# Matron - Palliative and End of Life Care > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/matron-palliative-and-end-of-life-care/0d79ff4c-b71e-4cd6-9d68-3dd4b87dcb2e - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/matron-palliative-and-end-of-life-care/0d79ff4c-b71e-4cd6-9d68-3dd4b87dcb2e.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children) - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £66,274 - £73,496 p.a. Inclusive of HCA (pro rata) - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** 22.5 hours per week (Three days per week part time) - **Closing date:** 2026-07-15T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-29T23:02:50.075Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Guys_St_Thomas_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Palliative_End_Life_Care/Palliative_End_Life_Care-v8101367 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8101367?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Band 8a Matron - Palliative and End of Life Care - WTE substantive 3 days per week working pattern We have an exciting opportunity for an ambitious and experienced Matron to join our Palliative and End of Life Care team. We provide fully integrated 24/7 clinically effective, efficient and high-quality care to people with complex specialist palliative and end of life care needs, based on current evidence and best practice across inpatient and community settings. Our dedicated Palliative and End of Life Care team provides rapid response to patients in the dying phase and our overnight service (Pal@Home) support people to remain in their preferred place of care. We really look forward to welcoming you to our team! Please contact \[email protected\]  to find out more about our team and your chance to join us. You will have the opportunity to work alongside wider specialist teams including Learning Disabilities, Health Inclusion Team, Neighbourhood Nursing, Dementia and Delirium. Closing date - Wednesday 15th July 2026 at Midnight Provisional Interview date -  Thursday 30th July 2026 ### Main duties of the job The successful post holder, through strong clinical leadership, will support the  the delivery of excellent personalised care to patients and families across the Boroughs of Lambeth & Southwark, in their own homes and care homes. They  will have overall managerial responsibilities for the Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNS), Deputy Clinical Nurse Specialists (DCNS) and Allied Health Professionals (AHP) within the Palliative and End of Life Care Team (PaEoLC). The Matron will work with clinical and operational leads to support and deliver an efficient and effective service, providing professional/clinical leadership and expertise in palliative nursing. They will act as a resource to patients, staff, and other professionals regarding palliative care issues. The Matron has responsibility to ensure high standards of nursing care and associated clinical, quality, safety and workforce standards are agreed and delivered to ensure a positive patient experience. The Matron will uphold and ensure trust values are implemented and monitored to provide assurance that nursing/clinical staff behave in a professional manner. The Matron will contribute to identifying and managing issues of poor performance, risk, and complaints. The successful applicant requires a professional registration as a nurse and will be highly visible, accessible, and approachable to all staff, patients, families, and carers to ensure that all nursing care is delivered effectively and efficiently. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see attached job description and personal specification for a detailed description of the roles and responsibilities for this post ## Job Details Band 8a Matron - Palliative and End of Life Care WTE substantive 3 days per week working pattern We have an exciting opportunity for an ambitious and experienced Matron to join our Palliative and End of Life Care team. We provide fully integrated 24/7 clinically effective, efficient and high-quality care to people with complex specialist palliative and end of life care needs, based on current evidence and best practice across inpatient and community settings. Our dedicated Palliative and End of Life Care team provides rapid response to patients in the dying phase and our overnight service (Pal@Home) support people to remain in their preferred place of care. We really look forward to welcoming you to our team! Please contact \[email protected\] to find out more about our team and your chance to join us. You will have the opportunity to work alongside wider specialist teams including Learning Disabilities, Health Inclusion Team, Neighbourhood Nursing, Dementia and Delirium. Closing date - Wednesday 15th July 2026 at Midnight Provisional Interview date - Thursday 30th July 2026 ## Job Description The successful post holder, through strong clinical leadership, will support the the delivery of excellent personalised care to patients and families across the Boroughs of Lambeth & Southwark, in their own homes and care homes. They will have overall managerial responsibilities for the Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNS), Deputy Clinical Nurse Specialists (DCNS) and Allied Health Professionals (AHP) within the Palliative and End of Life Care Team (PaEoLC). The Matron will work with clinical and operational leads to support and deliver an efficient and effective service, providing professional/clinical leadership and expertise in palliative nursing. They will act as a resource to patients, staff, and other professionals regarding palliative care issues. The Matron has responsibility to ensure high standards of nursing care and associated clinical, quality, safety and workforce standards are agreed and delivered to ensure a positive patient experience. The Matron will uphold and ensure trust values are implemented and monitored to provide assurance that nursing/clinical staff behave in a professional manner. The Matron will contribute to identifying and managing issues of poor performance, risk, and complaints. The successful applicant requires a professional registration as a nurse and will be highly visible, accessible, and approachable to all staff, patients, families, and carers to ensure that all nursing care is delivered effectively and efficiently. ## Responsibilities Please see attached job description and personal specification for a detailed description of the roles and responsibilities for this post ## Person Specification ### Previous Experience **Essential** - Experience of working autonomously at an advanced level within Palliative and end of life care delivering effective patient focused care. - Experience of Managing a multidisciplinary team - Proven evidence of advanced organisational/leadership skills and autonomous practice - Experience with playing an active leadership role in clinical governance, managing concerns and complaints - Demonstrable previous success in leading and delivering change and performance with and through clinical teams, by engaging them in the strategic direction and delivery plans, establishing clear work priorities with them, delegating effectively, ensuring a capability to deliver, monitoring performance and giving feedback. - Proven ability to analyse complex problems and to develop and successfully implement practical and workable solutions to address them ### Qualifications / education **Essential** - BSc/diploma in Adult Nursing - Broad clinical experience relevant to the post. - Leadership course attendance - Evidence of equivalent knowledge and experience to Masters level. - A proven track record of operational service management at a senior level in an acute hospital environment, including staff management, financial management and change management. **Desirable** - To have or be working towards a Master’s degree - Leadership qualification - Advanced Communication qualification ### Skills, knowledge and ability **Essential** - Ability to be intellectually flexible and to look beyond existing structures, ways of working, boundaries and organisations to produce more effective and innovative service delivery and partnerships. - A commitment to improving patient services through an ability to sustain a clear performance focus on achieving demanding goals. - Well developed leadership and influencing skills with the ability to enthuse, motivate and involve individuals and teams, and have them understand the Trust’s and your performance expectations. - Sound political judgement and astuteness in understanding and working with complex policy, and diverse interest groups, and common sense in knowing when to brief “up the line”. ## Documents - [band 8a matron paeolc jd (pdf, 304.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10395542) - [band 8a matron paeolc ps (pdf, 136.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10395543) - [band 8a matron paeolc frf (pdf, 376.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10395544) ## 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.