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Main area
Matron Patient Flow
Grade
Band 8a
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
269-SFT9618
Employer
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
Town
Salisbury
Salary
£55,690 - £62,682 per annum pro rata if part time
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
15/03/2026 23:59

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Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust logo

Patient Flow Matron

Band 8a

 


Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity to work within Patient Flow as a Matron.

For this role we are looking for an experienced senior nurse who would like to increase their skills and knowledge to provide leadership across inpatient wards and the IDS team to oversea the delivery of safe compassionate high-quality discharge planning and to ensure quality standards are achieved.

The Matron role is key to an effective, high performing, fully engaged team. The breadth of the role requires excellent communication, management, leadership, as well as education and teaching skills.

The successful applicant will support an experienced team of Matron, Clinical and non clinical discharge facilitators and ward based discharge coordinators

If you would like further information and to discuss this  opportunity please contact  Emma Cavill Head of Site and Patient Flow 01722 336262 x 4292

Main duties of the job

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Working for our organisation

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we’re driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated “Good” by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service.  We think working here is pretty rewarding.  You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme. 

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything.  With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible.  Don’t just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered Nurse
  • 2 years at a senior level in nursing ( band 7)
  • Experience in a senior clinical role within last 3 years
  • First Degree in Nursing or subject related to health care
Desirable criteria
  • Masters level study or willing to undertake this level of study
  • Experience in organisational leadership, leading change and service improvement
  • Experience in contribution to strategic service planning

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyDisability confident leaderImproving working livesCare quality commission - GoodArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardWe offer Wagestream - A financial wellbeing benefit which lets you access your pay as you earn it.Happy to Talk Flexible WorkingWe Work FlexiblyPeople PromiseNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality Mark 2024

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Emma Cavill
Job title
Head of Site and Patient Flow
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01722 336262
Additional information

Emma Carvill 01722 336262 x 5540