Job summary
- Main area
- Matron
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 470-8195774-TSW-1
- Employer
- Isle of Wight NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Marys Hospital
- Town
- Isle of Wight
- Salary
- £57,528 - £64,750 pro rata, per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/09/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Special Care Baby Unit Matron
Band 8a
Job overview
Band 8a (£57,528 - £64,750 per annum)
Permanent Position
Full-Time (37.5 hours per week)
We are recruiting for a Matron for Special Care Baby Unit who wishes to join #TeamIOWNHS. You should share our passion and drive to ensure that our patients receive quality and compassionate care and work with us to ensure the Trust continues its journey towards “working together, improving together".
The successful candidate will be expected to support the Group model of working, collaborating across both Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust to deliver high-quality neonatal services and shared organisational objectives.
Main duties of the job
- Responsibility for the leadership of nursing, midwifery and Allied Health Professionals (AHP’s) within Special Care Baby Unit.
- Responsible for the delivery of safe and clinically and cost effective and compassionate care within the service, providing assurance evidence in this regard to the Head of Nursing & Quality.
- Has professional responsibility for Senior Sisters, Charge Nurses, Team Leaders and some Allied Health Professionals within the services.
- Leads clinical services in the Care Group.
- Provides credible, visible and effective leadership nursing and midwifery staff within the services.
We are passionate about providing excellent CARE, which is why our values are Compassion, Accountable, Respect and Everyone counts. Our mission is to make sure that our community is at the heart of everything we do and that we hold our values across all our services.
We are committed to endorsing inclusion, diversity and multiculturalism throughout out services and as such, our procedures and policies ensure that applicants are always treated fairly throughout the recruitment process.
Why not come and see for yourself the CARE we give to our patients and staff. Apply to be part of our team today.
Working for our organisation
The Isle of Wight NHS Trust serves a population of approximately 150,000 residents, making the services we offer variable and personalised with a flexible approach to our service users.
Working for our Trust brings a variety of benefits, including an on-site day nursery, cycle-to-work scheme, discounts at local businesses and gyms, and the opportunity to hire the Trust's beach hut in Ryde. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
The isle of Wight is a unique and stunning gem of the south coast off England, a short ferry journey from Portsmouth and Southampton, with journey times taking from as little as 10 minutes. London can be reached in 90 minutes by rail from Southampton or Portsmouth. The Island offers an amazing coast line with beautiful countryside, year round events, festivals and award winning attractions.
Our 2024-2029 'working together, improving together' strategy sets out our objectives for the next 5 years, setting the framework for our collaboration to deliver our vision of working together to deliver excellence in care for our patients and communities.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.
Person specification
Qualifications and role specific knowledge
Essential criteria
- Registered nurse (relevant to the field of practice of the Care Group and or Matron).
- Live NMC Registration.
- Educated to a bachelor’s degree level in Nursing, Midwifery, Leadership and Management or an Allied Health Professional degree.
- Registered Allied Health Professional, or Pharmacist with live registration with the Registering Authority.
- Management Qualification or relevant experience.
Desirable criteria
- Recognised teaching and assessing qualification.
- Educated to Masters level.
- Evidence of development or evidence based care.
Physical Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to initiate, lead and manage change.
- Organisational and leadership skills.
Aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Specialist knowledge of the professional leadership and management of nursing, midwifery, or Allied Health Professional services has been developed.
- Evidence of ongoing and relevant personal and professional development in the last 2 years.
- Expert knowledge of nursing and Allied Health Professional practice and understanding of related clinical services providing clinical advice to annual planning and service developments.
Abilities
Essential criteria
- Excellent interpersonal negotiating and influencing skills.
- Excellent communication skills both oral and written.
- Demonstrate innovation and flexible thinking to solve difficult problems.
Communication Skills
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate the ability to conceptualise problems and identify solutions.
- Ability to understand and contextualise complex information for dissemination to all levels across the Care Group
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Claire Carbonell
- Job title
- Head of Midwifery
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Claire Carbonell
Tel: 01983 822099 ext 6357
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