Job overview

Acute Matron – Medical Directorate 

 Do you relish a challenge, have a passion to help others or simply fancy a fresh start somewhere new and inspiring? If so, an opportunity has arisen to join the Medical Directorate as an interim Matron.

We wish to further strengthen our Medical Directorate team to provide excellent care to the population of North East Wales and the service provided at our Wrexham Maelor District General Hospital.

Working with excellent colleagues in Medicine and other specialties, this is a great opportunity to work in a progressive directorate. You will join our dynamic matron team which covers multiple ward and departmental specialties including: Cardiology, Diabetes & Endocrinology, Infection Management, Respiratory, Gastroenterology, Stroke, Care of the Elderly and Renal services.

For initial enquiries, please contact Erin Humphreys (Head of Nursing for Medicine) at Wrexham Maelor Hospital 03000 858394 or via e-mail on [email protected].

Main duties of the job

The post holder should be an experienced Senior Nurse with significant experience within the Acute sector to join our Medical Directorate Team as a Matron. We are looking for a candidate with a proven track record of delivering values based leadership. You will need to demonstrate passion and commitment for leading on the delivery of high quality patient care as well as possessing enthusiasm with motivation skills to develop your nursing team.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed Nurse Leader with a passion for Acute Care. You will require the ability to inspire and lead innovation and improvement in nursing practice.

The post holder will act as the professional nurse lead providing clinical advice, leadership development, monitoring and management of all nursing resources for general adult services within the designated clinical area, to facilitate excellent nursing practice ensuring the delivery of a high quality, patient centred service. 

The post holder will be a clinical nurse leader, working with the Management Team to identify opportunities for service change and improvement to encourage and enable advancement and development of associated evidence based services.  

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Working for our organisation

If you relish a challenge, have a passion to help others or simply fancy a fresh start, then Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB)  North Wales, has all the right ingredients. The largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around 700,000, across North Wales . Join our team and get the support you need, in line with our Organisational Values and ‘Proud to Lead’ competence framework.

Enjoy being part of working with engaged leadership at all levels, and be assured we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and are proud to welcome applicants under the “Disability Confident Employer” scheme.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

Applications may be submitted in Welsh.  Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.