Community Matron

This Community Matron post sits within the Community Referral Hub and Single Point of Access at Wye Valley NHS Trust, providing senior clinical leadership across unplanned care. The core of the work is operational clinical lead for community antibiotic services, IVOPAT and COPAT, covering caseload coordination, weekly reviews, quality assurance and close work with specialist consultants. Senior post for a nurse who has led nursing teams and MDTs.

NMC registration and significant Band 7 or 8 experience decide fit.

• Provide senior clinical and professional leadership across the Community Referral Hub, Single Point of Access and unplanned care services
• Lead and oversee community antibiotic services (IVOPAT and COPAT), including caseload coordination, treatment monitoring, weekly reviews and MDT meetings
• Escalate decisions needing infection expertise promptly to the specialist consultant
• Provide continuity across referral, allocation, treatment, monitoring, escalation and discharge
• Lead quality assurance for antibiotic practice, procedures and standards
• Provide specialist nursing advice and clinical oversight for patients with complex needs
• Support staff to recognise deterioration, manage risk and seek appropriate medical input
• Lead clinical quality and governance, overseeing incidents, complaints, risks and patient feedback
• Lead service improvement and pathway development using evidence, audit, patient experience and performance data
• Support workforce and resource management with operational managers on staffing, recruitment, retention, wellbeing, absence and budgets
• Maintain professional standards, accurate records, Trust policy compliance and NMC requirements

• Degree in a health-related subject
• Evidence of professional development

• NMC registration

• Significant experience at Band 7 or Band 8
• Evidence of wider NHS experience
• Evidence of leadership of nursing teams or MDTs

• Extensive communication skills and experience of challenging conversations
• Ability to manage own workload and prioritise
• Ability to manage the demands of high-quality care alongside operational pressures
• Participation in clinical audit and service development

• Masters level study
• Advanced clinical skills
• Leadership and management qualification
• Experience of urgent community response, admission avoidance or discharge pathways
• Experience across more than one clinical setting, including wider NHS clinical experience
• Knowledge of neighbourhood plans
• Examples of capacity and demand in community services
• Experience of patient flow and its impact on the wider system

• Good work-life balance
• Support to develop a career and reach full potential