Modern Matron | Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FoundationTrust

Modern Matron | Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Employer: Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Location: Chester, CH2 1BQ

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full time

Disability Confident: Yes

Closing Date: 02/05/2026

About this job

Are you excited to work in a new and innovative way? Are you interested in the opportunity to empower and engage colleagues to improve patient experiences? Are you a Role Model in your area? If the answer is 'Yes' we want you to join our senior leadership team in Bowmere.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and compassionate Modern Matronto to lead our inpatient services at Bowmere Hospital. This senior leadership role provides operational and professional oversight across a diverse inpatient unit comprising:

• A Rehabilitation Ward
• Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)
• Two Adult Acute Wards
• An Organic Ward

As Modern Matron, you will oversee all wards and associated clinical departments, acting as the visible leader and the face of safety and quality across the service. You will provide strong clinical and professional leadership, ensuring high standards of care, patient experience, governance, and performance. This is a pivotal role requiring a confident, values-driven leader with excellent communication skills, strong governance knowledge, and a passion for delivering outstanding inpatient mental health care.

For further information about the expectations of the role, please refer to the Matron Handbook.

If you are ready to lead from the front and make a measurable difference to patient safety and quality, we would welcome your application.

Key responsibilities

• Supporting and supervising the ECT team
• Work closely with senior clinical and operational leads across SMH care group to help deliver our overall Trust strategy
• Providing leadership and professional support to Clinical Leads and Advanced Clinical Leads
• Driving quality improvement, patient safety, and assurance processes
• Strengthening workforce development, culture, and multidisciplinary collaboration
• Feeding directly into the Lead Nurse for SMH, ensuring alignment with the Trust’s strategic priorities

Background and EEO information

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall. Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do.

As a Disability Confident Employer and Proud member of the Veteran Aware organisation, CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences. We welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.

Applicants who meet the essential criteria described in the person specification should be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme where applicable.

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