Paediatric Matron

Royal Free London Nhs Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 64,000 - 71,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust in Barnet seeks a Paediatric Matron to lead nursing teams across Barnet General Hospital and Chase Farm Hospital, with duties spanning clinical governance and service development.

The role is full-time, includes an on-call rota, and requires UK registration, master's level or equivalent, and proven leadership.

Qualifications

• Essential nursing qualifications including RN (Child Branch) and NMC registration.
• Post-registration courses in surgery and high dependency nursing are required.
• Mentorship qualification and ongoing professional development are expected.
• Master's degree level or equivalent and leadership training are desirable.
• Experience in staff management, budgeting, policy development and change management is essential.
• Strong communication, teaching and interpersonal skills are necessary.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical management and professional leadership to nursing staff at all levels within their area of responsibility.
• Ensure attainment and monitoring of quality and clinical performance indicators.
• Lead service development and provide specialised advice to nursing teams.
• Maintain governance arrangements and ensure high standards of compassionate patient care.
• Line manage ward managers and clinical nurse specialists; work with senior leaders on service strategy.
• Spend at least 20% of weekly hours in clinical practice.
• Deputise for the Head of Nursing as required.
• Participate in the out-of-hours on-call rota.
• Ensure training and compliance is up-to-date.

Skills

Communication skills

Leadership

Budget management

Staff management

Teaching & mentoring

Change management

Interpersonal skills

Microsoft Office

Education

RN (Child Branch)

Current NMC Registration

Post-registration courses in surgery and high dependency nursing

Mentorship qualification

Master's degree level or equivalent

Management/Leadership qualification

Experience in staff management

Teaching and developing junior staff

Leading change in patient care

Budgetary resources management

Employee relations experience

Recruitment and retention experience

Advanced clinical expertise

Knowledge of quality indicators

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Analytical decision-making

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job summary

We are seeking to appoint dynamic and enthusiastic candidates to the role of Paediatric Matron within our Barnet & Chase Farm Health Unit, within the Babies, Children's, & Young People Division.

This role is based at our Barnet General Hospital site, with the expectation of attendance to the Chase Farm Hospital site, in addition to any other local sites under the direct management of this health unit. At times, there may be requirement or expectation to attend other health units to support the wider service.

This role is offered at full-time and includes participation within the Matron On-call rota.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will provide clinical management and professional leadership to nursing staff at all levels within their area of responsibility, ensuring that nursing care is delivered to a high standard and that the nursing resource is managed effectively.

The postholder will also ensure the attainment and monitoring of quality and clinical performance indicators and ensuring that any aspect of Directorate service delivery is underpinned by the patient and service user experience.

The postholder will play an important role in the development of services and provide specialised advice to nursing teams, wider professional colleagues, as relevant, to ensure high standards of direct care delivery.

The postholder will support the implementation and maintenance of effective governance arrangements whilst ensuring that nursing care is of the highest possible standard at all times with particular emphasis on dignity and compassion.

The postholder will line manage departmental, ward manager and clinical nurse specialists. To work in partnership with the Assistant General Manager and Clinical Service Lead to ensure the operational delivery of the Service Triumvirate strategy for safer, cost-effective, quality care.

The postholder will:

• Spend at least 20% of weekly hours in clinical practice.
• Deputise for the Head of Nursing as required.
• Participate in the out of hours on-call rota.
• Ensure all training and compliance is up-to-date.

About us

North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system - consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICSS, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICSS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.

We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George's University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.

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Details

Date posted 14 September 2026

Pay scheme Agenda for change

Band 8a

Salary £63,665 to £70,887 a year

Per Annum Including HCAS

Contract Permanent

Working pattern Full-time

Reference number 391-NMUH-8289174

Job location Barnet General Hospital - Wheelhouse Lane, Barnet, EN5 3DJ, United Kingdom

Job description

A full list of duties and responsibilities will be found within the job description and requirements for the role can be found within the person specification.

Person Specification

Education & Professional Qualifications

Essential

• RN (Child Branch)
• Current NMC Registration
• Relevant post registration courses in surgery and high dependency nursing.
• Recognised mentorship qualification.
• Evidence of on-going professional development.
• Educated to master's degree level or equivalent experience.
• Management/Leadership qualification or equivalent experience.
• Significant experience in area of specialty, underpinned by theoretical knowledge.
• Current experience of staff management.
• Evidence of teaching and developing junior staff both formally and informally.
• Evidence of leading a change management initiative which improved patient care.
• Proven experience of managing budgetary resources.
• Evidence of managing Employee Relations issues.
• Proven experience of the recruitment and retention of staff to set shared commitments.
• Demonstrate advanced clinical expertise.
• Evidence of political awareness and professional issues within the nursing remit.
• Experience of managing and sustaining change.
• Experience of developing and implementing new policies and guidelines.
• Evidence clinical standard/guideline setting.
• Evidence of understanding professional issues in nursing.
• Skilled in staff selection and development.
• Thorough understanding and knowledge of key indicators of excellent quality care.
• Highly effective communication and relationship skills.
• Evidence of involvement with patient/user groups to develop patient centered care.
• Demonstrate skills within Microsoft Office package including, but not limited to: Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Demonstrate the ability to assess complexity of situations and determine which requires analysis and opinion.

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Enthusiastic and motivated.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Professional approach to work.
• Accountability - Takes responsibility for own actions and promotes good team working.
• Openness - Shares information and good practice appropriately.
• Mutual respect - Treats others with courtesy and respect.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Address Barnet General Hospital, Wheelhouse Lane, Barnet, EN5 3DJ, United Kingdom

Employer's website https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact: Head of Nursing Natasha Price [e-mail] 07483505391

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