Clinical Matron - Emergency Department

RCNi Learning; Slough; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Wexham Park Hospital is seeking a Clinical Matron for the Emergency Department. You will provide visible leadership, oversee nursing and clinical support staff, and drive safe, compassionate, high-quality patient care in a fast-paced ED.

You will lead workforce planning, rostering and recruitment, promote continuous improvement, and work with multidisciplinary teams to support patient flow and performance targets such as the 4-hour standard.

Qualifications

• Senior nursing leadership experience in the ED.
• Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience delivering safe, high-quality patient care.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational leadership for nursing and clinical support staff in the ED.
• Ensure consistently high standards of patient safety, quality, and experience.
• Lead workforce planning, rostering, recruitment, and retention to maintain a resilient and skilled workforce.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement, professional development, and accountability.
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to support flow, performance targets (e.g., 4-hour standard), and service transformation.
• Act as the professional lead for nursing governance, safeguarding, infection prevention, and regulatory compliance.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical governance

Workforce planning

Quality improvement

Job description

Clinical Matron, Emergency Department

Wexham Park Hospital

The Clinical Matron for the Emergency Department is a senior nursing leader responsible for delivering safe, effective, and high-quality patient care within a fast-paced, complex environment. The postholder will provide visible, compassionate leadership, acting as a professional role model and ensuring consistently high standards of clinical practice and patient experience.

Working within the ED leadership team, the Clinical Matron will support and develop multidisciplinary staff, promoting a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and patient-centred care. They will have operational oversight of the department, including patient flow, workforce deployment, and performance against key targets.

The role includes leading on quality, safety, and governance, ensuring compliance with national standards and regulatory requirements, including those of the Care Quality Commission. The postholder will contribute to service development, incident management, and clinical audit.

In addition, the Clinical Matron will lead workforce development, supporting education, wellbeing, and retention to maintain a skilled and resilient team.

Main duties of the job

• Provide strategic and operational leadership for nursing and clinical support staff in the ED.
• Ensure consistently high standards of patient safety, quality, and experience.
• Lead workforce planning, rostering, recruitment, and retention to maintain a resilient and skilled workforce.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement, professional development, and accountability.
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to support flow, performance targets (e.g., 4‑hour standard), and service transformation.
• Act as the professional lead for nursing governance, safeguarding, infection prevention, and regulatory compliance.