Senior Matron - Medicine
Location
London, England, United Kingdom
Employment TypeFull-time
Posted At5/4/2026
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Description
The Senior Matron’s key responsibility is to provide viable, accessible leadership to all clinical areas within their given areas of responsibility.
The Senior Matron will support the Departmental/Wards Senior Nurses to promote excellence in nursing care to maintain and improve clinical standards. The post holder will ensure that all patients are treated with compassion, dignity and respect placing value on the diversity of the local community and beyond. He/she will promote best practice in the prevention of infection through ensuring a clean and
safe environment, and that clinical practices are in accordance with Trust policy and best practice guidelines to minimise the risk of infection.
The Senior Matron will ensure that the patient experience is of the highest quality inspiring patient and public confidence. This will be achieved through high visibility, accessibility and surveillance. The post holder will be expected to work clinically for an agreed 20% of their time and where required will be a specialist in their clinical area.
The Divisional Directors, the General Manager and the Heads of Nursing lead each Directorate. The Senior Matron will report directly to their Head of Nursing who has overarching responsibility for the operational management and strategic direction of nursing.
Key Result Areas & Performance
Care Provision
To manage the quality of the provision of nursing care at all times, within their ward/department by:
Holding the Departments/Wards, Matrons, and Sister/Charge Nurses to account for delivery of their key performance indicators in clinical areas on tendable.
In conjunction with the Directorate’s Divisional Director of Nursing and Head of Nursing, ensure effective action is taken where nursing performance is at risk of falling below expected levels and standards are not maintained.
Ensuring that the Trust’s Nursing and Midwifery priorities are implemented locally.
To lead and ensure action is taken on staff discipline, grievance, poor performance and sickness, including dismissal.
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust is a community focused provider of local and acute care, providing high quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich and Bexley. With a turnover of around £700 million, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham and a range of community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup.
Our People Are Our Greatest Asset. When We Feel Supported And Happy At Work, This Positivity Reaches Those Very People We Are Here For, The Patients. Engaged Employees Perform At Their Best And Our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Initiatives Contribute To Cultivate a Culture Of Engagement. We Have Four Staff Networks, a Corporate EDI Team And a Suite Of Programmes And Events Which Aim To Insert The 5 Aspirations
The Senior Matron will support the Departmental/Wards Senior Nurses to promote excellence in nursing care to maintain and improve clinical standards. The post holder will ensure that all patients are treated with compassion, dignity and respect placing value on the diversity of the local community and beyond. He/she will promote best practice in the prevention of infection through ensuring a clean and
safe environment, and that clinical practices are in accordance with Trust policy and best practice guidelines to minimise the risk of infection.
The Senior Matron will ensure that the patient experience is of the highest quality inspiring patient and public confidence. This will be achieved through high visibility, accessibility and surveillance. The post holder will be expected to work clinically for an agreed 20% of their time and where required will be a specialist in their clinical area.
The Divisional Directors, the General Manager and the Heads of Nursing lead each Directorate. The Senior Matron will report directly to their Head of Nursing who has overarching responsibility for the operational management and strategic direction of nursing.
Key Result Areas & Performance
Care Provision
To manage the quality of the provision of nursing care at all times, within their ward/department by:
Holding the Departments/Wards, Matrons, and Sister/Charge Nurses to account for delivery of their key performance indicators in clinical areas on tendable.
In conjunction with the Directorate’s Divisional Director of Nursing and Head of Nursing, ensure effective action is taken where nursing performance is at risk of falling below expected levels and standards are not maintained.
Ensuring that the Trust’s Nursing and Midwifery priorities are implemented locally.
To lead and ensure action is taken on staff discipline, grievance, poor performance and sickness, including dismissal.
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust is a community focused provider of local and acute care, providing high quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich and Bexley. With a turnover of around £700 million, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham and a range of community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup.
Our People Are Our Greatest Asset. When We Feel Supported And Happy At Work, This Positivity Reaches Those Very People We Are Here For, The Patients. Engaged Employees Perform At Their Best And Our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Initiatives Contribute To Cultivate a Culture Of Engagement. We Have Four Staff Networks, a Corporate EDI Team And a Suite Of Programmes And Events Which Aim To Insert The 5 Aspirations
- Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
For Any Informal Visits Or Discussions Please Contact
Samantha Kelly - Head of Nursing
Samantha.kelly19@nhs.net
07824361861