Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatrics
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed term: 12 months)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 290-WLCH-17
- Employer
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Mary's Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £66,274 - £73,496 pa inclusive
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/06/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Paediatric Assessment & Treatment at Home (PATCH) Matron
Band 8a
Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.
We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
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.
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview. .
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.
Person specification
Education
Essential criteria
- RN Child Teaching/assessing qualification
- Evidence of CPD
Desirable criteria
- Master’s degree or working towards
- Advanced Assessment skills
- Management certificate or experience
Experience
Essential criteria
- Substantial experience within Acute/general paediatrics at B7
- Sound knowledge of current issues within speciality and relevant to role
- Experience of quality, standards and audit
- Ability to manage complaints, risk and quality assurance
Desirable criteria
- ED or PATCH/Hospital@Home experience
- Community experience or exposure to working within homes
- Management certificate or experience of leading a team
- Experience of QI methodology
Skills
Essential criteria
- Leadership qualities
- Ability to manage teams
- Flexibility due to cross site nature of the role
- Ability to work at both an operational and strategic level
- Use of KPI’s where relevant to drive performance
Desirable criteria
- Budget management
- Ability to analyse and present data
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
- Natasha Macleod
- Job title
- Head of Nursing
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07920878884
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