Job summary
- Main area
- Matron Preoperative assessment and ACAD day care surgery
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 337-NP-1028LC
- Employer
- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Central Middlesex Hospital
- Town
- Acton
- Salary
- £63,665 - £70,887 pa Inclusive of High Cost Area Supplement
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/10/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Matron preoperative assessment and ACAD day care surgery unit
NHS AfC: Band 8a
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Find out more about our Trust and why you should join us#WeAreLNWH
Find out more about Our HEART values
Find out more about our Trust Staff Benefits
Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put “Quality at our HEART”. Find out more about our ambitious strategy
We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset.
Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff.
- H onesty
- E quity
- A ccountability
- R espect
- T eamwork
These values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and must underpin everything we do to achieve our vision.
LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
“We operate a joint recruitment hub across the North West London Acute Provider Collaborative Group. As part of this, your application and personal data may be shared with partner trusts within the group for recruitment and workforce purposes, in line with general data protection regulation (GDPR).”
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Job overview
An exciting opportunity to lead the next chapter of Pre operative assessment and ACAD Day care surgery at London North West Hospital Trust
We are looking for a dynamic inspirational and forward thinking nurse leader to join our team at an exciting time of development and transformation within the trust`s Preoperative assessment
Our service is continuing on an ambitious programme of change as evolve our traditional preoperative assessment model towards a prehabilitation service supporting patients to be fit and prepared for surgery and optimising their outcomes
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an experienced and motivated nurse leader who can build on the strong foundations already established and continue the implementation and development of our multimodal training programme , supporting our nursing team to develop knowledge , skills and confidence across evolving service
This is an exciting opportunity for an individual who is passionate about clinical leadership , education , innovation and improving patients outcomes
Working for our organisation
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
*** Applicants are strongly encouraged to refer to the full Job Description and Person Specification for comprehensive details of responsibilities, requirements and role expectations.
This post holder has a pivotal role in shaping the future of our service working collaboratively across multidisciplinary team and driving improvement in the way we prepare patients for surgery
For successful shortlisted - a visit to our unit is encouraged.
Person specification
Education
Essential criteria
- Independent non medical prescriber/physical assessment course
- Leadership Qualification
- Proven track record of recent operational nursing management at a senior level in an acute hospital setting
Desirable criteria
- Advanced clinical practitioner course
Knowledge and experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive post registration experience in acute/chronic medical/surgical .
- Up to date knowledge of current clinical POA and day care and professional issues.
- Demonstrable experience in workforce management, and in leading and managing teams, including recruitment, appraisal, performance management and HR processes
- Experience in patient safety, including incidents, complaints, audit and quality assurance
- Experience of budget management and resource utilisation within a clinical environment
- Experience of leading service improvement, change management and service development initiatives
- Experience of policy implementation and ensuring compliance with standards and guidelines
- Ability to work across organisational boundaries and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams
Skills abilities and attributes
Essential criteria
- Expert skills relevant to POA and day care
- Clinical decision-making skills in preoperative assessment management.
- Ability to work autonomously
- Able to work across professional boundaries
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rose Gunnoo
- Job title
- Head of Nursing Theates
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07747 865684
- Additional information
077761322310 Loretta Brosnan
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