Matron - North West Regional Spinal Injuries Unit

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The closing date is 16 March 2026

A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, motivated and innovative existing matron or experienced ward manager/senior nurse to join our North West Regional Spinal Injuries centre at Southport Hospital as a part time matron (22.5 hrs) to work alongside the current matron.

The North West Regional Spinal Injuries Centre is one of eight in England that specialises in rehabilitation. We have been rehabilitating people with spinal cord injuries and helping them live their lives to the fullest since 1947. Our team of skilled professionals assess, plan and tailor care to the needs of the individual, preparing them to live as independently as possible when they leave us.

Your key role will be to ensure clinical quality standards are achieved by providing inspirational and visible clinical leadership to the nursing teams working across the inpatient ward, outreach service and case management team who work within an integrated multidisciplinary team alongside consultants, doctors, ACP and therapists. We are looking for a matron/senior nurse who is committed and enthusiastic in delivering high quality compassionate care, who is equipped with excellent interpersonal and leadership skills.

To carry out this role you must have proven management and leadership experience.

The service sits within the Community and Clinical support services division, where you will be supported by the Directorate manager, Deputy director of nursing, Therapy leads and Ward managers.

To provide clinical, professional and managerial leadership within the service, ensuring that action is taken at all levels to empower nurses in providing demonstrably high standards of care in a clean and safe environment.

To provide strong clinical leadership skills, with the ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team, work across boundaries, influence and lead others in practice to deliver clinical outcomes. The postholder will be ‘visible’ and recognisable to patients, relatives and staff and act as a ‘champion’ for quality and equality of standards and patient care within the Trust.

To be responsible for the implementation, monitoring, training and audit of all quality standards, in particular infection prevention and control measures within areas of responsibility.

To support service improvements ensuring patient safety and quality of care within these processes.

Has overall accountability within their areas of responsibility for the monitoring, review, improvement and provision of evidence and assurance relating to patient care.

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9,000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.

Acute Care

Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

Primary Care

Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

Community Services

Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

Specialist Regional Services

We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme