Clinical Site Lead

Transformation Unit; Gateshead; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Transformation Unit is seeking an experienced Clinical Site Lead (Band 8a) to oversee patient flow across hospital pathways in the Gateshead area. You will provide senior nursing leadership, ensure capacity and demand are reflected accurately, and deputise for the Hospital Flow Manager when required.

The role requires a proven track record in nurse leadership, organisational excellence, and strong communication.

Qualifications

• Current NMC Registration is required.
• Evidence of Nurse Leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior clinical and professional leadership to the Patient Flow Team.
• Be the deputising lead for the Hospital Flow Manager in their absence at local, regional and national meetings.
• Oversee operational responsibility for patient flow and demand reflection across pathways.

Skills

Nurse leadership

Education

NMC Registration

Job description

PLEASE NOTE it is a requirement of this Trust that all successful applicants pay for their DBS certificate if a check is required for the post. This will be done through deduction from your monthly pay over a maximum of three months. It is also a requirement that all successful applicants register or are registered with the DBS update service where a DBS is required.

All new entrants to the NHS will be appointed on the minimum of the pay scale in line with Terms & Conditions.

Job overview

We are currently seeing expressions of interest for the post of 8a Clinical Site Lead in the Patient Flow Team.

The Clinical Site Lead role requires a dynamic individual with significant experience working at a senior Band 8a level. You will need excellent organisation, communication and leadership skills and will be provided with the opportunity to develop your senior nursing skill set.

The Patient Flow Team are responsible for maintaining patient flow throughout the organisation and provide support to Senior Nurse Out-of-Hours. Your involvement will be highly valued as we work together to maintain services and patient safety.

Main duties of the job

The Clinical Site Lead role requires a dynamic individual with significant experience working at a senior Band 8a level. You will need excellent organisation, communication and leadership skills and will be provided with the opportunity to develop your senior nursing skill set.

Working for our organisation

Based in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead.

Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients.

We now employ around 4,800 staff and currently provide 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region.

Our values should be the ‘golden thread’ which runs through everything we do – they are the core of who we are. Our five values can easily be remembered by the simple acronymICORE; Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement.

We have a number of staff networks including the Global Ethnic Majority (GEM) network, D-Ability network, LGBTQ+ Network and the Women’s Network, to challenge us and help us to constantly improve. Our Armed Forces network is one of our emerging networks.

The health and wellbeing of our staff is one of our highest priorities, and we offer a range of support and initiatives as part of our ‘Balance’ programme balancegateshead.com to cater for our diverse workforce, so that your individual needs can be supported, allowing you a happy and healthy working experience with us.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• This is a senior clinical role charged with the operational responsibility and accountability for patient flow on a day-to-day basis, responsible for ensuring an accurate reflection of capacity and demand is available at all times.


• The Clinical Site Lead Nurse is a key leadership role within the trust and Patient Flow Team that requires optimising the efficiency and operational effectiveness of all patient pathways throughout the trust that influence and contribute to patient flow to ensure patients receive the right care in the right place at the right time.


• The post holder will provide senior clinical and professional leadership and management to junior members of the Patient Flow Team.


• To deputise for the Hospital Flow Manager in their absence, representing the organisation and the Patient Flow Team at local, regional and national meetings.

Please refer to the Job description for futher information on this role.

Person specification

Qualification

• Current NMC Registration

Experience

• Evidence of Nurse Leadership

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

Candidates who require sponsorship are strongly advised to visit the UK Border Agency website and familiarise themselves with what is required. There is a facility on this site to access the points based calculator and work through an example which should assist candidates in their understanding of the process.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Rachel Thompson Job title Associate Director of Nursing for Medicine Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 0191 445 3676