Site Manager

Job summary

We are offering a 6 month Band 7 secondment with the site team to support the RUH and winter pressures. As a senior nurse, you will be responsible alongside the site team, for ensuring that patient flow is as seamless as possible throughout the hospital. We are looking for someone who is responsive and compassionate in their approach and has the ability to prioritise patient safety whilst meeting key targets. We are a small team, and we would like to have someone in our team who demonstrates kindness and civility, works well in a team and autonomously.

As part of the operations team, we can offer a supportive team to work with in to facilitate patient flow with in the RUH with all the complexities that this entails

As you know, the process of flow can be challenging whilst at the same time being hugely rewarding, especially when working with the right team of people around you and this is absolutely what we can offer you if you were to join our Trust.

Main duties of the job

1. Provision of visible and accessible leadership, direction and support to clinical site team and other staff involved in patient flow and escalation processes
2. Providing leadership and direction to the staff within care pathways for which they are accountable and ensure delivery of safe, high quality care in line with the organisation's strategic vision
3. Providing expert clinical leadership to frontline staff, actively promoting Compassion in Practice and underpinning the 6Cs as well as the Trusts Values and Behaviours
4. Work proactively with directorates and bed managers within team to ensure all local and national access targets are me
5. Acting as a role model as a highly visible, accessible, fair and authoritative figure to whom staff, patients, families and carers can rely upon
6. Taking a professional lead role in advising and supporting the Clinical Leads and Speciality Manager upon the improving flow together pillar and engage teams to support chang

About us

At the RUH we're proud to put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone's contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks - celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We've even got a pool!

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we're providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.