Matron – MEOC: Sponsorship Available

  • Full Time
  • United Kingdom
  • 57,528 to 64,750 £ / Year

Doncaster & Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS FT

Job summary

This is a fixed term 6 months contract

The Division of Surgery is seeking an experienced senior nurse to join the leadership team as Matron for the Mexborough Elective Orthopaedic Centre of Excellence at Montagu Hospital.

The Centre is a partnership between Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals, Barnsley Hospital and The Rotherham Hospital, providing elective orthopaedic surgery for patients across South Yorkshire. Services include hip and knee replacements and foot, ankle, hand, wrist and shoulder procedures.

Working with the Clinical Director and Business Manager as part of the triumvirate, the Matron will hold senior professional responsibility for nursing quality, standards and patient care. They will provide visible, compassionate and inclusive leadership, with oversight of patient safety, clinical quality, infection prevention and control, safer staffing, workforce performance and patient experience.

The Matron will support the Centre’s continued development, including improvements in patient flow, theatre productivity, length of stay, day-case and short-stay pathways, discharge and the prevention of avoidable cancellations.

We are seeking a credible and inclusive senior nurse with substantial clinical and leadership experience, a commitment to continuous improvement and a passion for staff development, wellbeing and psychological safety.

Main duties of the job

The Matron team within the Division of surgery are a significant senior professional leadership group , responsible for professional nursing practice within the Division and the management of nurses within its’ area of responsibility.

Working in partnership with the Clinical Director and Business Manager, the Matron will provide effective triumvirate leadership for the Mexborough Elective Orthopaedic Centre and hold senior professional responsibility for nursing standards and the quality of patient care.Matron is accountable for the standard of nursing practice and the quality of patient care delivered by nurses

Matron will escalate any concerns relating directly to their designated group of services at the earliest opportunity.

Matron provides a high level of skills, professional knowledge and advice on nursing and quality to the Division Leadership Team.

As a senior nurse within the Division of Surgery, the Matron is a core member of the Division Leadership Team and participates in, and contributes to the corporate planning and performance management of the Trust.

Matron is expected to provide professional leadership and management in the delivery of a high quality, patient centred nursing care, and to drive vision and creativity in developing nursing practice within the Division, leading change and managing its’ impact on nurses.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Training

Essential

  • NMC – First level Registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council
  • Degree in Nursing or health related subject
  • Recognised management/leadership qualification (or working towards)

Desirable

  • Post graduate degree at Masters level or working towards

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

  • Substantial experience working at senior level in a nursing role
  • Experience of service development, leading and managing change
  • Up-to-date knowledge of national nursing policy and strategy

Desirable

  • Experience of developing and implementing nurse led services

Personal Attributes & Skills

Essential

  • Strong relationship development and management skills with senior management team and senior clinical colleagues
  • Able to gather, analyse and interpret highly complex and conflicting information
  • Strategic vision and planning skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 26 November 2026

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