Band 8a Matron for Elderly Medicine & Stroke | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 01 April 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £61,631 - £68,623 per annum inclusive of HCAS |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 01 May 2026 |
| Location: | Barnet, EN5 3DJ |
| Company: | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7904016/391-RFL-7904016 |
Summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a visible, compassionate leader who is passionate about delivering high-quality care for our older patients and those recovering from stroke.
In this role, you will provide strong clinical and professional leadership to our nursing teams, ensuring excellent standards of care, patient experience, and staff wellbeing. You will support the delivery of the Nursing and Midwifery Strategy, lead on quality and performance improvement, and ensure effective governance across the service. You will also have responsibility for line managing nursing staff within your area.
The post holder will spend at least 20% of their time in clinical practice, maintaining credibility, supporting teams, and driving best practice at the point of care.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a resilient, forward-thinking nurse leader who is committed to innovation, service improvement, and delivering exceptional standards of dignity and compassion.
Please note that if you have applied for this position within the last 6 months and were not successful, we kindly ask that you do not reapply at this time.
NLPSS have advised that candidates who do not meet the required benchmark score are routinely recommended to wait 6 months before submitting a new application.
The postholder will also undertake the key functions of the matron role ensuring the attainment and monitoring of quality and clinical performance indicators and ensuring that any aspect of Directorate service delivery is underpinned by the patient and service user experience. This role will be primarily based at one site but, where the
postholder is managing a portfolio offering services across more than one site, the postholder will be expected to travel where required and have clear visibility across all health unit sites within their remit.
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.
Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top
For more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/
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This advert closes on Wednesday 15 Apr 2026