Senior Matron Anaesthetics | University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Overview

Following the restructure of our Theatres and Anaesthetics Directorate we are looking to recruit a Substantive Full time Senior Matron to lead our team in the Anaesthetic Directorate  Post holder will have responsibility for Anaesthetics, Critical Care, Pre‑Operative Medicine, Outreach services, Resuscitation teams, and the Acute Pain team, to lead and develop teams to deliver a high standard of care that is safe and effective.

The post holder will need to be flexible to service need and support the UHD Matron rota out of hours which includes some Late and Weekend/ Bank Holiday cover. This is an exciting opportunity to join team UHD at a time of significant change and Transformation as we move to our Planned Elective and Emergency site configuration in July 2026.

6th February 2026

• To act as a professional role model, demonstrating the trust vision and values and ensuring that staff work within regulatory, legal and trust policies and procedures in maintaining and improving standards utilising resources available.
• To be highly visible, accessible and an authoritative nursing/midwifery presence providing compassionate and professional assistance or advice to patients, carers and the workforce, spending at least 50% of rostered time in clinical practice.
• To proactively manage and lead the designated matrons and clinical nurse specialists providing support, guidance and direction to achieve optimal effectiveness, clinical and financial outcomes.
• To champion strong collaboration across clinical pathways and support other care groups to maintain flow across the hospital and wider local system.
• To play a lead role within the designated directorate in the care group, ensuring the governance structure and processes are in place, that appropriate risk management and shared learning takes place, and that assurance of quality are provided to the care group. This will include being responsible for contributing to the strategic direction and implementation of the corporate objectives within the care group.
• To contribute to the delivery of Care Quality Commission (CQC) standards and to work with the Care Group Management Team to move the services to a continuously improving CQC rating.

UHD are investing, developing and transforming Trust services in line with the New Hospital Programme. As part of this, some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or permanently. Recruiting Managers will be happy to answer any service‑specific questions  a role or service relocates as part of a planned move, excess mileage will not be reimbursed. Travel from home to the new work base will be classed as a normal commute.

Any other changes will be managed under Trust or national terms and conditions.

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