Clinical Site Practitioner

Job overview

Provide outstanding quality of care to maintain and further improve patient outcomes. Ensure the safe and appropriate placement of patient’s, support efficient patient flows and optimal use of the trusts bed stock. Ensure national & trust targets are achieved. Respond to the ‘out of hours’ site management issue that arise

Main duties of the job

• Based at Cross site. This senior role will support the Head and Deputy Head of Site Practitioners and the Emergency Operational Lead in the delivery of the trust key performance targets in emergency/elective care. 2. Clinical leadership, support and education across a range of staff groups. 3. To be a clinical expert and to ensure the delivery of high quality patient care through instructions, supervise and support to patients, families and all allied health professionals within the trust, using evidence based practice. 4. To be accountable for the management of clinical risk and out of hours complaints. 5. Triage of acute adults in-patients, with referral to the appropriate medical teams if required. 6. To work as part of the Hospital at night team. 7. To co-ordinate the flow of patients through the hospital both elective and emergency allowing for sufficient capacity and safe placement of all admissions. 8. To be aware of out of hours budget issues and to act accordingly. 9. To work alongside clinical teams to ensure performance targets are achieved. 10. To take responsibility for the management of the site ‘out of hours’ liaising with the appropriate manager as necessary. 11. To act as management representative to all staff on site ‘out of hours’ on behalf of their line manager. 12. To work with Senior Clinical Site Practitioners and participate in the 24 hour management of the Hospital.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.