Job summary
- Main area
- Matron
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Mon-Friday)
- Job ref
- 394-UPC-7616035
- Employer
- The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Hillingdon Hospital
- Town
- Uxbridge
- Salary
- £61,631 - £68,623 pa inc
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/12/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 15/12/2025
Employer heading
Matron Emergency Department
NHS AfC: Band 8a
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The Trust only accepts applications made through this site, please register when you click APPLY at the end of this advertisement. The Trust is able to offer hospital accommodation, pension scheme, on-site nursery (through third party provider), together with salary sacrifice schemes (including child care vouchers, ride to work) and a range of national and local staff discounts (subject to availability).
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Job overview
The role of the Matron in the Emergency Department is to provide highly visible leadership, managerial and professional support on a day-to-day basis to all the nursing staff and ensure the smooth running of the department to achieve the emergency access target.
For further information please contact [Daniah Gowandan], Lead Nurse for UEC. Email: [email protected]
Main duties of the job
To provide clinical nursing managerial expertise in all aspects of the speciality, ensuring the highest possible standard for nursing care and technical equipment care, with efficient and effective utilisation of resources.
To develop and maintain the department’s philosophy of care based on the Trust’s mission statement, core objectives and nursing and midwifery and healthcare assistant strategy
Working for our organisation
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute Hospital in the London Borough of Hillingdon and offers a wide range of services including accident and emergency, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics and maternity services. The Trust’s services at Mount Vernon Hospital include routine day surgery, delivered at a modern treatment centre, a minor injuries unit and outpatient clinics.
The safety and well-being of our patients and of our staff is paramount and we are making urgent improvements to address this – particularly in infection prevention and control. We are making progress and going forward by working in partnership with local GPs, charities,
community services, academic partners, our local authority, neighbouring hospitals and the wider North West London Integrated care system, and ensuring that we listen and work in partnership with our local population. We are absolutely focused on ensuring that our hospitals
provide high quality, safe and compassionate care, while drive forward the building of the new Hillingdon Hospital.
We have over 3,500 members of staff that are proud to care for nearly half a million people, with a vision to be an outstanding provider of healthcare through leading health and academic partnerships, transforming services, to provide the best care where needed.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of role requirements and main responsibilities.
Person specification
Person Spec
Essential criteria
- Current NMC Registration
- Evidence of recent CPD
- Mentorship in Practice course
- Immediate life support
- Recent experience in Accident and Emergency Care setting
- Experience as a band 7 shift leader in A&E
- Experience of audit, benchmarking standard setting
- Staff management
Desirable criteria
- Non-medical Independent/supplementary prescribing course
- Master’s degree
- Research skills
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
- Daniah Gowandan
- Job title
- Lead Nurse Urgent and Emergency Care
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01895238282
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