Band 8a Inpatients Matron

Employer Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Moseley Hall Hospital Town Birmingham Salary £55,690 - £62,682 Per Annum Salary period Yearly Closing 15/03/2026 23:59

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An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Trust as a Matron for In-Patient Services on a 9-month secondment. This is a key senior leadership role within our inpatient division, offering the opportunity to provide strong professional/ operational leadership and to influence service delivery at a strategic level.

You will be responsible for the management, quality, safety and performance of inpatient nursing services. You will work collaboratively with the Senior Management Team to ensure high standards of patient care, staff experience and clinical governance, while supporting service transformation and improvement.

This role is ideal for an experienced senior nurse leader who is passionate about delivering outstanding patient‑centred care, developing teams, and driving innovation in a community inpatient setting.

To succeed in this role, you will have:

• Substantial nursing leadership and management experience
• Experience of leading inpatient services and managing complex teams
• A proven track record in quality improvement, governance and service development
• Excellent communication, leadership and influencing skills
• A commitment to equality, diversity and inclusive leadership

Applications from colleagues from BME backgrounds are particularly welcomed, as they are currently underrepresented in our senior nursing team. We are committed to addressing this imbalance and supporting career progression into senior leadership roles in line with our WRES objectives.

The post holder will:

• Provide visible professional and operational leadership across inpatient wards and services
• Be accountable for the delivery, quality and performance of inpatient nursing services
• Ensure safe, effective and compassionate care for patients and their families
• Lead workforce planning, recruitment, retention and staff development initiatives
• Drive quality improvement, audit and service development projects
• Promote a positive, inclusive and supportive culture for staff
• Work closely with multidisciplinary teams, senior leaders and external partners to improve pathways and outcomes

What we offer

• Extensive support for leadership and professional development
• The opportunity to influence and shape inpatient service delivery
• A supportive and collaborative senior leadership team
• NHS pension and staff benefits

Be Part of Our Team...

BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry.

We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

If you want to ‘Be Part of Our Team’ and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.

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