Job summary

We are seeking an experienced and inspirational sexual health Matron to provide visible, compassionate and effective leadership across the axess sexual health & HIV services in Liverpool, Cheshire East, Warrington, Halton and Knowsley.

The post will provide clinical and operational leadership to clinic managers, ensuring high standards of governance, patient safety, quality improvement and service performance whilst working under local and organisational policies and procedures. You will provide professional and operational assurance and deputise for the assistant director of nursing when required. You will provide robust governance and CQC-ready oversight, using workforce, quality, performance, incident and risk data to identify trends, gaps and areas for improvement, developing and monitoring action plans and ensuring timely escalation where required.

Main duties of the job

You will be adept in risk and incident management, ensuring learning is embedded across the services, and you will present clear assurance, trends, risks and improvement actions at governance meetings.

Linking with Trust nursing and professional peers, you will drive consistent standards, patient safety, quality improvement, workforce development and service transformation, while providing highly visible leadership and championing an excellent patient experience

The postholder will also act as a senior professional representative for the service, developing and maintaining effective relationships with external partners and service stakeholders, including attendance at regional networks, and linking with local authority and NHS England teams, to contribute to strategic discussions and service development, and to share best practice

About us

NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group (UHL Group) was formed on 1 November 2024, born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our communities.

We are one of the largest employers in region, with over 18,900 colleagues who are dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services that extend to more than two million people in the North West.

We operate from five hospital sites:Aintree University Hospitalis the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside, and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility.Broadgreen Hospitalis home to several elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation.Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospitalprovide specialist services incardiothoracic surgery,cardiology and respiratory medicine, both in the hospital and out in the community.Liverpool Women's Hospitalspecialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. TheRoyal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single en-suite bedrooms and mainly focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

Details

Date posted

02 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

Depending on experience experience as Matron or senior operational nurse manager

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

287-DISCO-18-26

Job locations

Axess service Runcorn

Halton hospital

Runcorn, Halton

WA7 2DA

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

Providing senior clinical leadership and support across the service-wide nursing team to ensure the delivery of safe, effective and high quality patient-centred care.

Overseeing clinical and professional standards, supporting and supervising staff, promoting safeguarding and infection prevention, monitoring performance, managing and presenting risks and incidents through divisional groups and ensuring compliance with relevant policies, legislation and organisational requirements.

Works collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams and partners to improve patient experience, access and outcomes

Job description Job responsibilities Providing senior clinical leadership and support across the service-wide nursing team to ensure the delivery of safe, effective and high quality patient-centred care. Overseeing clinical and professional standards, supporting and supervising staff, promoting safeguarding and infection prevention, monitoring performance, managing and presenting risks and incidents through divisional groups and ensuring compliance with relevant policies, legislation and organisational requirements. Works collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams and partners to improve patient experience, access and outcomes

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Clinical Professional Qualification. Degree level or equivalent
• Post-graduate/registration Management or Training qualification /equivalent

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrable experience as a clinical manager, with responsibility for clinical quality, people management, budget responsibility and successful delivery of performance targets and quality standards within strict financial controls.

Knowledge

Essential

• Understanding and appreciation of diversity
• Key issues and pace of change facing the NHS nationally and locally, assess and describe impact on nursing/clinical professional service.

Desirable

• Principles and impact of the NHS Constitution
• Knowledge and understanding of computerised financial, management, budgetary management and workforce information systems
• Knowledge and understanding of governance arrangements and standards in the NHS and the wider health and social care economy

Skills

Essential

• Coaching & values led leadership style, encouraging engagement and empowerment amongst staff and stakeholders, and in developing high performing teams
• A high level of communication skills, to include but not exclusively, mediation, negotiation, consultation, facilitation, presentation, training and coaching skills using well developed interpersonal skills to influence, inform, reconcile differences and resolve conflicts.
• Solve difficult problems, using a solution focused approach demonstrating competent persuasive and influencing skills
• Analyse data and information, including preparing responses to issues, weighing risks and forming judgements often within tight timescales.
• Competently implement business plans, business cases and project plans in order to deliver the Clinical Service Strategy for the area
• Coordinate area day to day clinical operational activity to meet challenging performance targets within tight financial controls
• Implement policy and implementation plans to deliver the clinical strategy and plans ensuring successful implementation
• Demonstrate competent project management skills
• Cope with competing priorities and a demanding workload
• Deal with uncertainty in a political environment
• Work in an environment with frequent interruptions, and within stressful, unpredictable situations including responding to and solving urgent and emergency situations day to day

Desirable

• Research information and use audit skills to applying findings to influence practice and develop business cases/plans
• IT literate and able to use standard office software and bespoke systems
• Imaginative and innovative in developing new ways of working in meeting patient care and service needs

Person Specification Qualifications Essential Clinical Professional Qualification. Degree level or equivalent Post-graduate/registration Management or Training qualification /equivalent Experience Essential Demonstrable experience as a clinical manager, with responsibility for clinical quality, people management, budget responsibility and successful delivery of performance targets and quality standards within strict financial controls. Knowledge Essential Understanding and appreciation of diversity Key issues and pace of change facing the NHS nationally and locally, assess and describe impact on nursing/clinical professional service. Desirable Principles and impact of the NHS Constitution Knowledge and understanding of computerised financial, management, budgetary management and workforce information systems Knowledge and understanding of governance arrangements and standards in the NHS and the wider health and social care economy Skills Essential Coaching & values led leadership style, encouraging engagement and empowerment amongst staff and stakeholders, and in developing high performing teams A high level of communication skills, to include but not exclusively, mediation, negotiation, consultation, facilitation, presentation, training and coaching skills using well developed interpersonal skills to influence, inform, reconcile differences and resolve conflicts. Solve difficult problems, using a solution focused approach demonstrating competent persuasive and influencing skills Analyse data and information, including preparing responses to issues, weighing risks and forming judgements often within tight timescales. Competently implement business plans, business cases and project plans in order to deliver the Clinical Service Strategy for the area Coordinate area day to day clinical operational activity to meet challenging performance targets within tight financial controls Implement policy and implementation plans to deliver the clinical strategy and plans ensuring successful implementation Demonstrate competent project management skills Cope with competing priorities and a demanding workload Deal with uncertainty in a political environment Work in an environment with frequent interruptions, and within stressful, unpredictable situations including responding to and solving urgent and emergency situations day to day Desirable Research information and use audit skills to applying findings to influence practice and develop business cases/plans IT literate and able to use standard office software and bespoke systems Imaginative and innovative in developing new ways of working in meeting patient care and service needs

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

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Axess service Runcorn

Halton hospital

Runcorn, Halton

WA7 2DA

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Axess service Runcorn

Halton hospital

Runcorn, Halton

WA7 2DA

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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