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Matron Critical Care
NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Critical Care
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Permanent
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Weekend / late 555 shifts)
- 418-SUR7893-JB
- Luton & Dunstable Hospital
- Luton
- £55,690 - £62,682 per annum
- Yearly
- 26/09/2025 08:00
- 21/10/2025
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated enthusiastic senior nurse to fill the position of Matron Critical Care at the Luton & Dunstable Hospital. This comes at a time when the service has just moved into a brand new building so it is an ideal moment to welcome a new leader into the team.
You will be a Registered Nurse with substantial post registration experience with a background in Critical Care nursing - an understanding of the GPICS standards is essential.
You will be able to support the team and work collaboratively with clinical leads and the East of England Network.
Working as a visible Matron you will bring outstanding leadership and management skills, being able to inspire and motivate others to ensure that the services we provide supports the Trusts values.
Main duties of the job
Applicants should have an in depth knowledge of Critical Care Nursing and be able to lead on the delivery of safe, high quality care, supporting and driving quality improvement from the teams ensuring an excellent patient experience.
The post holder will be visible and accessible, act as role model, provide inspirational leadership and professional guidance to the nursing teams in the service.
Working for our organisation
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.
Our values
We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.
Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical Quality and Safety
Professional Leadership and Operational Management
Service and Workforce Development
Clinical Governance Risk and Patient Experience
Job Summary
Responsibility & accountability for operational management for Critical Care
Provide professional leadership and nursing expertise on Critical Care, interpreting and implementing national targets and initiatives
Lead for clinical governance and clinical risk, ensuring local and national quality and clinical standards are embedded within the service and learning shared
Lead for patient experience
Responsible for ensuring optimum use of Nurse staffing and skill mix to achieve safe, effective, high quality care within allocated budget and in line with Trust rostering policy.
Ensure seamless multi professional approach to the care of critically ill patients and their families
Lead/participate in implementing professional and corporate objectiv
Maintain a focus on ensuring the Critical Care environment is safe, clean and well maintained and that there is a 'cleanliness culture'. Work closely and cooperatively with the infection prevention team to ensure best practice is maintained.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NMC Registered
- Critical Care Qualification 60 credits
- Degree level education
- Evidence of ongoing professional development
Desirable criteria
- Masters or working towards
- Management qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant Critical Care experience at Band 7
- Evidence of performance management
- Evidence of change management
Knowledge, skills, abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to deal with conflict and challenge
- Excellent verbal and communication skills
- Excellent leadership & management skills
- Ability to prioritise workload
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Tracey Moffatt
- Job title
- DHON Surgery & Critical Care
- Email address
- Tracey.moffatt@bedsft.nhs.uk
- Telephone number
- 07976 524501
- Additional information
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