Site Matron

Job summary
Interview Date: 1st October 2026

An opportunity has arisen to join our team of Site Matrons at Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust on a permanent basis. The post holder will be supported by an established team of Site Matrons supported by an Operational Support Manager and Patient Flow Assistants.

The Site Matron role is integral to the successful operation of the hospital; you will need to be a quick thinker and strong leader with excellent problem-solving skills, able to negotiate sound operational decisions in rapidly changing situations, often under pressure so a calm and pleasant manner is essential. Your main responsibilities will include promoting effective patient flow ensuring safe and effective patient placement.

You will be a registered nurse with a masters degree or equivalent qualifications and demonstrable clinical experience, with significant experience as a Band 7. You will possess enhanced nursing and leadership skills and have an understanding of current acute hospital performance indicators. The post holder will need to demonstrate excellent communication and organisational skills.

Main duties of the job
A broad overview of responsibilities includes managing the Trusts bed capacity and patient flow and assisting in the achievement of key performance and quality standards e.g. emergency and elective admission access targets, single sex accommodation, and infection control. You will also be required to, support safe staffing levels. Out of hours you will have overall responsibility for the hospital site with support from the on-call senior manager and the executive on call.

The team covers the site 24 hours a day 365 days a year. The shift pattern is 12.5-hour shifts covering days and nights including weekends and bank holidays.

About us
Barnsley is a place of real warmth and community spirit. With a proud industrial past, the town offers affordable living, great transport links, rich culture and many green spaces. Barnsley punches above its weight and has recently seen economic growth, substantial regeneration and digital ambition, whilst leading the way in healthcare innovation and employability.

At Barnsley Hospital, we are a close-knit, ambitious team delivering outstanding care in the heart of South Yorkshire. Our aim is to be the best place to work and we have been consistently rated by our people as being amongst the very best Trusts in the country in areas such as compassionate leadership, teamwork and supporting colleague wellbeing.

We offer a friendly working environment where you will be recognised and valued for what you do, led with compassion and integrity and have your career and wellbeing supported.

Barnsley Hospital NHS FT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity and fair treatment to all applicants.

For individuals who require sponsorship under the skilled worker or health & care visa route please use the link on the right hand side of the advert to check your eligibility.

The cost of the DBS (criminal records check) for Band 6 and above roles will only be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction.

Please note we reserve the right to close positions early

Job responsibilities
Job Description for Site Matron
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the role and responsibilities.

Supporting Documents
Please refer to the values-based recruitment guidance and associated documentation.

Qualifications

• 1st level Registered Nurse
• Demonstrate a current in depth knowledge of the national nursing agenda
• Teaching qualification or demonstrable evidence of equivalent relevant experience
• Educated to degree level
• Masters level qualification in health related subject or demonstrates knowledge and practice at masters level through evidence of experience in senior nursing role.

Experience

• Extensive experience of working at a senior level of Band 7 or above within nursing/midwifery
• Experience of managing a ward or department
• Demonstrable experience of leading change and problem solving
• Experience of managing operational change while also developing and maintaining high standards of quality

Skills and Abilities

• Proven track record of delivering high standards of care
• Coaching/facilitation/reassurance
• Staff development/empowerment
• Mediation and negotiation
• Demonstrable influencing/inspiring
• Change management/decision making skills
• Demonstrable problems solving
• Proven leadership qualities
• Ability to manage complex and competing issues
• Develop action plans and able to set standards
• Flexibility
• Able to deliver formal presentations
• IT skills
• Ability to write reports/papers as required
• Excellent communication skills including negotiation with proven ability to liaise effectively within a multi-disciplinary based environment
• Able to make clinical judgments from caller information and evaluate alternative courses of action. Capable of making decision based on the evaluation of a range of options
• Ability to work under pressure and devise innovative solutions
• Excellent organisational, interpersonal and communication skills.
• Able to communicate contentious information and deal with challenging behaviour in a non-challenging manner

Trust Values

• Please describe in around 100 words: What Equality & Diversity means to you and why they are important.
• Please describe in around 100 words: A time when you had to deliver on a commitment that was difficult for you.

Knowledge and Awareness

• Current professional and health service priorities
• Professional nursing agenda
• Clinical governance and patient safety agendas
• Health and safety
• Confidentiality
• Safeguarding knowledge
• Working knowledge and understanding of NHS targets and other topical NHS issues

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.

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

Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is committed to promoting equality of opportunity and fair treatment to all applicants.