# Matron For Specialist Medicine

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Barts Health NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Barts Health NHS Trust
- **Location:** Newham University Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Matron
- **Grade:** Band 8
- **Salary:** £63,665 - £70,887 per annum inc
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-11-12T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-29T14:10:54.859Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Newham/Barts_Health_NHS_Trust/Specialist_Medicine/Specialist_Medicine-v8391580
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8391580?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

This role provides key strategic oversight for our Specialist Medical Wards at Newham University Hospital. The post holder provides innovative clinical and professional leadership to nursing at all levels within the service group, ensuring nursing care is delivered to a high standard and the nursing resource is managed effectively. This will be achieved by the post holder supporting ward managers running the directorate wards. The role will be supportive of nursing leads in these areas in their delivery of safe and compassionate care. The post holder is responsible for maintaining the standards as identified by the Care Quality Commission and other regulatory bodies, supporting quality improvement projects with the ward sister/charge nurse and support the multidisciplinary team to take forward the directorates quality and safety agenda. This post combines clinical expertise, leadership and educational/research skills with managerial and professional responsibilities.

### Main duties of the job

Provide supportive and clear objectives to the post holders direct line reporters. Deliver on key performance indicators related to the directorates:

- Quality & safety framework
- Clinical strategy
- Financial objectives
- Strategy for education & research

Deliver and actively contribute to the key performance indicators relates to the sites “safe and compassionate” quality improvement plans, this includes local and site wide quality improvements work streams.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

### 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**

- Understands the implications of equal opportunities Ability to delegate appropriately Highly professional role model Skill mix and workforce planning skills

### Skills

**Essential**

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills Formal presentation skills Promotes, monitors and maintains best practice in health, safety and security.

**Desirable**

- Audit skills Clinical governance and risk management Ability to interpret and analyse complex data and findings

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- Knowledge of clinical governance systems in the acute setting Comprehensive knowledge and competence in all aspects of the role.

### Experience

**Essential**

- Previous experience as a band 7 in an acute care setting. Experience of managing a clinical team to develop and deliver on action plans related to external assessment (e.g CQC)

**Desirable**

- Previous experience of working as an 8a Operational management experience in an acute hospital setting Teaching and education experience

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Degree level Registered Nurse Ability to study at Masters Level (or working towards) Evidence of continuing professional development

**Desirable**

- Knowledge of Safeguarding policies and procedures Leadership/management course

## Documents

- [jd&ps (pdf, 506.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10723531)
- [newham bus routes (pdf, 158.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10734973)
- [our values and behaviours (pdf, 334.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1119)
- [candidate information pack (pdf, 549.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2446)
- [policy statement on the recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 92.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1120)

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