# Matron - Older Adult Inpatient Services > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/matron-older-adult-inpatient-services/969a76ab-8a47-4494-9df4-1ebfab0930f1 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/matron-older-adult-inpatient-services/969a76ab-8a47-4494-9df4-1ebfab0930f1.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Hellesdon Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Matron - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £57528.00 to £64750.00 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (N/A) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-25T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-12T14:28:57.772Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8342292 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8342292?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.nsft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are looking for a compassionate and inspiring Matron to provide senior nursing leadership across our Older Adult Inpatient Services. This is a key leadership role, providing visible clinical leadership and oversight of patient safety, quality, workforce, governance and service improvement. You will work closely with ward leaders and the wider multidisciplinary team to ensure our patients receive safe, effective and person-centred care. Why work with us? This is an exciting time to join our service. We have been rated Good across all domains by the CQC, reflecting the commitment and dedication of our teams. We are proud of what we have achieved, while remaining ambitious about further improving the quality and experience of care for older people. You will have the opportunity to shape and develop our inpatient services, support and inspire our nursing teams, and play a key role in our continued improvement journey. We are looking for someone who shares our commitment to compassionate leadership, high standards and making a real difference for older people, their families and our staff. ### Main duties of the job As Matron for Older Adult Inpatient Services, you will provide visible, accessible and authoritative clinical leadership, ensuring consistently high standards of patient safety, quality and clinical care are embedded in everyday practice. What we’re looking for We are looking for an experienced and compassionate senior nurse with a strong track record of clinical leadership and a passion for improving inpatient care for older people. You will be a credible, visible and inspiring leader who can support and challenge teams to achieve high standards. You will have excellent communication and influencing skills, strong clinical judgement and a good understanding of patient safety, clinical governance, risk management, workforce and quality improvement. You will be comfortable managing complex and competing priorities, using data and evidence to inform decisions and working collaboratively across professional and organisational boundaries. Most importantly, you will be a values-driven and compassionate leader who can develop others, create a positive culture and ensure that patients, carers and staff are at the heart of everything we do. ### 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. Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs ### 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 ### Qualifications **Essential** - RMN, RLDN, RN - Current relevant registration with the NMC **Desirable** - Masters Level Degree or equivalent ### Experience & Knowledge **Essential** - Involvement in managing change/projects - Good working knowledge of wider health and social care system and structures, policies, procedures and legislation relevant to clinical areas - Knowledge of the philosophy, principles and national drivers underpinning high quality clinical care ## Documents - [reasonable adjustments - nsft (pdf, 197.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2863) - [band 8a matron (specialist) jd 2026 (pdf, 360.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10687471) - [values based recruitment – candidates guide (pdf, 360.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1028) ## 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.