Matron | The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

Posting date:	04 September 2025
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£55,690 - £62,682 per annum
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	04 October 2025
Location:	Wolverhampton, WV10 0QP
Company:	Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	7422860/225-DIV1-7422860

Summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust as a band 8a Matron. We are pleased to be looking for a senior nurse to join the Surgical Division in the Critical Care Services
Directorate over seeing Theatres. We are looking for highly
motivated, passionate and enthusiastic nurse leader who is committed to delivering high quality compassionate care.
Your key role will be to ensure clinical quality standards are achieved by providing inspirational and visible clinical leadership to the Nursing
teams. You will be supporting the Head of Nursing and Senior Matrons in fulfilling the nursing quality agenda. Intrinsic to this role is the delivery of
high quality care throughout the patient’s perioperative journey in collaboration with the multidisciplinary leadership teams.
To carry out this challenging role you must have proven current management and leadership experience at band 7 or above within an acute hospital setting in two or more specialities. Demonstrating an ability to lead effective change within an Acute Trust. You will also need strong
interpersonal, negotiation and decision making skills with the ability to advance nursing practice.
The Trust is committed to personal and professional development. The successful applicant will be supported by the Senior Matrons to achieve
their full potential and become an integral member of the multi professional team.



A visible nurse leader and role model for a number of clinical areas with the responsibility and accountability for professional standards In conjunction with the Clinical Director & Group Directorate Manager, lead the implementation and delivery of the clinical service improvement plan.Providingexpert advice to the Group Directorate on all nursing matters

Ensuring effective contribution to the delivery of the organisation’s objective

Professionally accountable and maintain the standards of professional practice as set by the appropriate regulatory body applicable to your profession or role. Accountable for identifying and ensuring improvements in patient safety, patient experience and effectiveness of service.
Required to contribute to the planning and execution of cost improvement programmes ensuring the quality of care is risk assessed and managed appropriately.

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as “Good” by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

Ensuring safe and effective clinical practice
• Work with the Clinical Director to embed systems to deliver high quality person-centred care with compassion, dignity and respect and good health outcomes.
• Monitor and ensure Ward Sisters / Charge Nurses deliver on-going improvements in standards of nursing / midwiferies and nursing / midwifery services through the development of effective systems and processes.
• Implement agreed systems across the Group/Directorate to evidence and monitor the nursing contribution to national and local standards of care.
• Identify risks relating to nursing, developing & implementing action plans to mitigate them as well as alerting the Clinical Director and Head of Nursing / Midwifery and ensuring they are recorded on the appropriate risk register.
• Lead the development of nursing research agenda within the Directorate(s)
• Engage in clinical practice to develop the skills of others.
• Monitor complaints about nursing and incidents related to nursing within the Group Directorate, ensuring appropriate responses and implementation of action plans effectively resolve issues identified.
• Implement agreed systems to identify opportunities for learning and sharing good practice.
• Take timely action when professional standards fall short of those acceptable.
• Implement agreed systems to deliver patient safety and prevention of harm assurance.
• Ensure the implementation and monitoring of practice standards that meet all Infection Prevention standards.
• Ensure learning from the root cause analyses of incidents, complaints and claims are translated into learning and improvement within designated areas.
• Participate in a range of formal management processes, investigation, hearing and implementation of findings where nursing staff’s professional/personal conduct or professional competency is called into question.

Enhancing the patient experience
• Undertake clinical activity, with a visible presence to patients and staff, whilst monitoring the
quality of care and experience of patients in all clinical settings
• Work with the Clinical Director to embed processes to engage patients and the public in service developments, to seek their views on existing services and to respond to their ideas and concerns.
• Take action to address poor patient experience identified through trend analysis/complaints and report outcomes to Group/Directorate
• Lead corrective actions when patients/carers raise concerns regarding care standards.
• Support the effective flow of patients through the organisation professionally leading and advising clinical teams to maintain the best patient experience in times of increased demand on capacity.
• Monitor and identify standards in relation to cleanliness and environment and ensure corrective actions are taken.
• Respond appropriately to patient concerns and questions raised via PALs and other informal feedback mechanisms i.e., Patient Opinion.
• Ensure that everyone within sphere of care is treated with dignity and humanity, understanding individual needs, showing compassion and sensitivity, and provide care in a way that respects all people equally.

Professional Leadership
• Provide line management for Senior Sisters / Charge Nurses and Clinical / Advanced Nurse Specialists / Consultant Nurses and Midwives and provide a professional line of communication for Research Nurses
• Manage nursing / midwifery pay and non-pay budgets.
• Provide leadership and direction to all nursing / midwifery staff in designated areas.
• Lead the implementation of the Nursing & Midwifery Programme in the Group/ Directorate
• Undertake annual performance development review of Senior Sisters / Charge Nurses / Clinical / Advanced Nurse Specialists / Specialist Midwives and Consultant Nurses ensuring each has a personal development plan to optimise their performance and potential for career progression.
• Develop and promote a positive culture within the Group/Directorate to enable continuous quality and service improvement.
• Act in accordance with the Nursing & Midwifery Council Code –Standards of conduct, performance and ethics for nurses and midwives.
• Promote a positive image of nursing and midwifery internally and external to the Trust.
• Be an effective leader of change, embedding a culture of continuous quality improvement.
• Implement agreed systems to ensure the nursing / midwifery workforce is fit for purpose in relation to statutory and mandatory training.
• Ensure the NMC Standards to support learning and assessment in practice for education are met within Group / Directorate.
• Provide Clinical Supervision for nursing / midwifery staff within the Group/Directorates
• Ensure the Senior Matron /Head of Nursing is briefed on all professional issues within the Group/Directorates
• Lead a culture of continuous quality improvement through use of audit, patient feedback and reflection by self and within the designated clinical areas.
• Participate in the recruitment and selection processes of the Trust.

Continuous Service Improvement
• Contribute to the redesign and planning for the modernisation of nursing.
• Facilitate effective multi-disciplinary team working at service level setting clear and measurable improvement outcomes.
• Monitor and manage the performance of Senior Sisters / Charge Nurses / Clinical / Advanced Nurse Specialists / Midwifery Specialists and Consultant Nurses against job descriptions and agreed performance monitoring frameworks.
• Develop and implement an effective workforce plan to support service delivery and quality standards.
• Contribute to the review and development of roles ensuring they add value to the patient pathway.
• Contribute to a Group/Directorate training plan for nursing to inform the education and training commissioning and in-house provision.

Ensuring Effective Contribution to the Delivery of the Organisation’s Objectives
• Participate in the Trust’s on call manager rota.
• Prepare and participate in Directorate / Divisional / Group / Organisational investigations and disciplinary hearings as required.
• Take a lead role for defined projects or pieces of work as agreed.
• Contribute to the delivery of the Trust’s strategic objectives.
• Work in collaboration with the Senior Matron / Head of Nursing / Midwifery to ensure cross cover arrangements in times of absence.
• Ensure dissemination of knowledge and implementation of plans related to the organisation’s quality and safety agenda, supporting the preventing harm campaign and adherence to “Always Events”.
• Demonstrate by self and through designated service areas compliance to the pledges of the NHS Constitution


This advert closes on Monday 15 Sep 2025