Senior Clinical Site Practitioner: Emergency & Flow Lead

London North West Healthcare Nhs Trust; England; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

London North West Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking an experienced senior clinician to lead and coordinate emergency and elective care delivery across Cross site. The role involves clinical leadership, education, risk management and 24-hour hospital oversight to maintain safe patient flow.

The post requires substantial leadership experience in acute or critical care, with a focus on evidence-based practice, capacity planning and collaborative multi-disciplinary work.

Qualifications

• Six or more years at band 6/7 in an acute/HDU or critical care setting.
• Managerial decision-making experience.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Desirable: experience of emergency flow pathways.
• Desirable: knowledge of bed management.

Responsibilities

• Based at Cross site and support senior leaders in delivering emergency/elective care performance targets.
• Provide clinical leadership, support and education across staff groups.
• Act as a clinical expert to ensure high quality patient care using evidence-based practice.
• Take accountability for management of clinical risk and out-of-hours complaints.
• Triage acute adult in-patients and refer to appropriate medical teams when needed.
• Work as part of the Hospital at Night team.
• Coordinate patient flow through hospital to ensure capacity and safe admissions.
• Be aware of out-of-hours budget issues and act accordingly.
• Collaborate with clinical teams to achieve performance targets.
• Represent management on site out-of-hours on behalf of line manager.
• Work with Senior Clinical Site Practitioners in 24-hour hospital management.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Decision making

Leadership

Job description

London North West Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking an experienced senior clinician to lead and coordinate emergency and elective care delivery across Cross site. The role involves clinical leadership, education, risk management and 24-hour hospital oversight to maintain safe patient flow.

The post requires substantial leadership experience in acute or critical care, with a focus on evidence-based practice, capacity planning and collaborative multi-disciplinary work.