Education Matron | Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST; Greater London; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Greater London seeks a Band 8a Lead Nurse for Education. This role involves leading the education team, providing teaching and assessment, and ensuring compliance with healthcare standards while fostering a commitment to patient care. Candidates must be registered professionals with substantial experience in relevant areas. The position offers career development opportunities and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Career development

Flexible working

Staff recognition scheme

Cycle to Work scheme

Qualifications

• Substantial experience in surgical scrub, anaesthetics, and/or recovery.
• Significant involvement in supporting and training staff in clinical practice.
• Ability to recognize limitations and areas for development.

Responsibilities

• Lead the education team to support multi-disciplinary team education.
• Provide teaching, supervision, and assessment of learners.
• Ensure adherence to Trust policies and procedures for health and safety.
• Conduct audits of education, training, and development provisions.

Skills

Strong organizational skills

Excellent communication skills

Commitment to team

Passion for patient care

Education

Registered Nurse (NMC and HCPC)

Job description

Here at Imperial Healthcare NHS Trust, the Theatres, Anaesthetics, Pre-operative Assessment, and Perioperative Pain (TAPP) Directorate is expanding its clinical education provision. We are currently recruiting for a Band 8a Lead Nurse for Education to join our growing team.

If you are a registered (NMC and HCPC) professional with substantial experience in surgical scrub, anaesthetics, and/or recovery, we would love to hear from you.

The post holder will need a strong work ethic, self-awareness, and the ability to recognize their limitations and areas for development. The right candidate should also be able to demonstrate significant involvement in supporting and training staff in clinical practice.

We are looking for someone who is committed to the team, has excellent organizational and communication skills, and is passionate about improving patient care. In return, this role offers opportunities to enhance your perioperative and leadership knowledge and skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the TAPP education team to support and promote effective multi-disciplinary team education opportunities through academic and experiential learning.
• Provide teaching, supervision and continuous assessment of all learners, delegating as appropriate. Provide a quality learning environment for all members of the Multidisciplinary team.
• To have local open and transparent communication channels that supports the team to do the right thing for people we care for, to embrace good ideas and to speak up when things go wrong.
• Ensure the health and safety of all staff, patients and visitors, reporting any incidents, hazards, or defects and taking responsibility to minimise risk. To implement, with the senior team, action plans to ensure improvement if an incident has occurred. At all times adhering to and ensuring adherence to Trust policies and procedures.
• Ensure local plans support all clinical quality external accreditation, for example Care Quality Commission (CQC) essential standards, Safety Thermometer, Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN), Quality Accounts, NHS Litigation Authority.
• Responsible for ensuring that all education, training and development provisions and opportunities are regularly audited and the results fed back to staff and management.

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

This advert closes on Tuesday 9 Dec 2025.