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Job summary

Main area
Family Health Clinical Care Group
Grade
Band 8a
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
164-7423784
Employer
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
City Hospital
Town
Nottingham
Salary
£55,690 - £62,682 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
14/09/2025 23:59

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Matron Integrated Sexual Health and HIV

Band 8a

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full-time band 8a Matron post for the Integrated Sexual Health and HIV service. 

The speciality has a strong reputation for training and innovation, and the multidisciplinary team work closely together to ensure patients receive the best possible care and outcome.

This role will work alongside other Matrons within the Family Health Care Group.

 

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a highly motivated professional nurse to undertake the role of Matron.

You will have an extensive skill set in nursing management and leadership and be an effective communicator. You will be a positive role model and hold responsibility to support the developments of Clinical Governance and Service Improvement, modernise patient services and ensure the active involvement of patients and carers in the way services are developed, delivered and evaluated.

The post is critical in ensuring safe, quality patient care and experience is provided by the clinical teams and the health and wellbeing of staff remains high on the agenda.

See more details in the Job Description and Person Specification 

Working for our organisation

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please read the attached job description and person specification 

Person specification

Physical

Essential criteria
  • IT skills to manage and report on complex information

Training & Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Qualified Healthcare Professional
  • Registered with appropriate regulatory body (NMC,HCPC) with a first degree
  • Master’s degree or significant equivalent work experience / post basic training
  • Complaints management or relevant experience
  • Expert knowledge of Service User Experience and Engagement Agenda’s and good general knowledge of PALS Services.
  • Extensive knowledge of the NHS and current clinical standards
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of working across organisational and professional boundaries in the development of healthcare
  • Facilitation of inter-professional learning
  • Project management experience

Communication and Relationship skills

Essential criteria
  • Excellent communications skills, written and oral
  • Ability to build successful teams
  • Ability to influence and motivate staff to deliver challenging targets
  • Ability to manage conflict
  • Able to motivate and support others and encourage effective team working.

Planning and organisation skills

Essential criteria
  • Understanding of pro-active performance management within a large service
  • Ability to prioritise own workload and maintain consistent standards
  • Forward thinking, innovative
  • Demonstrates strong organisational skills and abilities
  • Ability to work on own initiative but also as part of a multi-professional team across all Service User Experience Functions specifically including PALS, carer and engagement functions.

Analytical and Judgement Skills

Essential criteria
  • Strategic thinking
  • Excellent problem solving skills using team when appropriate
  • Understand highly complex clinical information and be able to inform clinical and patient experience strategy
  • Business focused
  • Sensitive to clinical and political demands
  • Innovative thinker with the ability to cut through barriers to change
  • ability to solve complex situations which require analysis and interpretation

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Holly Royston-Ward
Job title
Head of Reproductive Health Nursing & Professions
Email address
[email protected]
Additional information

Natasha McVey - Interim Head of Reproductive Health Nursing and Professions   -  [email protected]

 

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