Clinical Site Manager

Job summary

We are seeking an experienced and proactive Clinical Site Manager to play a pivotal role in the operational and clinical management of our hospital site. This is a key leadership position responsible for ensuring the safe and appropriate placement of emergency and elective patients, in close collaboration with the medical teams and Senior Nursing staff.

This role provides a unique overview of the many and varied clinical and managerial challenges involved in running a busy acute hospital site. We are seeking applications from experienced nurses to join our established team of nurses who provide senior nursing support to the hospital site 24/7/365. A broad overview of responsibilities includes managing the Trust's bed capacity, assisting in the achievement of key performance and quality standards (e.g. emergency and elective admission access targets, single sex accommodation, infection control), supporting nursing, medical, and ancillary staff as well patients and their relatives - providing overall responsibility for the hospital site out of hours with support from the on-call senior manager and the executive on call.

Main duties of the job

Please note we have 2x 1.0 WTE vacancy.

Candidates will have a minimum of 4 years post registration experience and will have a minimum of one year previous clinical leadership / team leader experience in an acute setting. Confidence in acute clinical skills and evidence of professional development will be required.

You will work across organisational and departmental boundaries to identify and implement solutions to bottlenecks in patient admissions.

To plan and manage the utilisation of inpatient beds providing an efficient and effective service for both emergency and elective admissions.

You will take a lead role in ensuring admissions pathways for emergency and elective patients are optimised.

You will play a key role in enabling the Trust to achieve national performance targets for emergency and elective access.

Work with the hospital teams to ensure access and capacity processes are effective, timely and improve patient experiences.

Manage the day to day and out of hours operational running of the site.

Experience demonstrating effective management of complex clinical environments and situations with good problem solving skills combined with a flexible and adaptable approach.

Demonstrate a sound knowledge of current NHS and professional issues

If you have dedication to patient care and an energy to work in a fast-paced challenging environment we would like to hear from you.

About us

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• The CSM will be an allied health professional or first level registered nurse with a Diploma, Advanced Diploma or Degree in Nursing with evidence of continuing professional development to masters level or equivalent.
• Minimum 2 years' experience at Band 6 working in acute areas or in an operational leadership role.

Skills & Knowledge

Essential

• Excellent level of organisational skills.
• Good analytical skills and confident to mitigate risks appropriately
• Knowledge of current issues in relation to nursing and health care.
• Advanced keyboard skills and ability to use multi IT systems.

Additional information

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).