Matron Community Services

NHS; Chesterfield; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare institution is seeking an experienced Matron for its Community Services in Chesterfield. This role involves providing leadership and ensuring high standards of care for children and families. You will collaborate closely with clinical teams to enhance service quality and patient experience. The ideal candidate should be a Registered Nurse with community nursing qualifications and demonstrated leadership abilities. Join us to make a significant impact in children's healthcare, working in a supportive and professional environment.

Qualifications

• Experience with nursing children with complex care needs within an acute setting.
• Neurodisability Experience.
• Up to date relevant clinical experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional leadership and direction for the Community Nursing Services.
• Ensure the highest standards of clinical care.
• Manage and investigate complaints and incidents.

Skills

Leadership skills, with an ability to influence

Effective negotiating, influencing and networking skills

Confident to manage change

Ability to analyse complex information and production of reports

Competent in the use of IT systems

Education

Registered Nurse, Specialty specific registration appropriate to role, RSCN or equivalent

Community Nursing Qualification

Evidence of appropriate relevant professional development

Job description

Go back Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Matron - Community Services

The closing date is 10 February 2026

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Trust as a Matron within our Child Health Department for our Community Services.

To have management responsibility and accountability for the delivery and performance for all our community services, including a Psychology led ASD Service.

The Matron for Community Services will work with the Lead Nurse Family Care Division and, Matron for Acute Paediatric services. Head of Practice and Professional Development and Head of Quality Governance to promote and ensure the highest standards of care within the services and the wider care unit.

It\'s an exciting time to join our team as we invest in new leadership roles within our paediatrics structure to strengthen support to our clinical teams and enable excellent clinical outcomes and outstanding patient and staff experience.

As an experienced clinical leader, you will work with the Lead Nurse for Child Health to lead the community teams ensuring that children and young people and their families receive compassionate and high quality care.

Main duties of the job

As Matron, you will provide professional leadership and direction for the Community Nursing Services, ensuring the highest standards of clinical care.

Key to this role will be to provide an accessible and visible presence across paediatric services, advising staff, children and young people and their families.

You will need to demonstrate highly developed leadership behaviours and be a role model for our values, inclusion, staff engagement and supporting our teams. Dealing with all incidents and any complaints relating to community services and managed in line with the trusts policies.

About us

This is an excellent opportunity to join a successful foundation Trust with a strong commitment to delivering the highest standards of clinical quality, patient care and staff experience. The Trust\'s Together as One Strategy describes our organisational values and a pledge to support our people through compassionate and inclusive leadership.

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is North Derbyshire\'s only acute District General Hospital, with 24 hour Emergency Department services; we\'re responsible for providing care and treatment to more than 400,000 people who live in our communities. We are modern, well-resourced and in commuting distance of Sheffield, Derby, Nottingham and close to the Peak District. The Care Quality Commission has rated the Trust as \'Good\'. Our vision is to provide exceptional patient care provided by exceptional people. We work closely with our partners across health and care as part of the Joined Up Care Derbyshire Integrated Care System.

Job responsibilities

Please see the Job description and Person Specification in the attachments section on this page. This document contains a full detailed description of the role and what the main responsibilities and duties are, along with the criteria that are required for the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse, Specialty specific registration appropriate to role, RSCN or equivalent
• Evidence of appropriate relevant professional development
• Experience with nursing children with complex care needs within an acute setting
• Community Nursing Qualification
• Neurodisability Experience

Experience

• Up to date relevant clinical experience
• Involvement in developing strategic and operational plans
• Managing and investigating complaints and incidents
• Involvement at a leadership level on issues relating to quality governance, monitoring and standard setting
• Experience of senior management and leadership of operational teams
• Proven track record of managing complex change within an acute setting
• Involvement in development and innovation and quality initiatives in a healthcare setting
• Experience of service design

Skills

• Leadership skills, with an ability to influence
• Confident to manage change
• Effective negotiating, influencing and networking skills
• Ability to analyse complex information and production of reports
• Knowledge of up to date safeguarding children\'s guidance
• Ability to deal with sensitive and complex issues.
• Competent in the use of IT systems

Personal

• Visible, role model and professional leader
• Inclusive and developmental personal style and approach
• Inspiring and motivating and emotional toughness
• Effective under pressure and portrays self-belief, self-awareness and drive for improvement
• Emotional toughness
• Commitment to values and principles of the NHS

Trust Care Values

• Proud to Care

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust