Job summary
- Main area
- Childrens and Young People
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 214-W&C-7252622
- Employer
- Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- King's Mill Hospital
- Town
- Sutton in Ashfield
- Salary
- £53,755 - £60,504 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Matron for Children and Young People
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Thank you for your interest in this role, we would be delighted to welcome you to Sherwood Forest Hospitals.
Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and know that happy colleagues deliver better care.
Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.
We would love you to join us.
Job overview
Sherwood Forest Hospitals are seeking a passionate and experienced Matron for Children and Young People to lead transformational change and enhance the quality of care for our youngest patients. This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic paediatric nurse leader who is committed to professional development, education, and improving patient experience and outcomes.
As Matron, you will provide operational and performance oversight across children’s inpatient and outpatient services, specialist nursing teams, play services, and areas across the Trust where children and young people receive care—including the Paediatric Emergency Department and Neonatal Unit.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead on nurse training, education, and professional development.
- Drive continuous improvement in key performance indicators and patient care quality.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to implement strategic and operational plans.
- Work closely with the corporate nursing team and divisional triumvirate to monitor KPIs and identify service improvements.
- Manage human and financial resources effectively to meet divisional targets.
- Support capacity management and ensure high standards of care are maintained.
- Champion the Matron’s Charter and uphold Trust values in all aspects of leadership.
If you’re ready to make a meaningful impact and lead with compassion and excellence, we’d love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Working for our organisation
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Knowledge Requirements
Essential criteria
- Proven knowledge of the broader nursing, education and professional issues
- Good working knowledge of contemporary health care issues and professional standards
- Understanding of the complex dynamics of a multi-professional environment
- Excellent presentation and teaching skills
- Excellent report writing skills and action planning
- Ability to work under pressure
- Computer literate
Desirable criteria
- Sound general management experience – budget management skills, business case preparation, staff management
- Evidence of operational and strategic development of patient safety initiatives and strategies
- Experience in education and professional development
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse/RN Child/RSCN registration with the NMC
- Management certificate or equivalent experience
- First level degree or equivalent knowledge
- Qualification in teaching and assessing or equivalent
- Demonstration of on-going professional development
- Additional professional/management qualifications
Desirable criteria
- Working towards Masters qualification or equivalent
- Post registration qualification in specialty -QIS in Neonatal care / Paediatric critical care
Further Requirements
Essential criteria
- Highly motivated and resourceful with a proactive approach to innovation
- Ability to act autonomously with minimal supervision
- Exposure to clinical areas and patient contact
- Carry Trust bleep and undertake on call duties
- Experience and knowledge of quality, standard setting and audit Budget management experience
- Experience in managing complaints and quality assurance
Desirable criteria
- Evidence in Quality Improvement/Project Management
- Has introduced a Change in Practice
- Evidence of Research/Publications
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience at Senior Charge Nurse/Sister Band 7 level within specialty
- Sound knowledge and understanding of current issues in specialty
- Experience and knowledge of quality, standard setting and audit Budget management experience
- Extensive senior nursing experience within a complex organisation/NHS
- Proven track record in leadership and management
- Evidence of participating in and leading organisational change that has led to changes in quality
- Experience of operating and communicating effectively with clinicians and Directors
- Experience of working with external agencies and influencing internal change
- Experience of initiating, conducting and evaluating risk assessments and investigations
- Experience of leading and managing staff
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working towards Care Quality Commission and the NHS Resolution standards
- Complaints Management
- Experience of service improvement methodologies
Contractual Requirements
Essential criteria
- Regular attendance
- Ability to work flexibly
- NMC Registration
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rachael Giles
- Job title
- Deputy Divisional Director Nursing
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07881004231
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