- Significant management and or leadership training
Experience
- Significant post registration nursing experience within mental health
- Experience in professional leadership, clinical governance and supervision and appraisal
- Experience within an Older Adult setting
- Experience within a Community Setting
Skills and Knowledge
- A demonstrable knowledge of evidence‑based nursing practice in mental health nursing
- Evidence of understanding and developing nursing policy and practice, education and research within the context of a multidisciplinary setting
- Experience of effective redesign and improvement methodologies
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.
Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
£57,528 to £64,750 a year per annum, pro rata
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