Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatrics
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Will include participation in Matron On-call rota)
- Job ref
- 391-NMUH-8289174
- Employer
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Barnet General Hospital
- Town
- Barnet
- Salary
- £63,665 - £70,887 Per Annum Including HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 27/09/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Paediatric Matron
Band 8a
Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
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Job overview
We are seeking to appoint dynamic and enthusiastic candidates to the role of Paediatric Matron within our Barnet & Chase Farm Health Unit, within the Babies, Children's, & Young People Division.
This role is based at our Barnet General Hospital site, with the expectation of attendance to the Chase Farm Hospital site, in addition to any other local sites under the direct management of this health unit. At times, there may be requirement or expectation to attend other health units to support the wider service.
This role is offered at full-time and includes participation within the Matron On-call rota.
Please note:
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will provide clinical management and professional leadership to nursing staff at all levels within their area of responsibility, ensuring that nursing care is delivered to a high standard and that the nursing resource is managed effectively.
The postholder will also ensure the attainment and monitoring of quality and clinical performance indicators and ensuring that any aspect of Directorate service delivery is underpinned by the patient and service user experience.
The postholder will play an important role in the development of services and provide specialised advice to nursing teams, wider professional colleagues, as relevant, to ensure high standards of direct care delivery.
The postholder will support the implementation and maintenance of effective governance arrangements whilst ensuring that nursing care is of the highest possible standard at all times with particular emphasis on dignity and compassion.
The postholder will line manage departmental, ward manager and clinical nurse specialists. To work in partnership with the Assistant General Manager and Clinical Service Lead to ensure the operational delivery of the Service Triumvirate strategy for safer, cost-effective, quality care.
The postholder will:
- Spend at least 20% of weekly hours in clinical practice.
- Deputise for the Head of Nursing as required.
- Participate in the out of hours on-call rota.
- Ensure all training and compliance is up-to-date.
Working for our organisation
North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system – consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS’s, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.
We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George’s University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
A full list of duties and responsibilities will be found within the job description and requirements for the role can be found within the person specification.
Person specification
Education & Professional Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RN (Child Branch)
- Current NMC Registration
- Relevant post registration courses in surgery and high dependency nursing.
- Recognised mentorship qualification.
- Evidence of on-going professional development.
- Educated to master’s degree level or equivalent experience.
- Management/Leadership qualification or equivalent experience.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience in area of specialty, underpinned by theoretical knowledge.
- Current experience of staff management.
- Evidence of teaching and developing junior staff both formally and informally.
- Evidence of leading a change management initiative which improved patient care.
- Proven experience of managing budgetary resources.
- Evidence of managing Employee Relations issues.
- Proven experience of the recruitment and retention of staff to set shared commitments.
Skills & Aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate advanced clinical expertise.
- Evidence of political awareness and professional issues within the nursing remit.
- Experience of managing and sustaining change.
- Experience of developing and implementing new policies and guidelines.
- Evidence clinical standard/guideline setting.
- Evidence of understanding professional issues in nursing.
- Skilled in staff selection and development.
- Thorough understanding and knowledge of key indicators of excellent quality care.
- Highly effective communication and relationship skills.
- Evidence of involvement with patient/user groups to develop patient centered care.
- Demonstrate skills within Microsoft Office package including, but not limited to: Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- Demonstrate the ability to assess complexity of situations and determine which requires analysis and opinion.
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Enthusiastic and motivated.
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Professional approach to work.
- Accountability – Takes responsibility for own actions and promotes good team working.
- Openness – Shares information and good practice appropriately.
- Mutual respect – Treats others with courtesy and respect.
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Natasha Price
- Job title
- Head of Nursing
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0748 350 5391
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