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Clinical Lead- Temporary Staffing

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Guildford

On-site

GBP 45,000 - 60,000

Full time

3 days ago
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Job summary

The Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Clinical Lead for its People Flexi-Bank. This role involves managing and supporting temporary clinical staff to ensure high-quality patient care. Candidates should be experienced in clinical leadership and workforce management, with a focus on delivering effective temporary staffing solutions.

Benefits

Comprehensive health and wellbeing program
Commitment to professional development
Investment in working environment and equipment

Qualifications

  • Qualified nurse/healthcare professional.
  • Evidence of continuing professional development.
  • Experience in a similar role.

Responsibilities

  • Provide clinical leadership and direct management for temporary staffing.
  • Ensure all temporary staff are qualified and trained.
  • Lead clinical orientation and competency programs.

Skills

Project Management
Leadership
Clinical Excellence

Education

Degree Level in relevant field
Management Qualification

Tools

e-Rostering systems

Job description

Job summary

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Clinical Lead to join the People Flexi-Bank - our Temporary Staffing Team - acting as the strategic and professional clinical link between our temporary workforce and operational service areas.

This is a pivotal role in ensuring our temporary clinical staff are appropriately trained, supported, and deployed to deliver safe, high-quality, and compassionate care. You will lead the clinical engagement of a diverse, multi-disciplinary temporary workforce, ensuring they are skills-matched to service needs, while maintaining professional standards and promoting continuous service improvement.

Main duties of the job

As Clinical Lead, you will:
  • Provide clinical leadership and direct line management for our clinical bank staff.
  • Ensure all temporary workers, including agency staff, are appropriately qualified, trained, and competent for their placements.
  • Work closely with the E-Rostering and Temporary Staffing Manager to implement and support Trust-wide initiatives that improve service quality and cost-effectiveness.
  • Lead on clinical orientation, education, competency programmes, and ongoing professional development for temporary staff.
  • Act as the clinical advisor for all temporary staffing processes, contributing to the development of policies, best practices, and evidence-based approaches.
  • Represent the Trust at local and regional levels, promoting high standards in temporary staffing delivery.
  • Provide assurance that agency workers deployed meet Trust requirements and contribute to positive patient outcomes.
About us

Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.

We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.

Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.

Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.

A video about the Royal Surrey - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R96pMboIYdo

Job description

Job responsibilities

This role requires someone who is both strategic and operationally hands-on, with the ability to influence, educate, and engage a flexible workforce. If you are passionate about workforce development, clinical excellence, and service innovation in a fast-paced environment, wed love to hear from you.

Job description
Job responsibilities

This role requires someone who is both strategic and operationally hands-on, with the ability to influence, educate, and engage a flexible workforce. If you are passionate about workforce development, clinical excellence, and service innovation in a fast-paced environment, wed love to hear from you.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Qualified nurse / healthcare professiona
  • Evidence of continuing professional development
  • Degree Level or equivalent relevant experience is similar role
  • Management Qualification
Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • Project Management experience of a number of complex projects
  • Experience of managing staff including the lead responsibility for setting and reviewing of objectives of team members
  • Managing discipline, performance and recruitment
  • Experience of delivering a multi-disciplinary service within a large NHS organisation
  • Experience of managing a budget as a signatory
  • Experience of developing protocols and policies and procedures
  • Knowledge of e-Rostering systems
Desirable

  • Experience of managing a temporary staffing and/or rostering function in a large organisation
  • Experience of working with HealthRoster v9.5 or v10
  • Understanding of employment legislation
Person Specification
Qualifications

Essential

  • Qualified nurse / healthcare professiona
  • Evidence of continuing professional development
  • Degree Level or equivalent relevant experience is similar role
  • Management Qualification
Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • Project Management experience of a number of complex projects
  • Experience of managing staff including the lead responsibility for setting and reviewing of objectives of team members
  • Managing discipline, performance and recruitment
  • Experience of delivering a multi-disciplinary service within a large NHS organisation
  • Experience of managing a budget as a signatory
  • Experience of developing protocols and policies and procedures
  • Knowledge of e-Rostering systems
Desirable

  • Experience of managing a temporary staffing and/or rostering function in a large organisation
  • Experience of working with HealthRoster v9.5 or v10
  • Understanding of employment legislation
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.
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

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.
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
Address

Royal Surrey Hospital

Egerton Road

Guildford

GU2 7XX

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