Matron (Outpatient Services)

Job overview

Join Our Team as a Cancer Matron! Are you a compassionate leader with a passion for making a difference in cancer care?

🌟 We're looking for an energetic and dedicated Cancer Matron to be part of our innovative cancer team! If you're ready to lead with heart and drive change in oncology, this role would be for YOU!

Why Apply: As a Cancer Matron, you'll be at the forefront of patient care, providing expert leadership and clinical direction to ensure we’re constantly improving to deliver the very best cancer services. You’ll guide our oncology nursing teams, offering not only top-notch care but also emotional support to patients and their families during their most challenging times.

Interim Outpatient Matron (until 30 September 2025 in the first instance): Responsibilities include oversight of out 2 outpatient areas, an offsite outpatient service and the clinical nurse specialist team.

What You’ll Do: •    Lead the Way! Manage, inspire, and uplift the oncology nursing teams. •    Be the Connector! Act as the key contact between patients, families, and our multidisciplinary team. •    Shape the Future! Ensure top-quality care, following national standards and driving improvements. •    Lead and Empower Others! Mentor and support staff, fostering a culture of growth and learning. •    Deliver Holistic Care! Work with healthcare professionals to provide seamless, integrated services. •    Make an Impact! Champion patient safety, quality initiatives, and the overall patient experience.

Main duties of the job

What You Bring: •    Experience That Shines! Significant acute experience •    Leader at Heart! Strong leadership, compassion, communication, and clinical expertise. •    Passion & Purpose! A deep drive to improve patient care and outcomes, championing a high level of professional standards.

The post holder will: Assure the highest standard of clinical care by providing leadership to the profession and direct care staff within the outpatient department and healthcare setting for which they are accountable. Ensuring that standards are monitored and maintained and where necessary taking appropriate corrective action.

Ensure that administration and support services are designed and delivered to achieve the highest standards of care.

Provide a visible, accessible and authoritative presence in the departments to whom patients, relatives and staff can turn for assistance advice and support.

Maintain clinical competence.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

All staff recruited post February 2020 are required and it is a condition of employment that they are also able, to undertake duties at any of the other sites where Sheffield Teaching Hospitals is responsible for delivering cancer treatment activity. It is anticipated that this may include the hospitals at Barnsley, Chesterfield, Rotherham, Doncaster as well as any other sites within the South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Cancer Network.