Modern Matron in Wigan

Main area: Live Well and Urgent Care - Flow

Grade: NHS AfC: Band 8a

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday, participation in the Senior Manager on Call rota)

Site: Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, Town: Wigan

Salary: £57,528 - £64,750 (Yearly)

Closing date: 07/07/2026 23:59

Job overview:

The post holder will provide Clinical Leadership and line management to the clinical teams within Live Well and Urgent Emergency Care. They will support the overall day-to-day functioning of the clinical departments, ensuring that the highest quality of patient centred care is delivered by the appropriately skilled nursing/midwifery workforce through effective leadership, setting, monitoring and maintenance of professional standards, collaborative working, management of complaints and leading the nursing contribution to Clinical Governance at a Directorate level.

Main duties of the job:

• The Modern Matron will be responsible for delivering some aspects of corporate professional Nursing and Midwifery Agenda as it relates to the area in which they work.
• Supporting the Ward/Departmental Managers/Heads of Nursing/Midwifery with Clinical Governance, effectiveness and quality.
• The Modern Matron will monitor clinical and environmental standards and act as a source to continuously improve these.
• The Modern Matron will contribute to the strengthened role of the ward/Departmental Senior Nurses and Midwives, supporting the development of effective clinical leaders at all levels.
• The Modern Matron will act as a role model and work within legislation and Trust procedures monitoring and maintaining professional standards.
• The Modern Matron will provide a visible, accessible and authoritative presence in order to provide assistance and advice to the workforce, patients and carers.
• The Modern Matron will be responsible for monitoring clinical standards within clinical teams, ensuring staff competency, setting objectives and targets, and keeping agreed programmes of work to timetable.
• The Modern Matron will also be expected to play a proactive role in quality improvement.
• The post holder will contribute to ongoing service development and redesign through the demonstration of expert clinical knowledge within their specialist field.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities:

• Participate, in conjunction with the Divisional Management Team, in the production of the Division’s Annual Business Plan.
• To contribute to the formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the Division’s strategic and operational plan concerning staff competency, staff objectives and targets, time plans, quality improvement.
• Co-ordinate and assess the operational planning of the service to enable the Trust’s and the Divisional objectives to be met.
• Monitor service delivery, identifying and investigating any issues arising within the clinical area, formulating and adjusting plans to ensure that care is delivered in the appropriate care setting.
• Collaborate with all staff to maintain a safe, clean working environment, recognising changing priorities and risks, and implementing corrective actions within own limits and informing the relevant people.
• Ensure that staffing levels are appropriate to patient need by working with Team Leaders and Senior Nurses and Midwives to assess patient dependency and adjust duty rotas accordingly.
• Leading by example to promote the service and disseminate good practice both internal and external to the Trust.
• Liaise closely with multi-disciplinary staff to develop evidence based clinical standards, policies and guidelines to support the efficient and effective service delivery.
• Provide effective clinical leadership and management which fosters teamwork across professional and organisational boundaries.
• To support clinical governance leads within the divisions by contributing to the development and maintenance of governance processes.
• To act as a role model and work within legislation and Trust procedures, ensuring the compliance of all staff working within the unit.
• Guide and coach ward/departmental managers in developing and strengthening leadership skills.
• Ensure all nurses comply with NMC regulations and work within their scope of practice.
• Responsible for investigation of and action planning of all reported incidents.

Person specification:

• Current NMC or HCPC Registration
• Qualified in speciality
• Masters level studies or equivalent portfolio of evidence
• Experience within a senior role
• Post basic qualification in leadership and/or management
• Teaching qualification
• IOSH experience
• Evidence of involvement in the development of professional leadership, leading to innovation in practice
• Experience of successfully managing the implementation of change
• Experience at senior level
• Experience in clinical audit/benchmarking

Skills:

• Evidence of effective people management and leadership skills
• Demonstrate effective communication/negotiation skills
• Strong analytical skills and ability to consider the wider picture

Knowledge:

• Demonstrates specialist expertise underpinned by theory
• Knowledge of budgetary control and Standing Financial Instructions
• Knowledge of key performance indicators for clinical governance
• Evidence of understanding of the role of Modern Matron
• Knowledge of workforce planning
• Experience in setting establishments and using workforce toolkits
• Knowledge of Urgent and Emergency care

Additional:

• Speak English to an appropriate standard relevant to their role
• Honest, open minded, treat colleagues with dignity and respect
• Capacity to work with clinicians and staff at all levels