Job requirements
Essential
10 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills & Ability
Understanding of effective clinical governance, audit, performance and quality indicators
- Skills & Ability
Ability to manage conflicting priorities
- Skills & Ability
Ability to make informed and measured decisions in all circumstances
- Experience & Knowledge
Ability to provide inspirational leadership in a clinical team in keeping with Trust values
- Experience & Knowledge
Be able to undertake Root Cause Analysis and investigations and provide meaningful outcomes
- Experience & Knowledge
Good evidence of staff supervision and mentorship including management of performance, conduct, sickness absence and training needs analysis
- Experience & Knowledge
Ability to work autonomously, demonstrating a high level of professional and personal credibility, inspiring confidence in others
- Training & Qualifications
Degree or equivalent level of experience
- Training & Qualifications
Up to date clinical professional registration
- Training & Qualifications
Evidence of continuous professional practice and education clearly recorded in current professional profile.
Desirable
6 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience & Knowledge
Experience of managing a budget and delivering on this
- Experience & Knowledge
Experience of project management
- Experience & Knowledge
Evidence of the ability to demonstrate service improvement skills and delivering on change management projects
- Training & Qualifications
Demonstration of Leadership or management experience and study
- Training & Qualifications
Educated to master’s degree level or able to demonstrate equivalent knowledge and expertise gained through any combination of alternative study and/or work experience
- Training & Qualifications
Advanced practice qualification
Job overview
The Clinical Matron has 24-hour accountability for quality, staff, finance and performance of their area. The Clinical Matron will be responsible for ensuring patients receive high quality, evidenced based compassionate care.
The Clinical Matron will be responsible for Wykeham ward which cares for patients awaiting onward care following their discharge. This can include packages of care, D2A beds, nursing home placements and other community care services. The Clinical Matron will ensure that staff in both areas are supported and developed to deliver high quality care in accordance with the Trust values.
The Clinical Matron will engage with monthly reviews and be a driving force for maintaining key performance indicators within their areas. The matron will develop a strong link with the integrated discharge team and regularly review onward pathways to ensure that discharges happen in a timely and safe manner.
The Clinical Matron will have enhanced clinical skills and provide clinical expertise both within their own clinical environment and across the organisation as necessary to support the Organisational Strategy in the achievement of professional, operational and clinical governance objectives. This will involve being responsible for the development and implementation of service improvement and/or policies in their area of expertise.
Main duties of the job
- 24-hour accountability in leadership role or quality, staff, finance and performance of the ward.
- Responsible for ensuring patients receive high quality, evidenced based compassionate care.
- Lead on the complex patient assessment, requiring high level analysis and interpretation skills and the comparison of a range of options to achieve effective treatment or discharge planning.
- Provide effective visible leadership that fosters a culture of professionalism, compassion, excellence and the development of effective team working
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for Clinical Matron - Elderly Care with Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Winchester, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Matron role. The advertised salary is £57,528 - £64,750 pr rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 16 Oct 2026.
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