Job summary
- Main area
- Older Peoples
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 432-HR316-25
- Employer
- East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Ipswich Hospital
- Town
- Ipswich
- Salary
- £53,755 - £60,504 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Matron - Older People's Services
NHS AfC: Band 8a
We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England. Our scale provides exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training.
Talk to us about our range of flexible working opportunities, apprenticeships and staff benefits
Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of all we do; and it forms part of the ESNEFT’s core activities. The Trust operates and relies on everyone treating each other with dignity and respect, to receive equitable and fair treatment in the implementation of Policies, Procedures and in its Practices, to foster positive work relationships, and finally to act with integrity as a professional within ESNEFT as well as a representative of the NHS as a whole. The EDI Agenda reflects the Trust values such as Optimistic, Appreciative and Kind. In line with the NHS Long Term Plan, People Plan, People Promise and a Model Employer intrinsic in the Equality Diversity and Inclusion Agenda, we consistently strive to improve, to take the learning into Action for a better ESNEFT.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for a Matron in the Older Peoples Services CDG 3 on the Ipswich site. Older peoples services is a progressive department, working in an integrated way with Medical and Therapy colleagues.
This is a great opportunity to become part of our compassionate, dedicated & patient centred team, playing a key role in maintaining the quality care we deliver to our patients.
You will have extensive experience as a senior nurse & have a proven track record of leading a team, be responsive to the needs of patients & staff & be passionate about staff well-being. You will lead by example, motivate & empower the team so excellent communication skills are essential.
We will support you in developing your portfolio & by doing this you will lead on quality priorities within the division & represent the division in Trust wide forums & be involved in projects, service development & redesign.
Main duties of the job
· For the continuous improvement of clinical productivity, patient safety and experience for all patients and carers
· Accountable for the delivery and monitoring of robust infection control measures through relentless vigilance by ensuring delivery of all aspects of the Infection Control Strategy
· For management of the nursing and clinical service, ensuring the delivery of high quality, timely care
· Ensure that care delivery is not only compassionate and effective but also compliant with regulatory standards and best practice frameworks
· A proactive approach to governance will be essential in maintaining quality assurance, supporting audit activities, and driving service improvements across your area of responsibility
· Line manage the senior nursing staff & support them to develop & lead their own teams, having oversight of the resource management, including budget responsibility.
Working for our organisation
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Evidence of academic pathway equivalent to Degree in Nursing or Health Related study
- • Masters Degree in relation to health management Or equivalent experience that recognises developed and complex levels of knowledge, which enable the development of original responses to complicated and unpredictable problems and situations. Professional training / Learning at this level will need to demonstrate highly developed professional knowledge, which is appropriate for senior professionals / managers
- • Professional nursing qualification
- • Demonstration and evidence of personal professional development
Desirable criteria
- • Masters Degree or working toward/unit/departments Masters Degree level education
- • Management Leadership Qualification, which has been tested in a management post
Experience
Essential criteria
- Proven experience at senior nurse level with recent experience as Band 7 or above with highly developed and detailed knowledge and experience
- Experience of effective budgetary management
- Significant experience of effective staff management
- Experience of interpreting national policies and initiatives and implementing these into the workplace
- Public speaking and presentation skills
- Experience of ability to manage and lead nursing team
Desirable criteria
- • Experience in preparing business cases
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- • Heightened awareness of national nursing and midwifery initiatives
- • Proven ability to lead teams effectively, exercising sound judgement
- • Strong quality focus with an innovative approach & the ability to solve complex problems
- • IT literate
- • Have an ability to be able to analyse, interpret and act upon complex data
Desirable criteria
- • Experience of working to a strategic direction and have contributed to this.
- • Developed Business Cases and successfully delivered change
- • Carried out clinical changes in light of changing evidence base
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kate Taylor
- Job title
- Divisional Director of Nursing
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07599513528
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