Clinical Services Matron – New Flagship Treatment Centre
Location: Birmingham, West Midlands
Salary: £47,800 – £52,600, dependent on experience
Hours: Full Time / Permanent – Predominantly Monday to Friday, 8:00am–4:00pm
Looking for a senior clinical leadership role without regular nights, evenings or bank holidays?
Want to shape a newly opened service and lead a nursing team through major growth?
Interested in joining a modern, purpose-built centre where you can make a visible impact from day one?
About the role
Compass Associates are working with a leading UK provider of reproductive and sexual healthcare to recruit a Clinical Services Matron for a newly opened regional treatment centre in Birmingham.
This is a high-impact opportunity to lead an established team of around 30 nurses, with plans to grow towards 60 as patient activity and surgical capacity increase.
You will provide visible clinical leadership, develop your team and help shape a fast-growing service delivering abortion care, contraception and vasectomy pathways.
The package
• Salary of £47,800 – £52,600, dependent on experience
• Predominantly Monday to Friday, 8:00am–4:00pm
• No regular nights, evenings or bank holiday shifts
• Occasional Saturday cover only, with time off in lieu
• Modern, newly opened and purpose-built treatment centre
• Opportunity to shape a flagship service during a major growth phase
• Lead an established team with significant planned headcount growth
• Support from experienced regional and divisional leadership teams
• Reimbursed travel to community treatment hubs
• Long-term development within a national healthcare organisation
What you’ll be doing
• Providing visible clinical leadership across the centre
• Leading, motivating and developing approximately 30 nurses
• Supporting recruitment and workforce growth as the team expands
• Managing performance, one-to-ones, appraisals and day-to-day people matters
• Maintaining high standards of governance, quality and patient safety
• Supporting the development of medical, surgical, contraception and vasectomy pathways
• Working closely with regional, operational and divisional clinical leaders
• Driving service improvement as patient volumes continue to grow
What we’re looking for
• Registered Adult Nurse or Registered Midwife with an active NMC PIN
• Strong clinical leadership and people management experience
• Experience leading senior clinical staff and nursing teams
• A confident, hands-on leader who can hit the ground running
• Strong knowledge of clinical governance, quality and patient safety
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Experience within acute, surgical, maternity, fertility, private healthcare or reproductive health services
• Abortion care experience is desirable but not essential
• Comfortable working within reproductive healthcare and supporting patient choice
• Able to commute to Birmingham and travel occasionally across the West Midlands
Working pattern
The usual hours are Monday to Friday, 8:00am–4:00pm. Surgical days may occasionally run 7:00am–3:00pm, and some flexibility may be required for unexpected clinical situations. Occasional Saturday cover is managed through time off in lieu.
Interview process
• Two Microsoft Teams interviews with senior regional, divisional and clinical leaders
• A three-part presentation at stage two
• Final face-to-face site visit and centre walk-around in Birmingham
About Compass Associates
Compass Associates is a leading specialist healthcare recruitment consultancy, connecting talented professionals with high-quality employers across the UK.
Referral scheme
Compass Associates Ltd is acting as the recruitment consultancy for this vacancy. We offer a £200 John Lewis voucher for every successful recommendation or referral.
Interested?
For more information or to apply, contact:
Ben Warnes
07908 224 207
