Senior Clinical Site Practitioner – 24/7 Hospital Flow Lead

London North West University Healthcare Nhs Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 56,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking a Band 7 senior clinician to drive performance in emergency and elective care, lead clinical teams, and ensure safe patient flow and bed management at night across the site.

You will provide clinical leadership, supervise a multidisciplinary team and act as a site representative during out-of-hours periods, contributing to safeguarding quality and compliance with national targets.

Qualifications

• At least six years at band 6/7 in an acute/HDU or critical care setting.
• Managerial decision making experience.
• Excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Clinical leadership, support and education across a range of staff groups.
• 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.
• To be accountable for the management of clinical risk and out of hours complaints.
• Triage of acute adults in-patients, with referral to the appropriate medical teams if required.
• To work as part of the Hospital at night team.
• To co-ordinate the flow of patients through the hospital both elective and emergency allowing for sufficient capacity and safe placement of all admissions.
• To be aware of out of hours budget issues and to act accordingly.
• To work alongside clinical teams to ensure performance targets are achieved.
• To take responsibility for the management of the site 'out of hours' liaising with the appropriate manager as necessary.
• To act as management representative to all staff on site 'out of hours' on behalf of their line manager.
• To work with Senior Clinical Site Practitioners and participate in the 24 hour management of the Hospital.

Skills

Band 6/7 experience

Acute/HDU/critical care

Managerial decision making

Excellent communication

Job description

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking a Band 7 senior clinician to drive performance in emergency and elective care, lead clinical teams, and ensure safe patient flow and bed management at night across the site.

You will provide clinical leadership, supervise a multidisciplinary team and act as a site representative during out-of-hours periods, contributing to safeguarding quality and compliance with national targets.