Matron

Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 27 January 2026

Hours: 37.5, flexible working will be considered.

Do you have extensive experience within the Emergency Department? Are you ready to take on a senior leadership role?

#TeamMKUH are expanding our ED and are recruiting to a NEW role. As the Matron of Emergency Medicine, your responsibilities will include managing budgets, supporting metab development, and ensuring compliance with governance and infection prevention standards. You will also play a key role in strategic planning and service improvement, responding to changing needs of the organisation and the community we serve.

Within your role, you will provide visible leadership and professional support to nursing and multidisciplinary teams, ensuring that high standards of patient care are consistently achieved.

If you have extensive experience in a leadership role, which includes acute and/or emergency medicine and have an exceptional track record of leading teams, then we would like you to be part of MKUH, championing the patient experience and continuing the development of nurse‑led services.

Interview date: 03.02.2026

- NHS Survey, 2024'' 94% feel that their role makes a difference to patient and service users.

• Support the Clinical Director with the Group management team in ensuring service objectives are met.
• Responsible for the timely and efficient management of governance processes e.g. complaints and investigations.
• Responsible for the development, monitoring and improvement of quality and performance key performance indicators.
• Ensure that the education, training and professional development needs of the nursing workforce are identified and appropriate plans are in place to meet needs.
• Lead the development and change of nursing practice and policy within the group, exploring new roles and ways of working to modernise the service and improve patient experience.
• Responsible for the support and delivery of effective workforce recruitment and retention strategies, including staff development and succession planning.
• Ensure that service delivery meets the standards expected by patients and that strategies are in place to maintain and improve high levels of patient satisfaction, responding appropriately to complaints and concerns raised.
• Undertake bleep‑holder responsibilities for the hospital on a regular basis.
• Utilise information and IT systems to produce accurate and timely workforce and resource and performance data and reports.

Milton Keynes University Hospital, in proud partnership with the University of Buckingham, is a University Teaching Hospital committed to advancing patient care through cutting‑edge research and education. With a "Good" rating from the CQC and significant investment underway, this is an exciting time to join our team and grow your career.

As a medium‑sized general hospital, we provide a full range of general medical and surgical services, including a busy Emergency Department, Maternity, and Paediatrics. As the population of our city and surrounding areas continues to grow rapidly, we are expanding and enhancing our facilities to meet rising demand and improve access to care for all our communities.

We are also proud to offer a growing portfolio of specialist services. In January 2025 we opened our state‑of‑the‑art Radiotherapy Ident seriously improved earlier group prosecution and advanced cancer treatment closer to home. Our services also include neonatology, specialist surgical care, and a wide range of diagnostics, supported by the new Community Diagnostic Centre at Whitehouse Health Centre.

Further investment is underway, including the construction of Oak Wards — a new ward block featuring two 24‑bed wards — and the recently approved Women and Children' Centre, set to open by 2030.

• Ensure high quality, safe patient care is delivered by appropriately skilled and educated workforce, through effective leadership the setting and performance monitoring of those standards.
• Contribute to the development of strategic plans that provide patient centred care that meets…