Oncology Inpatient Matron

Main area Nursing - Inpatient Matron Grade Band 8a Contract 9 months (Secondment/ fixed term until 7-Mar-2027) Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week (Full Time or Part Time / Flexible working hours may be considered) Job ref 180-B-267072

Employer Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Town Cambridge Salary £55,690 - £62,682 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 22/03/:59 Interview date 31/03/2026

Job overview

We are offering an exciting secondment opportunity for an experienced senior nurse to join our Cancer Directorate as Matron for Ward's D9 and C9. This role is ideal for an established Matron or an aspiring senior nurse leader seeking to broaden their leadership portfolio within a specialised, fast paced and patient focused service.

We are looking for an individual who will provide visible leadership, leading quality, safety and governance initiatives, including audit, incident review and patient experience improvement.

You will work closely with the other Matron's within the Cancer directorate to ensure Matron presence across the 7 days.

Secondment/fixed term until 7-Mar-2027

Main duties of the job

Provide professional and managerial leadership to the Cancer Assessment Unit and Acute Oncology telephone support service, with a highly visible and authoritative presence ensuring the provision of high quality, responsive services with the needs of the patient at the centre of care delivery.

Work in partnership with the Divisional Head of Nursing (DHoN) and the Cancer Directorate Senior Management Team, to ensure effective flow through our emergency and elective pathways, promoting the utilisation of Same Day Emergency Care and Virtual ward opportunities.

Be accountable for all clinical and non-clinical aspects of quality within the service.
Support the DHoN and Lead Cancer Nurse by leading and developing the nursing team and nursing practice within the service.

Coordinate the Cancer directorate nursing support provided to the Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital development.

Maintain a visible presence where patients, staff and visitors can turn for assistance and upon whom they can rely to ensure that the fundamental aspects of care are met. This includes having a clinical presence for at least 50% of the time.

Participate in Divisional Matron of the Day roster across the 7 days as required.

Working for our organisation

Come Nurse with us

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the country. It comprises Addenbrooke's Hospital and the Rosie Hospital. We provide accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge and regional and national specialist services. It's a great place to nurse, work and live.

You will work on a vibrant hospital campus with a friendly community feel; we have excellent facilities to practise your skills and abilities to support your career pathway and development. Our values of Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent support the delivery of outstanding care. We have a fully electronic patient record system that is improving health-care quality; this is transforming services, improving patient safety and clinical outcomes.

Why choose Cambridge University Hospitals?

• Our values and reputation for outstanding care
• Opportunities to experience a range of specialities
• Career and development opportunities
• Preceptorship and mentoring programmes delivered by a dedicated clinical education support team
• Research experience and opportunities
• Lovely location and quality of life
• Excellent schools/colleges and transport links (road, rail and air)

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

Please note: Internal applicants on permanent contracts can apply for this post as a secondment. For secondments you must have the approval of your line manager before applying. If you are an internal applicant currently on a fixed term contract you are able to apply for this as a fixed term position.

This vacancy will close at midnight on 22nd March 2026.

Interviews are due to be held on 31st march 2026.

Benefits to you

At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.

On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.

CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.

Person specification Qualifications

• Current and relevant registration on the NMC Register.
• Educated to degree level.
• Evidence of continuous professional development.
• Management & leadership training.
• Post-registration qualification in oncology or haematology nursing
• Recent attendance on a leadership development programme.
• Research related qualification.
• Advanced communication skills.

Experience

• Experience of managing a clinical team in a senior leadership role.
• Recent relevant clinical experience
• Success in working collaboratively across professions and services.
• Demonstrable success in managing change.
• Project management.
• Recent experience of oncology and haematology nursing
• Research experience.
• NHS experience.

Knowledge

• Demonstrable knowledge of developments in nursing policy and practice.
• Clinical research & governance.
• Relevant DH policy and standards.
• The importance of successful partnership working.
• Professional education & training.
• Workforce planning, recruitment & retention.
• SACT and relevant disease knowledge.

Skills

• Ability to prioritise work & meet tight deadlines.
• Ability to work autonomously & with others.
• Ability to lead, motivate & empower others.
• Teaching & assessing.
• Positive & effective team leader.
• Project management.
• Advising & influencing senior managers in relation to risk management & quality improvement.
• Budget management.
• Intra-thecal chemotherapy nurse checker skills.

Additional Requirements

• The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of Safe, Kind, Excellent.
• Willingness to travel (occasional).
• Flexibility to meet service need.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.