Job overview
We are seeking a Deputy Matron to lead Gynaecology Emergency Department, Early Pregnancy Unit and the inpatient Ward Sunrise B team at Queens Hospital. This is a highly autonomous, full time role with day time working on a 7 day week rota basis.
You will be a strong and inspiring leader with proven relevant clinical and management skills, extensive acute gynaecology experience, and an in-depth understanding of acute early pregnancy and gynaecological conditions.
You will play a pivotal role in ensuring high standards of patient care, supporting and developing your team, and fostering a positive, values-driven culture. You will be required to work clinically as required and have a complete oversight of all of your designated service from safe staffing levels, budgetary control, staff management as well as provision of high quality and safety of care.
We expect the Deputy Matron to demonstrate our PRIDE values consistently, prioritising the needs of patients, their families, and staff alike and work very closely with the current Matron.
In return, we offer a supportive leadership environment, opportunities for continued professional development, and the chance to make a real difference in a specialist area of care.
Planned interview date 7th January 2026
Main duties of the job
The Deputy Matron role is a senior nursing role providing leadership and direction to nursing staff in Acute Gynaecology (inpatient and ED) and Early Pregnancy services based on Sunrise B in Queen’s Hospital.
You will work with a particular focus on day-to-day management of all services on Sunrise B and deputise for Senior Matron. You will be responsible for ensuring provision of high quality, safe, well-governed, productive and cost-effective services which support the Trust in delivering its strategic objectives.
You will practice at an advanced level demonstrating with autonomy and decision-making. This role along with triumvirate colleagues will provide compassionate and inclusive leadership within depth focus on quality and safety. In addition, there will be joint responsibility and accountability with the triumvirate for delivering financial targets, efficiencies, workforce planning and service delivery to improve patient flow. Recognising and celebrating our workforce demographics the post holder will be responsible for ensuring the service line operates in an inclusive and transparent way.
Improving and maintaining staff experience within the service line is a key requirement for this role. You will be the professional accountable nursing leader across all services based on Sunrise B, ensuring appropriate structures are in place to support and inspire staff within service line, encouraging innovation, excellence and succession planning.
You will support the Matron, Head of Midwifery and others in providing operational and inspirational leadership that will create a caring, fair and open culture in line with our Trust values.
Working for our organisation
We’re an organisation that is getting better and betterand ourimprovements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with.
They are benefitting from a new (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been by the Care Quality Commission.
We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need to and get rid of corridor care.
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We run a in Ilford; an in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at and at. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The majority of our 8,400 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited. We’re proud to be a employer.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.
Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.
All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.
Person specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. Registered General Nurse/Midwife on the Nursing and Midwifery Council with significant experience at AFC B7 at least 3 years minimum
2. •Evidence of recent Gynaecology/Early Pregnancy Qualification completion
Desirable criteria
3. •Caring for Families Experiencing Perinatal Loss Level 7 CPD
4. •Master’s degree in nursing/midwifery or equivalent level of experience
Skills/ Abilities
Desirable criteria
5. •Advanced Clinical Skills- including venepuncture and cannulation
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.
If you have problems applying, contact
Address Queen's Hospital
Rom Valley Way
Romford
Essex
RM7 0AG
Telephone 01708 435000 5936