Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 470-7925530-TSW
- Employer
- Isle of Wight NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Mary's Hospital
- Town
- Newport, Isle of Wight
- Salary
- £57,528 - £64,750 pro rata, per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Paediatric Matron
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Job overview
THIS VACANCY IS OPEN TO IOW TRUST STAFF ONLY
Matron for Children and Young People Services
Band 8a
Permanent, full-time position (37.5 hours)
**Internal Applicants Only**
Do you have wide ranging senior nursing experience within a paediatric care setting? Are you looking for a rewarding challenge where you can really make a difference to patients and their families in facilitating the delivery of quality care and excellent patient experience?
We are seeking a dynamic and enthusiastic Matron to take a key leadership role across all paediatric departments within the Trust with a specialist portfolio which includes Paediatric Ward, CYP Outpatients, CYP Community Nursing team and Asthma and Allergy Clinic.
As a key member of the triumvirate leadership team, you will be passionate about providing the best possible patient care across all areas of responsibility. You will be responsible for ensuring that our patients, families and our staff are at the centre of everything we do, thrive in a multidisciplinary team environment and be committed to the delivery of high quality, safe patient care with excellent outcomes.
Main duties of the job
You will support the Care Group in ensuring there are robust clinical governance and oversight mechanisms in place and work collaboratively with the senior nursing, clinical and operational teams to deliver an extensive recovery programme whilst ensuring safe care and an excellent patient experience. An experienced senior nurse within a children's and young people environment you will also have experience of workforce development and be able to engage staff, children and families in ensuring continuing improvement in the service.
We are particularly interested in hearing from staff with specialist experience in the care and management of children and young people who are keen to be involved in leading the wide-ranging service changes planned in children's services across the acute division leading to significant improvements in care and service delivery for island residents. This diverse and exciting role will provide an excellent steppingstone for advancement and future career development.
As an experienced nurse with a background in a relevant specialty and experience of leading a ward or department, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to play a key role in the development of new pathways working collaboratively with our acute partner, Portsmouth Hospitals University.
Working for our organisation
Working for our Trust brings a variety of benefits, including an onsite day nursery, cycle-to-work scheme, discounts at local businesses and gyms, and the opportunity to hire 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 located off the South Coast of 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 coastline with beautiful countryside, year-round events, festivals and award-winning attractions.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Matron is responsible for the leadership and management of nursing or midwifery within a defined group of clinical services in a Division. (See diagram) They are a key member of the management team for the Division, working closely with the Head of Nursing for the care group. They have joint responsibility for the effective delivery of quality, financial and operational performance of the service line including ownership of Key Performance Targets and Measures for the service. Service specific aims, objectives and KPI’s will be detailed in each post holder’s personal appraisal.
They are responsible for the delivery of safe, clinically and cost effective and compassionate care within the service providing assurance evidence in this regard to the Divisional Director of Nursing, and Head of Nursing. This includes but is not limited to health care acquired infection, privacy and dignity including single sex accommodation, nutrition, patient involvement and engagement, learning and improving service quality by learning from incidents and complaints.
Matron has professional leadership responsibility for Sisters, Team Leaders and responsibility for the delivery of specialist nursing services within the Acute Division. This responsibility may extend to groups of Allied Health Professionals.
Matron establishes and fosters an effective working relationship with colleagues from the multi-disciplinary team across the services managed within the Acute Division utilising their negotiating and influencing skills to secure and support change and improvement in care, clinical governance and service delivery within their designated portfolio.
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
Essential criteria
- Registered nurse (relevant to the field of practice).
- Live NMC Registration.
- Educated to a bachelor’s degree level in Nursing, Midwifery, Leadership and Management, Allied Health Professional degree or direct experience or transferable education.
- Management Qualification or significant experience in a senior leadership role
- Expert knowledge of nursing practice and understanding of related clinical services providing clinical advice to annual planning and service developments.
- Evidence of a leading role in improving clinical services and delivering the clinical governance agenda.
- Experience of managing a budget and resources.
- Demonstrate a broad understanding of both Care Group and Trust objectives.
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
- Expert knowledge of nursing and Allied Health Professional practice and understanding of related clinical services providing clinical advice to annual planning and service developments.
- Ability to initiate, lead and manage change.
- Organisational and leadership skills.
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
- Ability to understand and contextualise complex information for dissemination to all levels across the Division.
- Have interpersonal, negotiating and influencing skills
- Be able to effectively communicate both oral and written.
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
- Jo Pennell
- Job title
- Head of Nursing
- Email address
- [email protected]
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