Job overview
The purpose of the Clinical Site Manager (CSM) is to assume accountability for the management of the hospital site, acting as the coordinator of services working closely with clinical and support staff, guided by both Trust and professional policies and procedures. The Clinical Site Manager is a clinical leader ensuring quality, safety and efficiency is maintained at all times. Out of hours they will provide clinical advice and leadership in the absence of the divisional senior nurses and managers.
Main duties of the job
1. Oversaw patient flow and bed capacity across the trust, ensuring timely ED admissions and escalation of capacity pressures to senior clinicians.
2. Coordinated patient decanting from AMU to specialty inpatient beds, working closely with wards, matrons, heads of nursing, and MDTs.
3. Liaised with site managers across trusts and external partners to manage bed resources, repatriations, and ambulance diverts.
4. Provided 24/7 site cover as senior on-site contact, including out-of-hours periods and during critical or major incidents.
5. Delivered clinical leadership, supported nursing staff, authorised bank and agency staffing (with senior approval), and maintained advanced clinical competencies.
6. Ensured compliance with infection prevention, health & safety, and trust governance policies.
Working for our organisation
St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in Southwest London and Northeast Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC). After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce. At GESH we are committed to supporting flexible working arrangements. Applicants are encouraged to discuss any flexibility they may need during the recruitment process.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
7. Trust-wide lead for patient flow and bed capacity across emergency and elective pathways, ensuring safe admissions, escalation of pressures, and minimal cancellations.
8. Senior on-site clinical and operational leader providing 24/7 cover, including out of hours and during critical or major incidents.
9. Directed patient flow across ED and AMU to support delivery of the 4-hour standard, coordinating specialty bed allocation, decanting, and repatriations.
10. Maintained real-time oversight of bed state through ward engagement, bed meetings, and cross-divisional working with matrons, heads of nursing, and clinicians.
11. Led cross-directorate operational responses, including ambulance diverts, business continuity, and system escalation in line with trust policies.
12. Provided visible clinical leadership out of hours, supporting nursing teams, managing emergencies, and making autonomous clinical and operational decisions.
13. Authorised and coordinated bank and agency staffing (with senior approval), ensuring safe staffing levels and effective use of resources.
14. Maintained advanced clinical competencies and ensured compliance with governance, IPC, health & safety, and the NMC Code of Conduct.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
15. NMC Registered Nurse
16. Degree level qualification and / or evidence of continuing professional development equivalent to post graduate diploma level
Desirable criteria
17. Management / leadership qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
18. Considerable post registration experience
19. Experience in a clinical leadership / team leader role
Desirable criteria
20. Experience of managing patient flow
Knowledge
Essential criteria
21. Understanding of patient flow standards and targets relating to urgent and emergency care, and planned care.
Skills
Essential criteria
22. Ability to rapidly assess acute situations and take appropriate action
23. Good leadership skills and able to influence sustained change
24. Able to undertake extended skills such as venepuncture, cannulation and IV drug administration
Desirable criteria
25. HMIMMS Course or equivalent
26. Advanced Life Support (ALS) Provider
Your recruitment team
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Your application
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Closing date
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Shortlisting
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Application feedback
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Safeguarding and DBS Checks
We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. For roles with direct access to these groups, an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be required. All staff are expected to understand and uphold their safeguarding responsibilities as part of their role.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Application numbers
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Further details / informal visits contact
NameSarah AsareJob titlePatient Flow ManagerEmail addressTelephone number02082962886Additional information
Kieron Dicks- Patient Flow manager- 07920703969