Job Description

Band 8a

Main area

ward

Grade

Band 8a

Contract

Secondment: 12 months (N/A)

Hours

Full time - 37.5 hours per week (N/A)

Job ref

343-7307781-RB-SK

Site

Epsom

Town

Epsom

Salary

59,490 - 66,239 per annum Inclusive of HCAS

Salary period

Yearly

Closing

18/07/2025 23:59

At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.

Job overview

Clinical Matron - Secondment Opportunity - 12 Months

The Clinical Matron (CM) will have accountability for quality, staff, finance and performance of their clinical area. This will include a particular focus on ensuring that patients receive high quality, evidenced based compassionate care, and that staff and are supported and developed to deliver this and to value and respect each other in line with the Trust values.



They will have enhanced clinical skills and provide clinical expertise both within their own clinical environment and across the organisation as needed. This will involve being responsible for the development and implementation of service and quality improvement in their area. They will work in partnership with the clinical lead consultant to provide day to day professional leadership for the multi-disciplinary clinical team

Main duties of the job

Clinical Matron- Stroke Services

This Matron role covers two stroke wards and two Nursing Teams .
We have a clear and ambitious vision to provide outstanding patient care and to become the best to improve patient experience and we would like you to be part of our success.

We are really excited about the Clinical Matron roles that we have developed for our wards as this role is pivotal in ensuring clinical quality standards are not only achieved but sustained .

As part of our ambitious agenda and on-going development of the ward, we are seeking to appoint an exceptional candidate into this Clinicals Matron role, with experience around General Medicine and Stroke service.

Our successful candidate will be someone who is highly engaged with a desire to lead from the bedside and to set the tone for exceptional and high-quality nursing care by providing visible clinical leadership .

We are looking for an experienced and ambitious nurse who is able to lead, motivate and inspire and who is able to champion compassionate, high quality and dignified patient care

Working for our organisation

Welcome to the Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust. We offer an extensive range of services, including cancer, pathology, surgery, and gynecology to over 490,000 people in south west London and north east Surrey. We operate two busy general hospitals, Epsom Hospital and St Helier Hospital, and run services from other locations, including Sutton Hospital. We are also part of two innovative integrated care partnerships - Sutton Health and Care and Surrey Downs Health and Care.

St Helier Hospital is home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children, while Epsom Hospital is home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC). Both Epsom and St Helier hospitals have Accident and Emergency departments (A&E) and Maternity services (Obstetrics).

With nearly 900,000 people coming to our hospitals for care and treatment every year, our almost 5,000 staff and 500 volunteers work around the clock to keep our busy hospitals running smoothly.



As teaching hospitals, we play a key role in the education and training of tomorrow's doctors, nurses and other health professionals. Both sites work in partnership with St George's Hospital and St George's Medical School in south London to deliver high quality education and research.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the Clinical Matron, Nursing role at Epsom and St Helier.

Person specification

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Qualifications and Training

Essential criteria

Up to date clinical professional registration Evidence of continuous professional practice and education, clearly recorded in current professional profile. Educated to master's degree level or able to demonstrate equivalent knowledge a

Desirable criteria

Demonstration of Leadership or management experience Independent prescriber /advanced physical assessment qualification Advanced practice qualification #

Experience

Essential criteria

Substantial experience post registration Experience of staff supervision and mentorship including management of performance, conduct, sickness absence and training needs analysis Undertaking audits within the clinical area, participating in peer reviews and experienced in constructive feedback in a supportive way to ensure improvements are made. Ability to demonstrate service improvement skills and delivering on change management projects

Desirable criteria

Experience of project management Research and Development and regularly contributes to both within the local and national level. #

Skills and abilities

Essential criteria

Passionate about the provision of excellent patient care. Able to produce and manage reports as required Ability to lead and work in partnership with the multidisciplinary team #

Personal Attributes

Essential criteria

Passion and commitment to delivering high standards of care, ensuring delivery of the 6Cs at all times. Commitment to continuing professional and personal development

Your application

: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.

References

: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We

do notaccept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.

Closing date

: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

Shortlisting

: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.

DBS

: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.



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Disability Advice Line:

SWL Recruitment Hub is committed to promoting equity and equal opportunities for individuals with disabilities. We believe that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even more positive impact on the people we serve. For support with job opportunities and reasonable adjustments contact our

Confidential Disability Advice Line at:

Telephone: 02082963786

Text: 07501066267

Email: esth.dal@nhs.net.

Our confidential answering service is available after 5pm.
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Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.