Modern Matron
The closing date is 21 April 2026.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and inspirational Modern Matron to work within the North Lincolnshire Community Directorate. The post holder will work with the Directorate Leads to ensure the teams deliver high, quality, safe, effective care and provide the best possible outcomes for people using our services.
You will be a highly visible, compassionate leader with strong values that align with those of the organisation. You will lead by example, being a positive role model who inspires, motivates and empowers clinicians in the safe effective delivery of care and treatment.
The successful candidate will be part of meeting the 28 promises we make to the communities we work in, the people who access our services and our valued staff.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will be a collaborative, inclusive and compassionate leader with values and behaviours that inspire high standards of care and pride in the profession.
In conjunction with the Care Group senior leadership team, the postholder will create a positive safety culture, where the environment is collaboratively crafted, created, and nurtured so that everybody (individual staff, teams, patients, families, and carers) can flourish to ensure the best, safe, quality care by:
* Continuous learning and improvement of safety risks
* Supportive, psychologically safe teamwork
* Enabling and empowering speaking up by all
The post holder will demonstrate highly visible leadership, be responsible for the delivery of safe and therapeutic care, using an effective governance framework within a defined set of teams or ward team areas, in line with 'The Matron's Handbook. NHS Updated July 2021.'
Leadership & Management
* A key clinical leader and visible role model
* Ensure high-quality nursing and professional standards in all areas of practice and performance.
* Provide direct supervision to team leaders and/or ward leaders in the care group in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team.
* Provide professional nursing advice and professional standards guidance to teams as required.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Current RGN, RMN or RNLD Nursing
* Professional knowledge acquired through degree supplemented by postgraduate specialist training and experience
* Masters level qualification or equivalent
* Management Qualification or equivalent level of experience
Experience
* Senior clinical nursing experience showing managerial or advanced practice skills in any transferable clinical setting.
* Management/leadership experience as ward leader, team leader, deputy or trainee
* Working knowledge of HR processes, performance management, budget management, staffing rosters and operational skills
* Involvement in Change Management processes
* Undertake Management/Serious Incident investigation
* Participated in audit/research, education programmes or teaching
Knowledge
* Knowledge of Patient Safety, Patient Experience and Quality Improvement theory as it applies to operational services in the care group.
* Demonstrable knowledge of risk management and risk registers
* Evidence of continuing professional development
* Knowledge of policy drivers at national and local level as applicable to the care group
Skills
* Well-developed interpersonal and organisational Skills
* Track record of developing others, individuals and teams to meet high service standards of quality and safety
* Able to self-start, lead and complete complex tasks
* Well developed self-awareness thorough 360 feedback or leadership development
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.
£57,528 to £64,750 a year pro rata.
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