Clinical Site Manager

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To ensure 24-hour provision of service, through the use of proactive site management, patient flow and capacity utilisation, in line with Trust and national guideline.
• To ensure own and Clinical Site Management Team's compliance with all Trust policies, Integrated Discharge Policy, Trust Capacity & Demand Escalation Plan, Inter-site Transfer Policy and all relevant clinical policies. When required assume the leadership role in internal incident management and Major incidents as described within key Trust Policies and procedures. Lead on incidents which impact on business continuity, service interruption, and clinical internal and external incidents and participate in additional actions which impact on the safe and efficient running of the site.
• Co-ordinate admissions via the Emergency and urgent pathways using clinical assessment skills for patient placement through various admission pathways.
• Provide Leadership and expert advice to nursing staff acting as a point of contact out of hours for professional nursing issues.
• Act as a strong advocate for excellent patient care, establish and maintain effective relationships with clinical and managerial leaders providing a senior nursing perspective to ensure operational delivery is patient centered.
• Have responsibility for being the first point of contact for external organisations for all enquiries relating to site capacity and patient flow or management enquiries. Undertake agreed actions as per hospital escalation guidelines. To communicate with internal staff and external agencies to ensure strategic objectives are met. This will require the ability to provide and receive highly complex and sensitive information, negotiate, influence and act with diplomacy at a high level.
• Chair capacity meetings, as required organise and chair additional meetings where there is an organisational requirement. Ensure actions agreed are specific, timely, and realistic and are reported back upon when required. Constantly reassess actions required in response to updated communication and information and make timely decisions about the actions required to address areas of patient flow, safety, or operational site capability.
• Have responsibility for the updating of the Emergency Management System (EMS) and Bed Management system for clear visibility of information across the Site. Monitor of activity in the discharge lounge and liaise with key stakeholders on efficient and effective use as required.

For further details of the role please see the attached job description.

Person specification

Qualifications

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Experience

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Knowledge

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Skills

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Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours

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To ensure that we provide world-class patient care, UHCW recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust's Values and Behaviours in their everyday life. Therefore, if you are invited to interview, you will be undertaking a Values Based Interview/Assessment, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.
Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust's Values and Behaviours which can be accessed on the right side of this page under the job description.
The Supporting Information Section in your application should therefore reflect your understanding of the Trust's Values and associated Behaviours. You will be expected to provide us with examples from work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviour.

The Trust is committed to Equal Opportunities within the workplace. All vacancies will be considered for Job Share unless otherwise stated. All applicants who have a disability and who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be interviewed. Where a post has an overwhelming response, this Trust may use random selection in order to reduce numbers to interview, any disabled applicants will automatically be guaranteed an interview and will be exempt from this process.

In submitting an application form, you authorise University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust to confirm from your previous or current NHS employer and other prior employers; previous NHS service details and personal data held about you, including Occupational Health data (inoculations and screening tests). This data will be transferred using NHS Electronic Staff Record and third-party systems via an automated process and only used for the purposes of obtaining and maintaining accurate employment records, should you be appointed to the post.

UHCW NHS Trust, by virtue of its Green Plan, is committed to ensuring that the way we provide services minimises the impact on the environment and the future health of the public e.g. zero waste to landfill, reducing our carbon footprint and increasing our recycling and reuse percentages.

If you are successful at interview you will receive a conditional offer of employment and we'll ask you for information so that we can carry out pre-employment checks. You must successfully complete all pre-employment checks to progress to a final unconditional offer.

We must confirm the identity of our staff and their right to work in the United Kingdom. We will ask you to submit proof of your identity and right to work documents via a secure digital platform approved by the Home Office, named TrustID. Alternatively, you may be asked to attend our office with original documents.

Depending on you level of exposure with patients you may be required to undertake a Standard or Enhanced DBS. The cost of this check will be charged to you and will be deducted from your salary over the first 3 months of employment at the current rate.

All correspondence will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk/SPAM folders

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

• Job Description and Personal Specification (PDF, 688.3KB)
• Candidate Information (PDF, 736.7KB)
• Welcoming Disabled Candidates (PDF, 371.7KB)