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Clinical Site Manager
The closing date is 30 June 2025
The Clinical Site Manager is a senior clinical role charged with the operational responsibility and accountability for patient pathways that support a corporate patient view across the trust. This will enable and facilitate timely and accurate inpatient flows through their admission, flow through the hospital and timely discharge. The Clinical Site Manager works with all teams to seek to constantly develop and improve the Emergency Department (ED), emergency and elective inpatients' pathways in order to facilitate a seamless delivery of high standards of care based on a corporate patient view, with a focus to eradicate over-crowding in ED. This will include supporting Divisions with Corporate Projects including reducing the median hour of discharge
Main duties of the job
To lead and co-ordinate a seamless service through the development of processes and communication with regards to ED and inpatient capacity management [including elective admissions and RTT standards, emergency care performance and the out of hours teams. The Clinical Site Manager is the day-to-day senior operational & Clinical support to enable timely effective decisions to be made about the daily capacity and flow engaging Divisional and Clinical Leads as required. Providing support to developing robust operational plans in line with all the standards the trust is required to achieve.
The Site Manager is a senior clinical decision maker for patient flow when issues are escalated that the relevant teams are unable to resolve. You will work with the staff to ensure future learning and development of staff's problem solving skills
About us
At UHSussex, diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us always put the Patient First. Your uniqueness and experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of Staff Networks to help break down barriers, and can offer a buddy to help new members settle in. We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) and a Veteran Aware Trust.
We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. We're here for them when they need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in our Wellbeing Programme for staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it, including where possible, flexible working to support work life balance - because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves.
As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching and training so that we can be the best that we can be. From the moment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop. We hope that in choosing UHSussex you are choosing a long and happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make and feel valued for all that you do.
We look forward to receiving your application and the start of your journey with UHSussex.
Job responsibilities
An accountable leader and practitioner who is highly visible throughout the trust and who supports the clinical patient pathways promoting clinical standards. This will be as a result of using personal advanced practice skills, as well as facilitating learning in others. You will provide visible and productive support where needed on any given shift
Person Specification
Experience
* NHS Experience
* Knowledge base
* Clinical Skills
* Registered Nurse
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
* Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues
* Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role).
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279)
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