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Job summary

Main area
Outpatients
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
218-NM-B8A-7986232-A
Employer
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire
Town
Coventry
Salary
£57,528 - £64,750 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
08/07/2026 23:59

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Modern Matron

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Job overview

A credible senior leader with managerial responsibility for both nursing and allied health professionals within Outpatients, ensuring services are responsive to patient needs.  Working as a visible lead within the group management structure, demonstrating and developing collaborative working within and across the MDT. The Modern Matron has a pivotal role in creating the best experiences and opportunities for our staff to become local, national, and international leaders in healthcare with the patient at the centre of everything we do. 

Previous applicants need not apply.

Interviews are provisionally scheduled for 21st/22nd July (Subject to change).

Successful applicants will be required to provide an immunisation and vaccination report, from either their current UK occupational health provider or their UK GP. 

Main duties of the job

The Matron’s role focuses on the 10 key responsibilities outlined in the Matrons Handbook (2019)

  1.  Inclusive leadership, professional standards and accountability.
  2. Governance, patient safety and quality.
  3. Workforce planning and resource management.
  4. Patient experience and reducing health inequalities.
  5. Performance and operational oversight.
  6. Digital and information technology.
  7. Education, training, and development.
  8. Research and development.
  9. Collaborative working and clinical effectiveness.
  10. Service improvement and transformation.

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.

We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.

Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.

We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence® designated organisation – please click the link for further details about this prestigious award. Pathway To Excellence ® - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (uhcw.nhs.uk)

By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.

The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  • To be a visible leader, ensuring a physical presence, providing professional nurse leadership and demonstrating, through personal behaviours, the core values of UHCW NHS Trust. Ensuring a professional appearance, maintaining professional standards, and leading by example. 
  • To visit and be present within areas of responsibility and to be accessible to staff via face to face or other forms of communication, ensuring time is provided to staff to discuss concerns, inequalities or clinical issues that may affect clinical effectiveness. 
  • To conduct planned gemba walks or rounding in their areas of responsibility in order to support their teams and improvement opportunities, potential issues and waste. 
  • To act as an expert resource, providing advice on nursing issues in relation to policies, protocols, service delivery and the adoption of the organisation’s aims. 
  • To demonstrate inclusive leadership, embedding local and national standards to ensure the delivery of safe care, working collaboratively with the wider MDT.
  • To act as an influence on maintaining cleaning standards, maintaining environmental cleanliness, infection prevention and control compliance locally, ensuring that IPC is everyone’s responsibility.

For further details of the role please see the attached job description. 

 

Person specification

Qualifications

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Experience

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Knowledge

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Skills

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Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours

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Employer certification / accreditation badges

No smoking policyAge positiveDisability confident leaderImproving working livesArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)Pathway to excellenceCare quality commission - GoodPregnancy Loss PledgeHeart Charter

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Joan Goodbody
Job title
Group Director of Nursing & AHPs
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
02476 966128
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