Matron Critical Care and Outreach | Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
Employer:
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
Location:
Ashton under lyne, OL6 9RW
Pay:
Contract Type:
Permanent
Hours:
Full time
Disability Confident:
No
Closing Date:
11/06/2026
About this job
Matron Critical Care and Outreach
* Band 8a Full time hours - 37.5hrs/week
* Permanent The Matron will ensure the delivery of exceptional patient centred and safe care to patients across Critical Care.
The Matron should be highly visible and accessible.
They should be an exemplary role model for nurses, leading by example and empowering staff to undertake a greater range of clinical tasks to modernise and improve patient care.
This role is key to supporting the delivery of the Nursing and Midwifery Strategy.
You will be responsible for maintaining an environment which is conducive to the delivery and maintenance of a high standard of patient centred care, with the delivery of good communication and relationships between staff within the hospital and outside agencies, patients, relatives and visitors.
You will be responsible for enhancing existing services in and establishing new ways of working focussing on quality, innovation, productivity and prevention.
You will be expected to participate in Greater Manchester Critical Care Network Meetings.
They will provide clinical and managerial leadership to a defined clinical area, ensuring that nursing standards are monitored and maintained; that the patient’s environment is safe and meets environmental standards; that Department budgets are balanced and that staff are personally and professionally developed.
Provide strong management support to the Head of Nursing for Surgery, Women’s and Children’s.
PROFESSIONAL / CLINICAL: To act as a role model to provide expert advice and to demonstrate best practice in accordance with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
To be an active agent of change and ensure the role of the Team Leader is continuously developed in line with local circumstances and national standards.
To ensure the overall effective use of resources and continuous improvements in service delivery.
Responsibility and accountability for assisting to manage budgets with the Band 7’s and Business Manager and leading on the performance and modernisation agenda within Critical Care,
To support the Trust’s corporate objectives and the processes by which they are achieved, including clinical governance, controls assurance, risk management and capacity planning.
To support complaint investigations as and when required, compiling responses to be made available for signature as appropriate.
To participate in the First on-call rota.
To have lead responsibility for the delivery of patient care across Critical Care.
To lead service design and redesign with staff in developing programmes of care and patient pathways to provide the best evidence based care that the organisation can deliver.
Provide effective, professional leadership and co-ordination throughout Critical Care.
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop.
We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children.
Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.
We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:
* Compassion
* Accountability
* Respect
* Excellence We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve.
We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity.
Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ & Disabled people.
Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.
The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specifications focusses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
This advert closes on Tuesday 26 May 2026
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