Matron Pre-Assessment And Units

This is an exceptional opportunity for a highly motivated individual to lead and develop high-performing pre-assessment and day surgery services, while playing a pivotal role in transforming perioperative pathways across the Trust.

As Matron, you will provide visible and compassionate leadership, ensuring the delivery of safe, effective and patient-centred care. Working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, operational managers and clinical leaders, you will drive service improvement, support elective recovery programmes and contribute to the strategic development of modern perioperative services.

The successful candidate will be instrumental in shaping the future of pre-operative assessment and day surgery pathways, ensuring patients receive seamless, timely and high-quality care from referral through to discharge.

• An experienced senior nurse leader, ideally working at Matron, Senior Sister/Charge Nurse or equivalent level.
• Knowledgeable in perioperative care, pre-assessment services, day surgery and elective pathways.
• Experienced in leading service transformation and quality improvement projects.
• Able to demonstrate strong operational management and workforce leadership skills.
• Skilled in managing complex change and influencing across multidisciplinary teams.
• Committed to delivering outstanding patient care and improving patient experience.
• Passionate about staff development, inclusion and creating positive workplace cultures.

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:

• Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
• Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
• Improving the experience of staff with disability
• Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
• Making equalities mainstream

Key Responsibilities

• Provide professional nursing leadership for Pre-Assessment and Day Unit services across the Trust.
• Lead the transformation and optimisation of perioperative pathways to improve patient experience, efficiency and clinical outcomes.
• Drive the development of innovative models of care that support elective recovery and national best practice standards.
• Ensure the delivery of high-quality, safe and effective care through robust governance, quality improvement and risk management processes.
• Lead workforce planning, staff development and succession planning to build resilient, skilled and engaged teams.
• Work collaboratively with surgical, anaesthetic, operational and corporate colleagues to improve patient flow and maximise theatre utilisation.
• Support the implementation of digital solutions and service redesign initiatives to enhance patient pathways.
• Monitor performance against key quality, safety, activity and financial targets.
• Act as a role model for compassionate leadership and foster a culture of continuous improvement and excellence.

• Registered Healthcare Professional with relevant Professional body 1st Level Nurse/ NMC with significant experience in Nursing.
• Registered Operating Department Practitioner (ODP) with significant experience in theatre leadership.
• Master's Degree or willingness to…