# Matron - Surgical Services

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Cora Health Group Limited.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Cora Health Group Limited
- **Town:** Newcastle upon Tyne
- **Region:** North East and Yorkshire
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children)
- **Salary:** £55,000 to £62,000

                    a year
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full-time
- **Closing date:** 2026-08-10T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-23T15:22:48.058Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/E0332-26-0225?employerCode=E0332
- **Application URL:** https://ce0378li.webitrent.com/ce0378li_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC179GF.open?VACANCY_ID=285547A5k4&WVID=82071478q3&LANG=USA

## Job Content

### Job summary

Act as the senior clinical lead on site for surgical and procedural services. Provide visible leadership across Theatre, Endoscopy, Day Surgery Ward and Outpatients. Manage and support Heads of Department, including the Theatre Manager, Endoscopy Service Manager and Ward and Outpatients Lead. Ensure safe staffing, effective rota planning, appropriate skill mix and workforce deployment. Lead clinical governance, patient safety activity, incident investigation and learning. Maintain internal CQC readiness across clinical services on site. Support JAG submission and assurance activity for Endoscopy. Monitor clinical performance, patient flow, utilisation, productivity and cancellations from a clinical leadership perspective. Support audit, quality improvement and service development programmes. Promote a culture of learning, accountability, compassion and continuous improvement. Work closely with consultants, anaesthetists, clinical teams, governance colleagues and senior leaders.

### Main duties of the job

As Matron - Surgical Services, you'll provide professional, operational and clinical leadership across our surgical services. You'll hold site-level clinical oversight, ensuring departments are safe, well-led, appropriately staffed and responsive to patient and service needs. You'll play a central role in maintaining internal CQC readiness, supporting JAG requirements, leading governance activity, and ensuring that learning from incidents, audits, complaints and patient feedback is embedded into practice. This role would suit an experienced senior nurse, ODP or registered healthcare professional who has led across surgical, procedural or acute clinical services and is ready to take ownership of a broad, multi-department clinical leadership role.

### About us

At Cora we're passionate about investing in our colleagues, fostering professional growth, and ensuring everyone feels appreciated. We believe that happy and engaged colleagues provide exceptional patient care and will be motivated to perform at their best.

### Details

- Date posted: 23 July 2026
- Pay scheme: Other
- Salary: £55,000 to £62,000 a year
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Full-time
- Reference number: WLC13
- Job locations: Brentford, Brentford, Greater London, TW8 9DR, United Kingdom

### Job responsibilities

We're looking for an experienced and confident Matron - Surgical Services to provide senior clinical leadership across our surgical and procedural services at our West London Clinic. This is a key leadership role, acting as the senior clinical decision-maker on site and working closely with the National Lead Surgical Services to ensure safe, effective and patient-centred care across Theatre, Endoscopy, Day Surgery Ward and Outpatients. You'll lead through others, managing our Heads of Department and supporting them to deliver high standards of clinical practice, governance, workforce deployment and patient experience. You'll be visible, credible and calm under pressure, with the ability to bring teams together around shared standards and continuous improvement.

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Desirable**

- Significant senior clinical leadership experience in surgical, procedural or acute healthcare services.

### Qualifications

**Desirable**

- Current professional registration with the NMC or HCPC.

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