Matron - Medicine Preston Site


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£57,528 - £64,750
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Preston, PR2 9HT
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	5 Aug 2026
Closing date:	19 Aug 2026

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Summary

To provide professional leadership, guidance, development and support for nurses and care staff ensuring the provision of excellent care with compassion. Monitor and improve the efficient and effective management of resources and the care environment so that services and staff are organised to meet the needs of the patient by providing a consistently excellent quality of care. To ensure the provision of excellent care with compassion the Modern Matron is responsible for: ensuring that the nursing and care support teams within their wards, departments and services are appropriately resourced and organised for the maximum benefit of patients. ensuring staff and services are adequately supported and developed to deliver excellent care with compassion in line with the Trusts Values, Nursing & Midwifery Professional Framework, The 6 Cs, Safety and Quality Strategy, Governance framework, CQC standards, NICE guidance, other strategic local and national plans and policies. leading and developing staff by being a visible authoritative role model providing clinical and managerial leadership, support and direction, capitalising on research and development opportunities, supporting staff to reach their full potential Ensure clinical services are developed and delivered in line with national policy, Trust priorities, available evidence and patient care needs. Contributing to the delivery of the trust and directorate safety quality and clinical governance priorities and associated work programmes. ensuring the productive operation of their areas through the monitoring and maintenance of the highest standards of clinical care that create safe, clean and organised services ( including implementation of the infection control policy and action plans) and by developing processes designed to increase the time nurses spend in therapeutic contact with patients Take part in the matron of the day rota providing leadership guidance and support for all staff across the medicine division at CDH in line with the matrons duties and responsibilities.

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