Clinical Site Manager

Job overview

Full time 37.5 hours per week. Permanent post.

In conjunction with other members of the Operational and Nursing teams, ensure the provision of effective site management, including direct responsibility for the management of the Patient Flow and Hospital at Night teams and the direction of bed usage throughout the Trust.

The post involves operational management of all site issues as well as facilitating patient flow throughout the clinical areas. This is with the objective of ensuring that the patient is admitted in a timely fashion, receives the right treatment in the right place and is signposted to alternative service providers in accordance with agreed pathways and protocols of care.

The post will also act as a support for both the Hospital at Night team and ward staff out of hours, to ensure the safe and effective use of resources to provide quality patient care. Working autonomously, but with support and liaison with operational managers and off site managers the post holder will ensure the timely action and communication of all site issues ensuring services are maintained.

The role will cover twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week typically working 12 hour shifts.

Main duties of the job

Strategic Direction

• To support the development of, and promote, the Trust’s mission, values aims and objectives
• To contribute to the Division’s strategy and operational plan leading on the development of improvement plans for specified services, as part of the annual planning cycle and on an ad-hoc basis as required
• To play a major role in modernising the operational delivery of services in line with the strategic direction of the Trust and the divisional operating plan, working with clinical teams to embed quality improvement and development work

Discharge coordination

• Identify and work closely with the integrated discharge team and ward coordinators to facilitate the discharge process and maximise the use of the discharge lounge when available.
• Work with ward staff to improve the speed, safety and effectiveness of discharges.
• Identify problems within hospital processes that lead to delays in discharge, and notify the discharge liaison team and/or appropriate nurse manage

Clinical / Professional

• To ensure that all personal mandatory training requirements are kept up to da To maintain current awareness of all relevant trust policies especially those relating to the transfer of patients, local and national targets and pathways of care. Ensure that acquiring competencies and skills for role/self-development are undertaken in a timely and appropriate manner.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For detailed job description and main responsibilities, please see attached job description and person specification for the role.