Matron - Specialist Rehabilitation and Therapies Business Unit

We are looking for an experienced, compassionate and inspirational nursing leader to join our Therapy and Rehabilitation Business Unit as Matron for our Neurorehabilitation Ward, Delayed Transfer of Care (DTOC) Ward and Outpatient Services based at Florence Nightingale Community Hospital. This is a unique opportunity to lead high-quality rehabilitation and outpatient services that have a profound impact on patients' independence, recovery and quality of life. You will work alongside multidisciplinary colleagues to ensure patients receive safe, effective and person-centred care while supporting timely discharge and seamless pathways across health and social care. As a highly visible senior nurse leader, you will champion excellence in patient experience, quality, safety and staff wellbeing, creating a positive culture where colleagues feel valued, supported and empowered to deliver their best. Under the guidance, supervision and direction of the General Manager and Deputy Divisional Nurse Director the post-holder is the professional/clinical leader of the nurses and support staff within his/her sphere of responsibility. The Matron will supervise the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care ensuring that nursing and corporate standards are implemented, maintained, monitored and improved upon where necessary. As a member of the senior nursing team for the organisation, the Matron will act as a professional role model to all nurses and will take any corrective action to uphold the standards required of the Trust and the profession. This will include participating in service-specific shift arrangements to provide professional advice and leadership during evenings (including nights in extreme circumstances), weekends and bank holidays. Closing date of applications: 3 November 2026 Interview date: 17 November 2026 As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work. In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
• On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts about our Trust:
• We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.
  
  We are the 4thbusiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.