# Clinical Matron - Elderly Care > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-matron-elderly-care/660f429e-54b0-4021-a0df-d949264934ce - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-matron-elderly-care/660f429e-54b0-4021-a0df-d949264934ce.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Royal Hampshire County Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Matron - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £57,528 - £64,750 pr rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Include MOD - Matron of Day allocation as part of MOD rota) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-16T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-02T10:48:31.341Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Hampshire/Winchester/Hampshire_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Elderly_Care/Elderly_Care-v8219948 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8219948?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.hampshirehospitals.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Skills & Ability **Essential** - Understanding of effective clinical governance, audit, performance and quality indicators - Ability to manage conflicting priorities - Ability to make informed and measured decisions in all circumstances ### Experience & Knowledge **Essential** - Ability to provide inspirational leadership in a clinical team in keeping with Trust values - Be able to undertake Root Cause Analysis and investigations and provide meaningful outcomes - Good evidence of staff supervision and mentorship including management of performance, conduct, sickness absence and training needs analysis - Ability to work autonomously, demonstrating a high level of professional and personal credibility, inspiring confidence in others **Desirable** - Experience of managing a budget and delivering on this - Experience of project management - Evidence of the ability to demonstrate service improvement skills and delivering on change management projects ### Training & Qualifications **Essential** - Degree or equivalent level of experience - Up to date clinical professional registration - Evidence of continuous professional practice and education clearly recorded in current professional profile. **Desirable** - Demonstration of Leadership or management experience and study - 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 - Advanced practice qualification ## Documents - [jd (pdf, 770.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10663068) - [hhft employee rewards & benefits (pdf, 723.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=900) - [tackling climate change at hampshire hospitals (pdf, 4.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2900) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.