Job summary
- Main area
- paediatrics childrens
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday-Friday, 5 days per week)
- Job ref
- 326-7268457-MH
- Employer
- Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- East Surrey Hospital
- Town
- Redhill
- Salary
- £53,755 - £60,504 per annum plus high cost allowance
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 20/07/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 24/07/2025
Employer heading

Matron for Children & Young People
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Job overview
Our expanding paediatric services require paediatric nursing and support staff who are skilled, clinically competent and highly organised, and who are able to safely and efficiently manage a high turnover of patients with complex care requirements. The service supports patients across the Child Assessment Unit, Outwood Ward (inpatient), Children’s Outpatients and our newly developed Children’s Day Procedures Unit. The service as a whole provides acute and planned care for a broad range of specialities including medicine, surgery, oncology, diabetes, respiratory, dental, endocrinology and trauma. The service also provides specialist nursing care from a large team of highly competent and dedicated nurse specialists. Patients range from newborn to 16 years and can present with complex medical and behavioural needs.
This Matron for Children and Young People post will further strengthen and expand our current senior nursing structure across the service and will provide strong senior leadership for the nursing and care teams. This postholder will work closely alongside our existing Matron role, and will lead on the development of designated teams and clinical areas within the service.
The Matron will support the Associate Chief Nurse - Children and Young People in delivering and achieving the divisional and Trust strategies and objectives.
Interviews are to be held, in person dated 23rd/24th July.
Main duties of the job
For further information, please see the attached job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.
Working for our organisation
We are a leading local employer with a diverse workforce of approximately 6,000 staff, dedicated to providing healthcare services to a growing population of around 780,000 individuals.
Our Trust provides both emergency and planned healthcare across East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon – covering towns like Crawley, Horsham, Reigate, and Redhill. Our main hospital, East Surrey in Redhill, offers a full range of acute and specialist services and is also the closest trauma unit to Gatwick Airport. We also provide outpatient, diagnostic, and planned care services at sites including The Earlswood Centre, Caterham Dene Hospital, Oxted Health Centre, Crawley Hospital, and Horsham Hospital.
We are proud to be an inclusive employer, and we work hard to create an environment where everyone feels valued and supported. At our Trust, we strive to be the best place to work and receive care. We are dedicated to supporting you in your current role while helping you grow and develop your career. As part of our team, you will have access to excellent training opportunities, flexible working, dedicated support networks, and a strong emphasis on health and wellbeing to ensure a thriving and positive work environment.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information regarding the role please read the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Criteria
Essential criteria
- Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role
- A complete and accurate application
- Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
- Evidence of essential experience for role
- Meet the essential education/qualifications required for the role
- Hold the necessary mandatory professional/clinical registration
- Evidence of the Trust values and behaviours
- Evidence of any other essential criteria outlined in the person specification
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
- Kayleigh Goddard
- Job title
- Associate Chief Nurse - Children and Young People
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01737 768511
- Additional information
extension 7282
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