# Matron preoperative assessment and ACAD day care surgery unit

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
- **Location:** Central Middlesex Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Matron
- **Grade:** Band 8
- **Salary:** £63665.00 to £70887.00
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-28T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-14T11:22:04.098Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8329464
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8329464?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.lnwh.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

An exciting opportunity to lead the next chapter of Pre operative assessment and ACAD Day care surgery at London North West Hospital Trust

We are looking for a dynamic inspirational and forward thinking nurse leader to join our team at an exciting time of development and transformation within the trust\`s Preoperative assessment

Our service is continuing on an ambitious programme of change as evolve our traditional preoperative assessment model towards a prehabilitation service supporting patients to be fit and prepared for surgery and optimising their outcomes

### Main duties of the job

We are looking for an experienced and motivated nurse leader who can build on the strong foundations already established and continue the implementation and development of our multimodal training programme , supporting our nursing team to develop knowledge , skills and confidence across evolving service

This is an exciting opportunity for an individual who is passionate about clinical leadership , education , innovation and improving patients outcomes

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

*** Applicants are strongly encouraged to refer to the full Job Description and Person Specification for comprehensive details of responsibilities, requirements and role expectations.

This post holder has a pivotal role in shaping the future of our service working collaboratively across multidisciplinary team and driving improvement in the way we prepare patients for surgery

For successful shortlisted - a visit to our unit is encouraged.

### Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

## Person Specification

### Education

**Essential**

- Independent non medical prescriber/physical assessment course
- Leadership Qualification
- Proven track record of recent operational nursing management at a senior level in an acute hospital setting

**Desirable**

- Advanced clinical practitioner course

### Knowledge and experience

**Essential**

- Extensive post registration experience in acute/chronic medical/surgical .
- Up to date knowledge of current clinical POA and day care and professional issues.
- Demonstrable experience in workforce management, and in leading and managing teams, including recruitment, appraisal, performance management and HR processes
- Experience in patient safety, including incidents, complaints, audit and quality assurance
- Experience of budget management and resource utilisation within a clinical environment
- Experience of leading service improvement, change management and service development initiatives
- Experience of policy implementation and ensuring compliance with standards and guidelines
- Ability to work across organisational boundaries and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams

### Skills abilities and attributes

**Essential**

- Expert skills relevant to POA and day care
- Clinical decision-making skills in preoperative assessment management.
- Ability to work autonomously
- Able to work across professional boundaries

## Documents

- [heart values (pdf, 158.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2615)
- [poa matron jd (pdf, 264.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10654419)
- [guidance for applying (pdf, 914.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1549)
- [poa person spec band 8a (pdf, 224.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10655280)

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