Job requirements
Essential
12 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Evidence and experience of positive leadership skills and the ability to transform and lead a team to work effectively together.
- Experience
Evidence and experience of relevant continuing professional development and developing clinical practice.
- Experience
Recent experience and evidence of a track record of effective management of change.
- Qualifications
Degree or diploma in a relevant subject
- Qualifications
A Masters level Degree or equivalent demonstrable experience
- Qualifications
First level registered nurse/midwife
- Qualifications
Evidence of recent relevant professional development
- Knowledge & Skills
Management and clinical skills with well-developed leadership, influencing skills and the ability to engage, influence and motivate.
- Knowledge & Skills
Knowledge and a proven track record of recent operational and clinical nursing/ midwifery management and the ability to be intellectually flexible and to look beyond existing structures and ways of working.
- Knowledge & Skills
Knowledge and demonstrable capability of service improvements, strategies for infection control and transformational leadership
- Knowledge & Skills
Knowledge and experience of contributing to and effectively implementing the Nursing/midwifery Strategy.
- Knowledge & Skills
To have a working knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act.
Desirable
1 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Qualifications
To hold or be working towards MSc or relevant post-graduation qualification
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and compassionate senior nurse to join our leadership team. The matron post will initially be in the ED at JCUH and include the UTC at JCUH, FHN and RPCH.
We are seeking an individual with a proven track record of delivering high-quality, safe and person-centred care, who is committed to leading and empowering teams across our General and Emergency Medicine CSU.
This role is ideal for someone ready to take the next step into senior leadership or broaden their experience.
Main duties of the job
To provide strong clinical and professional leadership and a supportive approach to Team Leaders and clinicians within the multidisciplinary team (MDT)
To be a visible, accessible and authoritative presence in the clinical areas
To ensure good standards of infection control, privacy and dignity, cleanliness and health and safety
To oversee and monitor the quality, timeliness and development of nursing care in accordance with all relevant professional standards
To ensure the environments in which service care and treatment is provided are fit for purpose, clean, well ordered and maintained
To ensure all nursing practice is in accordance with statutory and corporate policies, including those specific to service user care
To be responsible for the professional management of the clinical environment, ensuring the right staff with the right skills to deliver person centered nursing care, involving service users and carers
To supervise and teach registered and non-registered staff including students
To be responsible for the identification of learning development needs; to plan how these will be met and evaluate the effectiveness for learners and impact on care
To be responsible for the provision of safe staffing levels, ensuring the privacy and dignity of service users.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.
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 with South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Middlesbrough, England. It is listed as a Matron role. The advertised salary is £57528.00 to £64750.00. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 14 Oct 2026.
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