Senior Matron Anaesthetics

To act as a professional role model, demonstrating the trust vision and values and ensuring that staff work within regulatory, legal and trust policies and procedures in maintaining and improving standards utilising resources available.

• To be highly visible, accessible and an authoritative nursing/midwifery presence providing compassionate and professional assistance or advice to patients, carers and the workforce, spending at least 50% of rostered time in clinical practice.
• To proactively manage and lead the designated matrons and clinical nurse specialists providing support, guidance and direction to achieve optimal effectiveness, clinical and financial outcomes.
• To champion strong collaboration across clinical pathways and support other care groups to maintain flow across the hospital and wider local system.
• To play a lead role within the designated directorate in the care group, ensuring the governance structure and processes are in place, that appropriate risk management and shared learning takes place, and that assurance of quality are provided to the care group. This will include being responsible for contributing to the strategic direction and implementation of the corporate objectives within the care group.
• To contribute to the delivery of Care Quality Commission (CQC) standards and to work with the Care Group Management Team to move the services to a continuously improving CQC rating.
  
  As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with 'university hospital' status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.
We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £500m transformation programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve. In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you'll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we're also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals. We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work. We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce. At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group. As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes. We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support the preparation of their application. While this is not discouraged, we kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of your own experience and suitability. Personal integrity is an important part of the recruitment process., UHD are investing, developing and transforming Trust services in line with the New Hospital Programme. As part of this, some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or permanently. Recruiting Managers will be happy to answer any service-specific questions at interview. If a role or service relocates as part of a planned move, excess mileage will not be reimbursed. Travel from home to the new work base will be classed as a normal commute. Any other changes will be managed under Trust or national terms and conditions. UHD has active networks including Women's, DEN, Pride, EU, Pro Ability, and Armed Forces. We support Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant interview schemes.

Following the restructure of our Theatres and Anaesthetics Directorate we are looking to recruit a Substantive Full time Senior Matron to lead our team in the Anaesthetic Directorate at UHD. The Post holder will have responsibility for Anaesthetics, Critical Care, Pre - Operative Medicine, Outreach services, Resuscitation teams, and the Acute Pain team, To lead and develop teams to deliver a high standard of care that is safe and effective. The post holder will need to be flexible to service need and support the UHD Matron rota out of hours which includes some Late and Weekend/ Bank Holiday cover. This is an exciting opportunity to join team UHD at a time of significant change and Transformation as we move to our Planned Elective and Emergency site configuration in July 2026. Interview Date: 6th February 2026, Please see the job description and person specification for further details of this role as included on the advert. Please note: Staff recruited are expected to be available to work flexibly across all our Trust locations to meet service demands. This advert may be closed early if sufficient applications are received. COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself and our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst this vaccination is not a condition of employment we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. Internal Candidates: staff employed prior to merger who voluntarily change jobs will be appointed to UHD terms and conditions.