Job summary
- Main area
- Operating Theatres
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday and participate in Heatherwood Site Coordinator role)
- Job ref
- 151-ES74
- Employer
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Heatherwood Hospital
- Town
- Ascot
- Salary
- £57,888 - £64,880 per annum incl HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/12/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Matron/Theatre Manager
Band 8a
Job overview
The post holder will play a key leadership role with clinical and managerial responsibility for Heatherwood Theatres at Frimley Health Foundation Trust.
They will be accountable for ensuring the highest standard of clinical care is provided. As a trusted point of contact they will be easily identifiable to clients, service users, and staff providing strong, visible leadership and have the appropriate level of authority to provide support, advice and assistance required by patients, their families and carers.
Emphasis on the areas of Patient/Client Safety, Patient Experience, User engagement and Clinical Outcomes will be essential.
The post holder will be expected to have clinical responsibility for supporting the Head of Nursing in activities relating to the delivery of high quality services, including involvement in maintaining activity levels, managing service pressures and maintaining the highest standards of perioperative care.
They will lead on delegated projects on behalf of the Head of Nursing. They will provide support to the Head of Nursing on day to day operational issues, and deputise as deemed appropriate.
Main duties of the job
Providing clinical Leadership of the nursing and AHP workforce, finance control, operational management, clinical governance, ensuring delivery of safe, effective, and high-quality care, workforce development, staff engagement, service improvement and collaboratively working with multidisciplinary teams to achieve the Directorate and Trust strategic objectives
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical leadership, management of resources, delivery of high quality care, human resources management, training and development of staff, performance management, service improvement and safeguarding
See attached job description for exhaustive responsibilities
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NMC/HCPC Registration
- Educated to degree level, working towards or equivalent experience
- Evidence of on-going professional development in a relevant nursing field of practice, to master’s or equivalent levelised leadership development training
- Recognised leadership development training or qualification
Desirable criteria
- Educated to master’s degree level
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant theatre experience at senior clinical/managerial level in an acute setting
- Experience of working as a clinical leader, managing diverse teams
- Proven leadership and management
Desirable criteria
- In-depth experience in a variety of hospital units
- Involvement in clinical audit and or research
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Clinical expert in relevant field of practice
- IT literate
- budgetary management
- Understanding of role in relation to wider hospital pressures and organisational objectives
- Demonstrates knowledge of effective risk management.
- Knowledge and experience of management models, implementing change and/or new clinical practices and current professional issues.
Desirable criteria
- Teaching and assessing skills
- Counselling skills.
- Research Audit 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
- Elizabeth Musarurwa
- Job title
- Head of Nursing Theatres/Anaesthetics
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07823552178
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