Job summary
- Main area
- Anaesthetics
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 153-SU05689-A
- Employer
- University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Bournemouth
- Town
- Bournemouth
- Salary
- £55,690 - £62,682 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/03/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 18/03/2026
Employer heading
Matron in Anaesthetics
Band 8a
As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.
We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £500m transformation programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.
In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.
We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.
We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.
At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.
As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.
We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support the preparation of their application. While this is not discouraged, we kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of your own experience and suitability. Personal integrity is an important part of the recruitment process.
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for a full-time Matron post within the Anaesthetics Directorate at University Hospitals Dorset (UHD).
The role will have responsibility across Critical Care, Perioperative Medicine Outreach, Resuscitation, and the Acute Pain Service.
The successful candidate will have demonstrable leadership experience within an acute setting and will be passionate about delivering high-quality, patient-centred care.
The postholder will also be required to provide late and weekend cover as part of the UHD Senior Nurse rota.
Applicants must hold active UK NMC registration.
Base Location: Royal Bournemouth Hospital
Interview date: 18th March 2026
Main duties of the job
To act as a professional role model, demonstrating the trust vision and values and ensuring that staff work within regulatory, legal and trust policies and procedures in maintaining and improving standards utilising resources available.
To be highly visible, accessible and an authoritative nursing/midwifery presence providing compassionate and professional assistance or advice to patients, carers and the workforce, spending at least 50% of rostered time in clinical practice.
Take responsibility for overall monitoring of clinical standards within teams or services including overall responsibility for safe staffing, standards of clinical practice and the setting clear objectives for development, ensuring agreed programmes of work are running to plan, and promptly escalating any cause for concern through appropriate communication channels.
To ensure that the patient experience is of the highest quality, inspiring patient and public confidence.
Promote best practice in the prevention of infection ensuring a clean and safe environment.
Working for our organisation
UHD are investing, developing and transforming Trust services in line with the New Hospital Programme. As part of this, some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or permanently. Recruiting Managers will be happy to answer any service-specific questions at interview.
If a role or service relocates as part of a planned move, excess mileage will not be reimbursed. Travel from home to the new work base will be classed as a normal commute. Any other changes will be managed under Trust or national terms and conditions.
UHD has active networks including Women’s, DEN, Pride, EU, Pro Ability, and Armed Forces. We support Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant interview schemes.
AI tools may be used, but applications must honestly reflect your own skills and experience. Integrity is key to our recruitment process.
We are able to offer sponsorship for this position.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Matron is responsible for implementing the Trust’s strategy and objectives within the Anaesthetics Directorate, ensuring services are standardised across all relevant areas to deliver consistently high-quality care for all patients.
The role supports the planning and management of services to optimise the use of resources and contributes to the development of a sustainable, safe workforce that is fit for the future within their area of responsibility.
The Matron ensures that services are delivered within a culture where patient safety, clinical excellence, continuous service improvement, and financial accountability are prioritised.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- 1st Level Registered nurse/Midwife /AHP on relevant part of the Register
- Accredited management/leadership training or evidence of practical application of expertise at this level
Desirable criteria
- Masters degree
- Step 4 Competencies
Experience
Essential criteria
- Proven track record of operational management in the acute healthcare setting managing a ward / service/ department. Including staff, financial/budgetary and change management
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Highly developed specialist knowledge for field of practice, underpinned by theory and experience
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ruth Dodgson
- Job title
- Senior Matron for Anaesthetics
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 019 5423
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