Modern Matron

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Summary

We are seeking a candidate with strong leadership skills, a proactive mindset, and a compassionate approach to staff wellbeing. Experience in managing complex clinical services and a commitment to innovation and excellence will be essential.

The role holder will be responsible for a broad portfolio, including budgetary oversight, theatre productivity, line management, resource allocation, and strategic development of the service.

A priority for the CSU is the development of a flexible, inclusive, and diverse workforce. This includes embracing innovative models of care, exploring new roles, and designing clear pathways to support and retain our existing staff.

The ideal candidate will bring:

• Proven experience in staff line management, with a track record of fostering high-performing teams.

• Innovative thinking and leadership skills, capable of driving change and inspiring others.

• Clinical expertise and insight, ensuring decisions are grounded in patient-centred care.

• A strategic vision for future services, aligned with organisational goals and responsive to evolving healthcare needs.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT) is one of the largest and most prestigious teaching hospitals in Europe, renowned for its excellence in specialised services. With over 60 state-of-the-art operating theatres, LTHT delivers cutting-edge care across a wide range of clinical specialties.

Jubilee Theatres is central for some of our most complex and high-acuity services, including Major Trauma, Cardiac, Neurosurgery, Head and Neck, Vascular, PACU (Post Anaesthetic Care Unit), Plastics, and Acute Surgery. This dynamic and fast-paced environment is home to highly skilled multidisciplinary teams who are committed to delivering the highest standards of patient care.

Our department is proud to be diverse, innovative, and patient-focused, consistently striving for excellence in clinical outcomes and patient experience.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

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Experience - Essential criteria Audit and Standard Setting, Complaints management, Performance management, Experience at senior level in nursing/ AHP, Budgetary skills

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Skills & behaviours - Essential Change management, Strategic thinker/ Strategic Influencer, Focus on improving performance, Resilience, Empowers other, Influencing & Negotiation skills

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Our values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:

Patient-centred Collaborative Fair Accountable Empowered

All our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values

We’re committed to recruiting exceptional people to deliver outstanding services across Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and helping every colleague reach their full potential. We’re looking for a compassionate, inclusive, and collaborative leader who shares our values and can build strong partnerships. We warmly invite applications from people from a variety of backgrounds and sectors, and are especially keen to hear from individuals from a minority ethnic background. We’re dedicated to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone feels valued, supported, and has a true sense of belonging, as we work together to deliver the best in healthcare to the people of Leeds and beyond.

To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse (Level 1 or 2)

Experience

Essential

• Audit and Standard Setting

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Address

Leeds General Infirmary

Leeds

West Yorkshire

LS1 3EX

Employer's website

https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)