Main area Clinical Site Management Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (12 hour shifts days and nights) Job ref 292-7285191-CORP
Employer The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site The Princess Alexandra Hospital Town Harlow Salary £46,148 - £52,809 per annum plus 5% high cost area supplement Salary period Yearly Closing 10/07/2025 08:00
Clinical Site Manager
NHS AfC: Band 7
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.
Our values
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) promise to our patients, as identified by our three values which will contribute to improving our patients’ experiences, is:
Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts.
Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both.
Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care.
Job overview
Looking for a role where no two days are the same? A fast paced environment with the patient at heart?
Join our clinical site and discharge team at PAHT.
We are expanding our clinical site and discharge team, as we know this will directly impact us delivering excellent patient care.
Our team is made up of senior registered professionals who offer advice and support to the wards, medical and surgical teams within our Trust.
The clinical site and discharge team are responsible for managing our hospital capacity including:
* emergency admissions
* non-emergency planned admissions
* managing the flow of patients during their stay to ensure they receive the right care as their needs change
* discharge planning/transfer of care
This is an exciting time to join us while we shape our team, including new ways of working. We’re looking for experienced registered professionals to join us on our journey.
We offer you a comprehensive orientation package to ensure you are fully supported as you learn your new job and what is expected of you; ensuring we identify any training and development needs and put objectives in place to support you in your role and career with us.
Main duties of the job
* Report to and deputise for the Senior Clinical Site Manager.
* Manage bed occupancy for emergency admissions, to include safe and appropriate patient placement and the effective use of beds linked with planned and projected discharges.
* Achieve capacity-related Trust performance and quality targets, the Clinical site management Team will provide on-site cover 24-hour a day, seven days per week.
* Provide a flexible team approach to ensuring there is a smooth, efficient and effective operational/bed management service covering 24 hour a day, 7 days week.
* Provide support, advice and direction to clinical ward teams, which will empower them to be pro-active in the management of patients.
* Ensure that all patients have a positive journey working in collaboration with the Senior Clinical Site Manager and ward based staff.
* Develop and implement robust and efficient plans that ensure achievement of Trust-wide goals.
* Promote clinical excellence and best practice across the Trust.
Working for our organisation
Our Organisation
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.
We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.
Our Values
The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences
Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts
Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both
Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care
The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further details refer to the attached job description and person specification which are available to download at any time.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Registered professional to NMC or HCPC
* Evidence of academic achievement or related experience at post graduate degree level
Experience
* Experience of undertaking a clinical management role i.e. Duty sister, service co-ordinator
* Experience of staff and service management at an operational management level.
* Experience of effective clinical and managerial leadership and role modelling Innovative, pro-active, resourceful and self-motivated
Skills
* Ability to organise and prioritise work
* Understanding of relevant Government health strategies and implications for nursing
What we can offer you:
* Full induction and onboarding process in our organisation
* Free car parking for our staff
* Structured pay scheme, including additional living supplement to your basic salary
* Minimum 27 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata for part time staff)
* Access to our Alex Lounge, our staff only rest area with free tea and coffee
* Access to NHS Pension scheme
* Flexible working options available, in line with our flexible working policy
* Onsite creche facilities
* Annual appraisals with career pathways
* In-house training courses
* Discounted hospital restaurant
* Staff health and wellbeing health services and complimentary health provision
* Our Trust is committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all its employees. We welcome applications from anyone who meets the specific criteria of the post regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender reassignment, marital status, pregnancy, religion or belief or sexual orientation. Reasonable adjustments to the interview process can also be made for any candidates with a disability
* All new colleagues joining PAHT will be subject to a probationary period of six months
* The closing date given is a guide only. There may be some occasions where we have to close a vacancy once sufficient applications have been received. It is therefore advisable that you submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment
* Our Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and vulnerable adults. Offers of employment are subject to pre-employment NHS screening checks
* Providing false or misleading information or unsatisfactory pre-employment checks may result in the offer of a post being withdrawn
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.
Name Seval Gurtunc Job title Interim Head of Site Management and Patient Flow Email address [emailprotected] Telephone number 01279 978631
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