Patient Flow Matron

Employer Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust Town Salisbury Salary £55,690 - £62,682 per annum pro rata if part time Salary period Yearly Closing 15/03/2026 23:59

We have an exciting opportunity to work within Patient Flow as a Matron.

For this role we are looking for an experienced senior nurse who would like to increase their skills and knowledge to provide leadership across inpatient wards and the IDS team to oversea the delivery of safe compassionate high-quality discharge planning and to ensure quality standards are achieved.

The Matron role is key to an effective, high performing, fully engaged team. The breadth of the role requires excellent communication, management, leadership, as well as education and teaching skills.

The successful applicant will support an experienced team of Matron, Clinical and non clinical discharge facilitators and ward based discharge coordinators

If you would like further information and to discuss this opportunity please contact Emma Cavill Head of Site and Patient Flow x 4292

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we’re driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated “Good” by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as:
Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don’t just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

• Registered Nurse
• 2 years at a senior level in nursing ( band
  7)
• Experience in a senior clinical role within last 3 years
• First Degree in Nursing or subject related to health care
• Masters level study or willing to undertake this level of study
• Experience in organisational leadership, leading change and service improvement
• Experience in contribution to strategic service planning

We offer excellent benefits that help make SDH a great place to work. Take a look at our Employee Value Proposition (EVP) for more detailed information

These include but aren't limited to:

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• Holiday starting at 27 days plus Bank Holidays rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years for Agenda for Change staff
• Holiday entitlement for Medical and Dental staff starts at 27 days for Junior/Senior Clinical Fellows, Specialty Doctors and rises to 32 days after 5 years. Consultant entitlement starts at 32 days and rises to 34 days after 7 year.
• Access to a career average revalued earnings pension scheme
• Life assurance if a member of the pension scheme
• An extensive Health and Wellbeing offer to help you deal with life's challenges
• Exclusive deals and discounts websites saving you money on everyday purchases, treats for the family, eating out and utility bills for home
• Cycle to work…