# Inpatient Matron

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Hellesdon Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Matron
- **Grade:** Band 8
- **Salary:** £57,528 - £64,750 gross per annum (pro rata)
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-25T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-19T11:31:35.637Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Norfolk/Norwich/Norfolk_Suffolk_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Mental_Health/Mental_Health-v8348315
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8348315?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.nsft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Responsibility for the clinical, performance and financial management functions of their designated services. This will involve ensuring effective and efficient resource utilisation; the delivery of evidence-based patient care and these services are safe. In conjunction with the Associate Director of Nursing and Safety, the matron will provide clear, visible leadership, strategic vision and clinical expertise to enhance the service user experience.

### Main duties of the job

The post holder will ensure that consistent high standards of patient safety, quality and clinical care are part of everyday practice within the clinical area.

- They will act as a Dignity Champion ensuring that respect and dignity underpin and inform all practice.
- They will promote and deliver the matron agenda, as defined by the Department of Health.
- They will provide a visible, accessible, and authoritative presence in clinical settings and related forums to patients, carers and staff.
- They will provide clear and effective clinical leadership to the multidisciplinary care team.
- They will provide support to staff and facilitate staff development via training, clinical supervision, and mentorship.
- They will ensure that clinical care is based on best practice and continuous service improvement initiatives, e.g. AIMS and RTTC.
- They will undertake the lead role in the development of nursing practice within the inpatient setting, consistent with the Trust’s and national strategies.
- They will lead on governance within the clinical area, ensuring compliance with registration requirements and quality initiatives including CQC and CQUIN.
- The matrons will lead on risk assessment in their clinical areas
- They will raise standards of patient safety, quality and clinical care within clinical environments.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

Some of the benefits you can expect:

- NHS pension
- a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
- career progression
- starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
- staff physio service
- NHS discounts and many more.

Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.

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### 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

### other

**Essential**

- Ability to undertake physical intervention training and remain trained in techniques, as required by role

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- Good working knowledge of wider health and social care system and structures, polices, procedures and legislation relevant to clinical areas.

### Experience

**Essential**

- Involvement in managing change/projects
- Clinical Leadership and clinical care

**Desirable**

- Experience of both inpatient and community care

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- RMN Educated to degree level or equivalent
- Continuous professional development relevant to this person speciation

**Desirable**

- ENB 998
- Masters Level Degree or equivalent

## Documents

- [inpatient matron (pdf, 328.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10673421)
- [reasonable adjustments - nsft (pdf, 197.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2863)
- [values based recruitment – candidates guide (pdf, 360.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1028)

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