Matron Clinical Education – Theatres, Surgery and Elective Centre

Job Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced clinical education leader with significant senior perioperative experience to join the STACC Directorate in a Band 8A leadership role.

The post holder will provide strategic and operational leadership for clinical education, practice development and workforce development across Theatre services, ensuring a consistent approach to learning, professional development and clinical excellence across multiple sites. In addition, the post holder will provide expert educational guidance, support and advice to Surgery and the Elective Hub, working collaboratively with clinical and operational leaders to meet workforce, service and quality objectives.

The role will lead the development and delivery of education programmes that support high standards of patient care, professional practice and staff development. Working with multidisciplinary teams, the post holder will promote evidence‑based practice, support workforce and succession planning, and contribute to service improvement and transformation.

Using extensive perioperative expertise, the post holder will lead practice development initiatives, embed learning from incidents, audits, patient feedback and best practice, and strengthen clinical governance and patient safety. This senior leadership role will influence workforce capability, quality improvement, service innovation and the delivery of safe, effective, patient‑centred care across Theatres, Surgery and the Elective Hub.

• Provide senior clinical education leadership across Theatres
• Provide expert educational guidance, support and advice to Surgery and the Elective Hub, working collaboratively with clinical and operational leaders within STACC directorate
• Lead and coordinate workforce development, training programmes, and competency frameworks.
• Drive practice development initiatives, including preceptorship and clinical learning environments
• Embed learning from incidents, complaints and risk reviews into clinical practice
• Support governance and compliance through audits, monitoring and reporting
• Line manage and provide professional leadership to the Clinical Education team
• Undertake training needs analysis for theatres and oversee delivery of education programmes
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to improve patient safety and care quality
• Support development pathways for Bands 1–4 staff and contribute to apprenticeship and training initiatives
• Represent the Directorate in internal and external education and workforce forums

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

This senior Band 8A role provides leadership for clinical education and workforce development across Theatre services on multiple sites within the STACC Directorate. The post holder is responsible for ensuring high-quality, standardised education and practice development, supporting a workforce of approximately 500…