Band 8a Matron Renal Dialysis Network

A rare opportunity to join our Renal Dialysis Network Services in a senior leadership role. This post offers the chance to make a direct and meaningful contribution to safe, high-quality patient care, robust clinical governance, and the professional development of our nursing team. The successful candidate will provide visible day-to-day leadership to nursing staff and nursing assistants, oversee the delivery of specialist renal care, and ensure resources within the unit are managed effectively.

Working collaboratively with colleagues across disciplines, you will lead initiatives that improve patient outcomes, enhance service efficiency, and maintain the highest standards of care. We are seeking an experienced senior renal nurse who is confident, approachable and committed to hands‑on clinical practice. You will act as a positive role model for the wider team and be able to demonstrate ongoing professional and personal development.

Excellent communication, leadership and people‑management skills are essential, alongside a clear commitment to supporting colleagues and delivering compassionate, patient‑centred care. This exciting role will also contribute to admission avoidance for our service users and provide an important platform for innovation and quality improvement across the renal service. We welcome applications from suitably experienced candidates who are passionate about renal nursing and ready to take the next step in their leadership career.,

Clinical Leadership & Practice

• Lead safe, evidence-based dialysis care; ensure compliance with NMC, UKKA, infection control, and emergency standards
• Act as renal expert; assure patient safety, review complex care, and govern incidents & ris

• Lead, motivate, and support the dialysis team; foster accountability, teamwork, wellbeing, and improvement
• Provide supervision, mentorship, and CPD; role-model professional standard

• Manage staffing, rotas, skill mix, equipment, and budgets for safe, efficient service delivery
• Oversee daily operations, capacity, patient flow, and health & safety compliance

• Lead audit, clinical governance, QI, and renal KPI monitoring; drive patient experience & outcomes
• Work closely with nephrologists & MDT; manage feedback/complaints & support CQC readiness

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17 million tests.

Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top