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An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and dynamic senior nurse to join our Paediatric Assessment & Treatment at Home (PATCH) service as a Matron. This 1-year fixed term post will provide maternity leave cover, leading and supporting PATCH teams across five acute hospital sites in Northwest London.
PATCH delivers high-quality acute care for children at home, reducing hospital admissions and improving patient and family experience.
As Matron, you will play a key leadership role in ensuring clinical excellence, patient safety, and service innovation across all PATCH teams.
To discuss this role please contact
Natasha Macleod Head of Nursing [email protected] or
Sarah Pease Lead nurse NWL Virtual Hospital [email protected]
Main duties of the job
- Oversee the planning and delivery of PATCH across NW London from a nursing perspective
- Identify and mitigate risks associated with delivery and development of PATCH
- Act as a positive clinical role model through the provision of support and expert clinical advice to staff.
- Manage workforce models through the PATCH establishments with leads to ensure skill mix reflects current workload requirements and represents best use of resources.
- Oversee the use of bank staff and monitor expenditure to ensure financial balance is achieved.
- Contribute to the implementation of National Service Frameworks (where applicable) and National Policy.
- Contribute to the implementation of improvement across all PATCH services.
- Ensure that clinical governance processes encompass measures to ensure high quality patient care and levels of service safety.
- Support leads to ensure nurses work within nursing policy and practice guidelines.
- Lead developments in practice through policies and guidelines and support others in this process.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
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This advert is for Paediatric Assessment & Treatment at Home (PATCH) Matron with Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in London, London, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Nurse (adult and children) role. The advertised salary is £66,274 - £73,496 pa inclusive. The contract type is 12 months (Fixed term: 12 months). The application deadline is 15 Jun 2026.
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