Job summary
- Main area
- Matron Surgery
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent: 1 December 2023
- Hours
- Full time
- Job ref
- 269-SFT9188
- Employer
- Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Salisbury
- Salary
- £53,755 - £60,504 per annum pro rata if part time
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Surgery Matron
Band 8a
Job overview
An exciting opportunity to gain experience working within the Surgery Division in a secondment as a Matron. The secondment will be for 6 months.
For this role we are looking for an experienced senior nurse who would like to increase their skills and knowledge to provide leadership across the surgical wards to oversea the delivery of safe compassionate high-quality care and to ensure quality standards are achieved.
The Matron role is key to an effective, high performing, fully engaged team. The breadth of the role requires excellent communication, management, leadership, as well as education and teaching skills.
The successful applicant will support an experienced team of Band 7 Senior Sisters and Clinical Nurse Specialists working with the Critical Care, Outpatient and Theatre Matrons to support the Divisional and Deputy Heads of Nursing for Surgery.
If you would like further information and to discuss this secondment opportunity please contact Bernie Dunn – Divisional Head of Nursing ext. 2802 or Katie Ransby Deputy Divisional Head of Nursing ext. 3539
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be accountable to the Head of Nursing for ensuring the highest standard of clinical care is provided within wards and departments for which they are responsible, delivery of the Matrons 10 key responsibilities, and ensuring the principles of clinical governance and quality improvement are implemented at a local level.
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
Working for our organisation
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we’re driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.
We are an acute Trust, rated “Good” by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.
We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.
Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don’t just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse
- 2 years at a senior level in nursing ( band 7)
- Experience in a senior clinical role within last 3 years
- First Degree in Nursing or subject related to health care
Desirable criteria
- Masters level study or willing to undertake this level of study
- Experience in organisational leadership, leading change and service improvement
- Experience in contribution to strategic service planning
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
- Katie Ransby
- Job title
- Deputy Divisional Head of Nursing
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01722 336262
- Additional information
ext 3539
Bleep 1689
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