Matron for Medicine | Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Posting date19 March 2026

Closing date18/04/2026 14:47:45

Salary£55,690 - £62,682 per annum

LocationSutton in Ashfield, NG17 4JL

CompanySherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Job typePermanent

HoursFull Time

Reference18060542

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This is an exciting opportunity for a Registered Practitioner to join the Senior Clinical Leadership team within Medicine in a Matron role. The post is ideal for an individual with a strong commitment to patient experience, quality and safety, who is keen to broaden their leadership portfolio.

This full‑time role offers the opportunity to support the senior leadership team in the leadership and management of clinical areas across the Medicine Division, contributing to high‑quality, safe and effective care.

We are seeking a compassionate and enthusiastic leader who can demonstrate progress towards the standards and competencies outlined in the Matrons’ Handbook. The successful candidate will provide inclusive, compassionate leadership and champion consistently high standards of clinical care.

Key areas of responsibility include:
• Governance and risk management, ensuring safe, high‑quality care
• Infection prevention and control, maintaining compliance and best practice
• Operational performance monitoring, supporting effective service delivery
• Workforce planning, promoting safe staffing and team development

You will join a fast‑paced, supportive leadership team committed to helping you develop professionally. This role offers an excellent opportunity to expand your leadership experience, develop new skills and make a meaningful contribution to the Medicine Division.


To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

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Home Office guidance has changed as of 9th April. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.


This advert closes on Monday 6 Apr 2026

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