Job Description

Lead. Inspire. Champion Outstanding Care for Older People.



Are you an inspiring and forward-thinking nursing leader with a passion for delivering exceptional care in the community? Do you thrive on challenge, innovation, and making a real difference in people's lives?



We're looking for a Frailty Matron to join our vibrant and forward-thinking Integrated Frailty Team at Milford Community Hospital. In this pivotal role, you'll champion high-quality, personalised care for older people living with frailty , leading with compassion, confidence, and vision across urgent and community-based services.



Why This Role?

This is it your chance to shape the future of care for older people across services including. This pivotal role in the integrated frailty team, you will manage the following service from a nursing perspective



Urgent Community Response (UCR), Hospital @ Home, Milford integrated care hub/OPAT, Enhanced care practitioner Intermediate care team .

You will be part of a close-knit leadership team, committed to delivering excellence and innovation in community care

What You'll Do:

Be the senior nursing voice across multidisciplinary teams, setting the tone for outstanding, evidence-based care.

Provide expert clinical, professional, and operational leadership.

Champion nursing development and professional growth.

Drive the safe, effective delivery of home-based care for older people living with frailty.

Contribute to strategic planning, service redesign, and exciting new projects.

Manage budgets, actively contributing to cost improvement programmes.



Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.



We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.



The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.



Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than 45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.



Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.



A video about the Royal Surrey - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R96pMboIYdo



Why Join Us?

You'll be based at Milford Community Hospital , as part of an innovative, friendly and enthusiastic community services management team.



This is an opportunity to lead with purpose, influence real change, and empower teams to deliver exceptional care for older people living with frailty , enabling them to remain well and independent in their own homes.



Are you ready to lead the way in community healthcare?

Apply today and help shape a future of compassionate, high-quality care



For further information or to arrange an informal visit, please contact:

Annette Coote - acoote@nhs.net



Interviews currently provisionally planned for the 11th September in the afternoon.