Workforce Matron

We are excited to offer a new opportunity for an experienced and motivated senior nurse to join The Christie NHS Foundation Trust as a Workforce Matron. This newly created role will play a pivotal part in strengthening our nursing workforce strategy and ensuring safe, effective staffing across our clinical services. As the Workforce Matron, you will provide visible, compassionate leadership and expert guidance on safe staffing, recruitment, retention and professional standards.

Working closely with the Lead Nurse for Workforce and multidisciplinary teams, you will help ensure the right staff, with the right skills, are in the right place at the right time. You will lead key initiatives including workforce planning, roster efficiency, nurse recruitment and development programmes, and co‑ordinate the delivery of high‑quality induction and training. You will also support data‑driven decision making, champion digital ways of working, and contribute to continuous improvement in patient care and staff experience.

The Workforce Matron supports the day‑to‑day operational delivery of safe staffing across clinical services, working closely with ward teams to respond to staffing challenges and maintain safe workforce levels. This includes overseeing roster use, supporting effective deployment of staff, and addressing short‑term gaps through practical, timely solutions. The post holder will contribute to the management of recruitment processes, staff movement, and retention initiatives, helping ensure consistent staffing capacity across services.

They will also support and deliver targeted education to clinical teams, including guidance on safe staffing tools such as SNCT, and provide training to ensure consistent understanding and application in practice. The post holder will lead and support service improvement programmes, including initiatives to optimise rostering, reduce agency usage, and improve staff wellbeing and attendance. They will also contribute to the development and implementation of nursing workforce‑related policies and ensure compliance with national standards and local frameworks.

The Christie is one of Europe’s leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist about 15 % of patients are referred to us from other parts of the country. We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world;

chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals; highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer; and a wide range of support and diagnostic services. We are also an international leader in research, with world‑first breakthroughs for over 100 years. We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year. Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.

Leadership and Management: Provide visible, accessible, compassionate and inclusive leadership, modelling professional standards and behaviours, and translating the Trust vision and values into day‑to‑day practice. Provide effective leadership for clinical based teams, maintaining clinical/professional competence and credibility. Lead on the overarching management of the non‑medical prescribing service within the organisation. Lead on projects as identified by the Chief Nurse, Deputy Chief Nurse or Lead Nurse for Workforce.

Support the bi‑annual establishment reviews, including the delivery of education and training to nursing teams, and the validation of data. Support the Lead Nurse for Workforce in the interpretation and triangulation of data to inform safe staffing recommendations. Lead on nurse recruitment and retention initiatives, ensuring the Trust is proactive in its approach and promotes The Christie as an employer of choice.

Lead on the design and development and oversee delivery of induction programmes for registered and unregistered nurses and AHPs. Oversee the rotational nurse…