# Matron for Pre-operative Assessment (POA) Cross site > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/matron-for-pre-operative-assessment-poa-cross-site/81092199-3a8f-42c6-af57-dc7d2f8118be - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/matron-for-pre-operative-assessment-poa-cross-site/81092199-3a8f-42c6-af57-dc7d2f8118be.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children) - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £57,528 - £64,750 per annum plus HCAS - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-07-26T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-16T11:52:02.146Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Chelsea_Westminster_Hospital_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Preoperative_assessment/Preoperative_assessment-v8098024 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8098024?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.chelwest.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Matron for Pre-operative Assessment (POA) Cross site The Matron for Pre‑Operative Assessment (POA) is a senior clinical and operational leader responsible for delivering a high‑quality, standardised POA service across Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex Hospital. The role ensures that “high‑quality, evidence‑based, compassionate nursing care” is consistently provided and that patients undergoing elective surgery are optimally assessed and prepared. As the cross‑site lead, the Matron plays a pivotal role in supporting safe elective pathways, improving patient experience, and driving alignment with perioperative best‑practice standards. The post holder provides visible clinical leadership, oversees the POA workforce, and ensures safe staffing, effective resource planning, and robust governance. Key duties include leading recruitment and retention, managing performance, overseeing clinical standards, and ensuring adherence to Trust policies. The Matron is responsible for “risk assessment oversight, early identification of complex patients, escalation processes,” and ensuring timely investigations to reduce avoidable delays or cancellations. The role also includes contributing to business planning, service redesign, and Trust‑wide perioperative transformation initiatives. ### Main duties of the job - The post holder will lead and be responsible for the delivery of high quality care and the patient experience in their areas through proactive clinical and professional leadership to nursing staff at all levels within their clinical area of responsibility. The post holder will need to ensure the delivery of high quality, evidence based, compassionate nursing care, and that the workforce is managed efficiently and effectively. - The post holder will ensure ward sisters have adequate support to enable them to focus on their core responsibilities. - The post holder will contribute to the on-going implementation of the Trust’s nursing, midwifery and corporate objectives, developing the service and nursing roles to meet the evolving needs of patients and families. - The individual will undertake the key functions of the Matron Role ensuring the patient experience in wards/ departments is of the highest possible standard at all times with particular emphasis on the provision of dignified and compassionate care which is delivered in a safe and clean environment. - The post holder will work with the Divisional Nurse and the Senior Management Team in developing and implementing a divisional strategy to achieve the Trust’s objectives and ensure that effective governance arrangements are implemented and maintained. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities This role encompasses strategic leadership, operational management, and clinical oversight. The Matron leads senior nursing staff, ensures annual appraisals and PDPs, manages budgets, and drives service improvement through audit, incident management, and patient feedback. They work clinically at least 20% of the time, undertaking daily rounds, monitoring standards, and ensuring compliance with infection control, medicines management, and documentation requirements. The post holder also leads education and workforce development, ensuring robust induction, training needs analysis, and support for students and assessors. As the senior clinical expert for POA, the Matron “ensures strong clinical governance, adherence to national and regional standards, and evidence‑based pre‑operative optimisation,” while representing the service in cross‑site and regional forums to support innovation and integrated perioperative pathways. Clinical: - To work in clinical practice for a minimum of 20 per cent of the time, providing clinical expertise and leadership to the team. - To undertake daily rounds and obtain real time patient feedback; liaise with the person in charge of the unit to assess the environment with regards to cleanliness and clinical standards. - To ensure the provision of safe, high quality care and treatment for all patients which is delivered within agreed standards, protocols and guidelines . PLEASE SEE JOB DESCRIPTION AND PERSON SPECIFICATION FOR DETAILED DUTIES AND MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Post registration clinical experience within the specialty - Experience in developing clinical standards, protocols and guidelines - Experience of developing policies and protocols - Experience in staff recruitment, appraisal and personal development planning - Experience of participating in clinical audit - Budgetary management experience - Experience in managing performance, capability, sickness, grievance, and disciplinary processes - Experience in investigating and responding to incidents and complaints - Experience of leading service development projects **Desirable** - Experience in business planning - Experience of disseminating work through presentation and publication - Experience in conducting research / implementing findings - Understanding of quality assurance and experience in leading change, innovation and practice development - Operational management experience in an acute hospital setting - Experience in skill-mix review and workforce planning ### Skills and Knowledge **Essential** - Skill 1 Knowledge of current initiatives and developments related to the specialty - Skill 2 Knowledge of key performance measures relating to the specialty - Skill 3 Excellent communication and interpersonal skills - Report writing and presentation skills - Competent in use of Outlook, Word, Excel and relevant PAS / clinical applications - Ability to organise, plan and prioritise workload to meet deadlines - Ability to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team - Understands the implications of equality and diversity in practice **Desirable** - Skills in data analysis (A / I) - Skills in service redesign (e.g. LEAN methodology) (A / I) ### Education and Qualifications **Essential** - Registered Nurse - Professional knowledge acquired through degree or diploma supplemented by specialist training or equivalent experience to Master’s level or equivalent - Teaching and assessing qualification **Desirable** - Management or leadership qualification - Band 7 experience ## Documents - [recruitment pack (pdf, 2.8mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1313) - [policy statement (pdf, 144.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=891) - [functional requirments (pdf, 528.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10391901) - [guidance for applicants (pdf, 85.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=890) - [poa matron- cross site (pdf, 1000.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10391900) - [staff benefits and wellbeing (pdf, 177.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1256) ## 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.