Wye Valley NHS Trust

Quality Matron

The closing date is 14 September 2025

Job summary

The post holder will work as part of the managerial and operational triumvirate for the three community hospitals, working closely with the Matron (Education) and Deputy General Manager.

The post holder will work across three community hospitals providing clinical practice and leadership and ensuring the provision of high quality and safe care.

Main duties of the job

  • Provide professional and managerial leadership for the Integrated Care Division Community Hospitals, delivering a highly visible and influential presence ensuring the provision of high quality and responsive services with the needs of the patient at the centre of care delivery.
  • Work in partnership with the General manager and the Divisional Managers to ensure the effective and efficient management of the Integrated Care Division to deliver key targets within resources available.
  • Work in partnership with the Matron (Education lead) ensuring the development of nurses and nursing practice.
  • Be a key leader in service improvement programmes and support improved patient and staff outcomes.
  • Provide advice and guidance on nursing issues

About us

About us

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire University NHS FT, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute NHS Hospitals Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care wed want for our family and friends.

More than 3,000 people work for the Trust they tell us its a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time.

Details

Date posted

29 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£55,690 to £62,682 a year Per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

229-IC-7417241

Job locations

Across all three community hospitals

Herefordshire

HR95AD


Job description

Job responsibilities

For further details on this vacancy, please refer to the job description and person specification within the attachments.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further details on this vacancy, please refer to the job description and person specification within the attachments.

Person Specification

Registered Nurse

Essential

  • qualified registration NMC
  • Degree in Health related subject
  • Evidence of professional development
  • Teaching and assessing qualification
  • Significant experience in managing a unit
  • Strong leadership experience and evidence of decision making
  • Risk and clinical experience knowledge

Desirable

  • Masters Level study
  • Leadership and Management training

Personal attributes

Essential

  • evidence of extensive communication skills

flexible to meet the needs of the job requirement

Essential

  • ability to travel between three community sites
  • ability to manage own workload and prioritise
Person Specification

Registered Nurse

Essential

  • qualified registration NMC
  • Degree in Health related subject
  • Evidence of professional development
  • Teaching and assessing qualification
  • Significant experience in managing a unit
  • Strong leadership experience and evidence of decision making
  • Risk and clinical experience knowledge

Desirable

  • Masters Level study
  • Leadership and Management training

Personal attributes

Essential

  • evidence of extensive communication skills

flexible to meet the needs of the job requirement

Essential

  • ability to travel between three community sites
  • ability to manage own workload and prioritise

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).

Additional information

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

Wye Valley NHS Trust

Address

Across all three community hospitals

Herefordshire

HR95AD


Employer's website

https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Wye Valley NHS Trust

Address

Across all three community hospitals

Herefordshire

HR95AD


Employer's website

https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

General Manager

Louise Bartlett

louise.bartlett@wvt.nhs.uk

07795272957

Details

Date posted

29 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£55,690 to £62,682 a year Per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

229-IC-7417241

Job locations

Across all three community hospitals

Herefordshire

HR95AD


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