Clinical Matron - Emergency Department
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Slough, SL2 4HLView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£59,798 to £67,020
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
22 October 2026
3 days leftJob description
Clinical Matron, Emergency Department Wexham Park Hospital The Clinical Matron for the Emergency Department is a senior nursing leader responsible for...
- Provide strategic and operational leadership for nursing and clinical support staff in the ED.
- Ensure consistently high standards of patient safety, quality, and experience.
- Lead workforce planning, rostering, recruitment, and retention to maintain a resilient and skilled workforce.
- Promote a culture of continuous improvement, professional development, and accountability.
- Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to support flow, performance targets (e.g., 4-hour standard), and service transformation.
- Act as the professional lead for nursing governance, safeguarding, infection prevention, and regulatory compliance.
For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy.
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.
Qualifications
Essential: - Educated to degree level or working towards; - NMC Registration; - Extensive post registration emergency qualifications
Desirable: - Educated to master's degree level
Experience
Essential: - Significant experience at senior clinical/managerial level in emergency medicine; - Some NHS experience at a Band 7
Desirable: - In-depth experience in a variety of hospital units; - Involvement in clinical audit and/or research
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Understands the concepts of clinical governance and shared governance including evidence-based practice and critical appraisal of research findings
- Demonstrates knowledge of effective risk management
- Knowledge of current NHS issues including performance targets and the wider health economy
- Knowledge and experience of management models, implementing change and/or new clinical practices and current professional issues
- Understand principles of effective budgetary management and demonstrate experience of managing budgets
Special requirements
Essential: - Flexible working hours including unsocial hours and bank holidays; - Able to travel between sites
How to apply
Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.
Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
16 October 2026
Last checked
19 October 2026
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