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Job overview
We are seeking a compassionate and dynamic Modern Matron to lead and enhance the delivery of exceptional care across our Gynaecology Services within the Women & Children’s Division. This pivotal role covers a diverse range of services, including our inpatient ward, early pregnancy loss and bereavement care, early pregnancy clinic, gynaecology emergency clinic, specialised colposcopy, and same-day surgery.
With a strong focus on clinical excellence, compassionate leadership, and service innovation, you will play a key role in shaping the future of gynaecological care, ensuring a seamless and supportive journey for women and their families during some of their most vulnerable moments.
If you are an experienced nurse leader with a passion for women’s health and a commitment to delivering outstanding care, we invite you to join our team and make a real difference.
Main duties of the job
As a visible and proactive leader, you will ensure high standards of patient-centred care, drive quality improvements, and support staff development across these specialised areas. You will work closely with and support the Divisional Director/Deputy Directors of Nursing and Midwifery, ensuring safe, high-quality, and compassionate care is consistently delivered. Additionally, you will be part of the Matron of the Day rota and contribute to the out-of-hours on-call rota for the division, providing leadership and guidance beyond standard working hours.
The successful candidate will also work collaboratively as part of the Acute Provider Collaborative, engaging with colleagues at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston (UHBW) to ensure equity of services across Bristol, promoting consistency and excellence in gynaecological care across the region.
Working for our organisation
North Bristol NHS Trust employs over 12,000 staff providing healthcare to the residents of Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset from our award-winning hospital building at Southmead. We are the regional Major Trauma Centre, and an internationally recognised centre of excellence in a range of services and major specialities. Our vision is that by enabling our teams to be the best that they can be, we will provide exceptional healthcare, personally delivered.
North Bristol NHS Trust values all people as individuals. We aim to be an anti-discriminatory organisation and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We welcome applicants from all underrepresented groups.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To provide clinical, professional and nursing managerial leadership to a group of wards in a clinical team/ teams.
To be identifiable, highly visible, authoritative and accessible to patients, carers and staff for assistance advice and support.
To ensure that the fundamentals of care are delivered to the highest possible standards ensuring that the privacy and dignity of patients is respected. To ensure that the clinical environments are always clean and that the best practice in infection control is always observed.
To represent the clinical specialty and the WCH division as required internally and externally, deputising when requested for the Deputy Divisional Director of and Midwifery Nursing. This post holder is expected to work part of their time available within clinical practice.
For a more detailed job description please see attached.
Person specification
Education/Training/Qualifications
* Nursing Qualification with Current NMC Registration
Work Experience
* Experience of leading teams including positively managing change, and managing team members in all aspects of their performance
If you apply for this vacancy and have not received a communication from North Bristol NHS Trust within three weeks of the closing date, please assume that on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.
Please note that North Bristol NHS Trust does not reimburse travel expenses relating to interview attendance.
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North Bristol NHS Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
The successful applicant(s) will normally commence at the minimum of the scale unless they have previous NHS service at the same band. Progression through the scale is by annual increments.
At North Bristol Trust (NBT), we know diverse and inclusive environments lead to happier and healthier teams and improved patient care and outcomes. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are currently underrepresented in NBT’s workforce at Band 8a and above. These include people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people and LGBTQIA+ people.
Please note that stringent pre-employment checks are undertaken on all successful applicants prior to commencement in post.
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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.
Name Laura Gold Job title Deputy Divisional Director Midwifery and Nursing Email address laura.gold@nbt.nhs.uk
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