# Matron/Lead AHP SURGERY > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/matronlead-ahp-surgery/1496b670-aaae-4c94-b324-44d09da33514 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/matronlead-ahp-surgery/1496b670-aaae-4c94-b324-44d09da33514.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust - **Location:** Eastbourne District General Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Allied health professionals - **Salary:** £57,528 - £64,750 PA, Pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (out of hours roster) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-12T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-28T15:40:37.643Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/East_Sussex//East_Sussex_Healthcare_NHS_Trust/Matron/Matron-v8327732 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8327732?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.esht.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen for the professional and operational leadership of our clinical services in the newly created 8a Matron roles. These are senior clinical leadership roles with responsibility for a diverse portfolio of services, in our Clinical Divisions. As Matron, you will provide visible and compassionate leadership to multidisciplinary teams, ensuring the delivery of safe, effective and high-quality services. You will have a strong track record of embedding professional, clinical and regulatory standards, using assurance processes, audit, quality improvement and governance frameworks to monitor performance, drive improvement and sustain excellence. Working closely with operational, nursing and medical leaders, you will play a key role in shaping services, developing the workforce and supporting innovation across the paediatric pathway. You will be expected to influence practice, challenge poor standards where required and create a culture that promotes accountability, learning and continuous improvement. The successful candidate will demonstrate exceptional leadership, communication and relationship-building skills, with experience of leading teams through change, managing operational pressures and ensuring compliance with national standards, regulatory requirements and quality indicators. A commitment to improving patient experience, safety and outcomes for patients will be central to your approach. ### What we are looking for - Registered Nurse or AHP with active NMC/HCPC registration. - Significant senior leadership experience within clinical services and ability to provide senior operational and professional leadership out of hours. - Proven ability to embed, monitor and improve clinical standards and quality outcomes. - Strong experience in governance, patient safety, quality improvement and service assurance. - Demonstrable ability to lead teams, influence practice and deliver sustainable service improvement. - Values-driven leader with a visible, compassionate and inclusive leadership style. There are opportunities across our Surgery Division General Surgery / Breast - CONQUEST Head and Neck ( ENT, Maxillofacial and Ophthalmology) - EASTBOURNE / BEXHILL Urology/ Vascular - EASTBOURNE ### Main duties of the job Provide visible clinical and professional leadership Ensure the delivery of safe, effective and high-quality care Lead quality improvement, patient safety, governance and assurance programmes. Monitor clinical standards, audits, incidents and performance, driving continuous improvement. Develop and support the workforce through recruitment, education, appraisal and professional development. Work collaboratively with nursing, medical and operational leaders to improve services and patient pathways. Lead on safeguarding, infection prevention, risk management and regulatory compliance. Manage staffing, resources and operational performance to ensure safe and sustainable services. Provide expert professional advice and act as a visible role model for compassionate leadership. Participate in the Matron of the day rota which includes evening and weekend working. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see attached the job description If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch ### 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 ### Experience **Essential** - Proven experience working in a leadership position within NHS or relevant healthcare organisation. - Demonstrate experience of : Quality/Service improvement- Project Management - Operational leadership - People Management **Desirable** - Demonstrates evidence of national or regional networking ### Qualifications **Essential** - Registered Nurse and hold active registration with NMC or Registered AHP and hold active registration with HCPC - Masters level qualification relevant to role to demonstrate expert clinical and leadership skills **Desirable** - Mentoring or coaching qualification - Project management and Quality improvement qualification ## Documents - [matron lead ahp (pdf, 240.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10650296) - [guidance for applicants - afc (pdf, 152.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=672) ## 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.