# Matron General Paediatrics > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/matron-general-paediatrics/3ae9c837-b12a-4bb2-9fa5-380df9ab90d7 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/matron-general-paediatrics/3ae9c837-b12a-4bb2-9fa5-380df9ab90d7.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children) - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £66,274 - £73,496 pa inclusive - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-24T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-10T11:21:51.697Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8071969 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8071969?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.imperial.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Paediatric Matron (Band 8a) to join our dedicated leadership team. This is an exciting opportunity for an exceptional nurse leader to drive high-quality, safe, and compassionate care across our paediatric services. As Matron, you will provide visible clinical leadership, support staff development, and ensure the delivery of outstanding patient and family-centred care. You will play a key role in quality improvement, governance, and operational management within a fast-paced and rewarding environment. Please contact Jo West Lead Nurse WLCH \[email protected\] to discuss further. ### Main duties of the job - Provide visible and accessible leadership across clinical areas - Ensure delivery of safe, effective and compassionate care - Promote high standards of safeguarding practice - Act as patient advocate where required - Lead improvement in patient experience and outcomes - Ensure compliance with professional and regulatory standards - Operational Management - Lead workforce planning and safe staffing - Support budgetary and resource management - Ensure effective management of incidents, complaints and risks - Maintain high standards of cleanliness, safety and governance - Lead transformation and service improvement projects ### 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 overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert. ## Job Details We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Paediatric Matron (Band 8a) to join our dedicated leadership team. This is an exciting opportunity for an exceptional nurse leader to drive high-quality, safe, and compassionate care across our paediatric services. As Matron, you will provide visible clinical leadership, support staff development, and ensure the delivery of outstanding patient and family-centred care. You will play a key role in quality improvement, governance, and operational management within a fast-paced and rewarding environment. Please contact Jo West Lead Nurse WLCH \[email protected\] to discuss further. ## Job Description Provide visible and accessible leadership across clinical areas Ensure delivery of safe, effective and compassionate care Promote high standards of safeguarding practice Act as patient advocate where required Lead improvement in patient experience and outcomes Ensure compliance with professional and regulatory standards Operational Management Lead workforce planning and safe staffing Support budgetary and resource management Ensure effective management of incidents, complaints and risks Maintain high standards of cleanliness, safety and governance Lead transformation and service improvement projects ## 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 overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Ability to lead a large team - Ability to manage change, both personally & as a facilitator - Excellent relevant Paediatric clinical skills - Previous experience of research and audit - Strong understanding of governance, risk and safeguarding **Desirable** - Capable of working strategically (business planning, service improvements, workforce planning ### Education **Essential** - Registered Nurse (Child) - Educated to postgraduate diploma/degree level or equivalent experience - Management/Leadership certificate or equivalent experience. - Assessing mentoring qualification - Level 3 Safeguarding Training **Desirable** - Leadership or Management qualification (or working towards this qualification) ### Experience **Essential** - Significant experience at Band 7 within Paediatric services - Excellent managerial, leadership and organisational skills - Experience leading and motivating a multi-professional team - Excellent teaching, training and preceptorship skills - Experience and knowledge of quality, standard setting and audit **Desirable** - Evidence in Quality Improvement/Project Management ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 615.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10363300) - [our strategy 2023-25 (pdf, 230.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=427) - [functional requirements (doc, 898.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10363301) ## 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.