Job overview
As Peri-Operative Matron, you will:
- Provide visible and compassionate leadership across peri-operative services.
- Champion patient safety, quality and clinical excellence.
- Lead workforce development, staff wellbeing and talent management.
- Drive service improvement, efficiency and performance outcomes.
- Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to enhance the patient experience.
Main duties of the job
- To provide clinical, professional and managerial leadership across the SBUs.
- To be the nursing lead, providing a strong clinical presence and developing nurses and nursing practice within the SBUs, assuring the provision of a safe, effective and evidence based nursing service to patients. Lead and direct development of privacy, dignity, equality and the delivery of safe patient care including infection control and nutrition/hydration.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To implement the Trust’s Nursing Strategy through the development and implementation of a strong nursing strategy at SBU level.
- To be responsible for implementing and monitoring the agreed trust quality indicators & KPI.
- Ensure infection control agenda is adhered to including the Nursing Indicator Audit programme.
- To be responsible for effective workforce planning within managed areas on a day to day basis reporting variances as appropriate.
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
Knowledge
Essential
- Implementation of national nursing guidance and standards, and championing of good clinical practice
- Clinical competence, including administering drugs and I/V’s
Qualifications
Essential
- RGN/RM (Adult) registration
- 1st level Nursing Degree
Desirable
- Clinical Specialist qualification (or experience) in their area
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This advert is for Peri-Operative Matron with Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust in Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust. It is listed as a Nurse (adult and children) role. The advertised salary is £59,798 - £67,020 pro rata per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 07 Sep 2026.
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