Matron Surgical Division | 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
Band 8a
* Matron Surgical Division Full time – 37.5 hours per week Do you want to be part of an innovative and highly motivated Senior Nurse team who are passionate about improving the care we deliver to a varied patient group?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Matron to join us within the Surgical Division to complement the existing Matrons and contribute to the delivery of excellent patient care and lead on quality improvement initiatives within the Division.
Excellent communication skills and strong visible leadership will enable you to develop and empower your teams to deliver improvement projects.
You will also have a passion for the development of staff whilst creating a conducive learning environment across your clinical areas.
You will have extensive clinical experience and have been in a leadership role within an acute hospital setting.
You will be required to work both within a team and independently to deliver Division and local objectives whilst ensuring patient care is being delivered safely and to a high standard.
As Matron, you will be responsible and accountable to the Lead Nurse and the Divisional Director of Nursing ensuring the daily management of a number of inpatient areas is maintained and that your professional leadership enables staff, patients and relatives to engage in the way care is delivered at a local level.
Matrons are pivotal in the delivery of professional standards and embodying values and behaviours, therefore you will work closely with the Senior Nursing structure to ensure these are upheld across the organisation.
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:
* Safety
* Care
* Respect
* Communication
* Learning
* 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.
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