Site Capacity Manager

South Warwickshire University Nhs Foundation Trust; Warwick; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust is seeking two Site Managers (Band 7) to lead 24/7 capacity management and bed management across the Trust. You will ensure safe staffing, escalation procedures, and seamless patient flow, working with on-call and executive teams out of hours.

This permanent, full-time role involves 12-hour shifts days and nights, with weekends and bank holidays. A first level Registered Nurse with degree and 5 years post-registration experience (2 years at Band 6) is

Qualifications

• First level Registered Nurse educated to degree level.
• Minimum 5 years post-registration experience, of which 2 years at Band 6.
• Strong leadership, mediation and negotiation skills with strategic thinking.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical advice as senior nurse on site out of hours.
• Lead site capacity/bed management and Hospital 24/7 operations.
• Ensure site integrity and flow across the Trust and optimise bed usage.

Skills

Site management

Leadership

Capacity management

Clinical safety

Education

Registered Nurse (degree)

NMC registration

Job description

Job summary

We are looking to recruit two site managers to join our Team.

This role consists of capacity management, staff deployment and leading on clinical safety of the organisation out of hours. To maintain safe staffing levels, site integrity and the flow throughout the organisation from an elective and emergency perspective, whilst achieving quality targets.

You will be responsible for the management of capacity and the effective implementation of escalation procedures. Out of hours you will work with clinical practitioners to ensure clinical safety whilst maintaining flow and capacity. In hours you will work with the General Managers and out of hours with the on call manager and executive.

You are required to possess the skills and experience to be able to effectively identify and implement plans, assist in resolving capacity pressures and show sound clinical judgement regarding appropriate placement of patients at times of extreme pressures.

The role involves 12 hour shifts, both days and nights, including weekends and bank holidays. Part time will be considered.

You will be a first level Registered Nurse, educated to degree level, with a minimum 5 years post registration experience of which 2 years at band 6. You will have a good understanding of the drivers and constraints around effective patient flow. To be a competent clinical practitioner and possess effective leadership, mediation and negotiation skills with the ability to think and operate strategically.

Main duties of the job

The post holder is responsible, in collaboration with other senior members of the team for the delivery of site capacity management and Hospital 24/7. Ensuring the available resources are optimised to achieve strategic changes and improvements in services and operational systems within existing constraints.

To provide strong operational and clinical leadership across the Trust, empowering others to ensure that patient care is evidence based, patient centered and is compliant with the quality standards determined by the Trust. To maintain site integrity and flow within the Trust 24/7 this includes allocation of staff resources. To ensure patients are placed in the most appropriate bed for their clinical need and ensuring flow is maintained throughout the Trust in a timely manner.

About us

Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further.

We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.

Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are 'Trusted to provide safe, effective and compassionate care'. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn't matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.

Date posted: 16 October 2026

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 7

Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year per annum

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 203-EM901

Job locations: Bed Management, Lakin Road, Warwick, CV34 5BW, United Kingdom

Job responsibilitiesProfessional/Clinical

• The post holder will be required to provide clinical advice to nursing staff as the most senior nurse on site out of hours.
• To provide strong visible leadership to all staff within the site capacity/Hospital 24/7 team and all staff at all times across the Trust.
• To maintain site integrity and flow across the Trust at all times.
• To take the lead role on overall capacity/bed management and operational service provision on a day to day basis, liaising with Senior Managers and their teams in order to achieve optimum bed usage whilst managing the flow of emergency and elective admissions.
• To chair the Trusts routine site management meetings in the absence of the General Manager, ensuring the agreed situation report is circulated following each meeting.
• To take responsibility for the application of the Trusts escalation policy ensuring that all actions are implemented according to the Trusts level of escalation.
• The site capacity manager/hospital 24/7 co-ordinator team will need to possess the skills and experience to identify and implement contingency plans to resolve capacity pressures and show sound clinical judgement regarding appropriate patient placement at times of extreme capacity pressures.
• To liaise closely with the clinical co-ordinator working overnight so that flow is maximised during the out of hours period.
• To provide support for the achievement of patient flow performance and quality metrics for example: the 4 hour A&E quality performance target, 18 week patient pathway, cancer targets and the ambulance turnaround target and to identify and rectify potential bottle necks in this process.
• To facilitate/support the Shift Co-ordinator in the A&E Department with the timely and prompt transfer of patients from the A&E Department.
• To be able to demonstrate an ability to exercise significant influencing and facilitation skills in order to enable others to achieve their objectives.
• Demonstrate the ability to assess and optimise patient care and treatments as part of the multidisciplinary team.
• Administer medications under PGD as required.
• To be actively be involved in emergencies such as cardiac arrests.
• To support junior staff within ward areas as and when required to do so.
• You will be required to be flexible and adaptable to ensure the achievements of objectives are met within a constantly changing environment.
• To produce high level reports to demonstrate achievement of performance.
• Maintain clear records for analytical purposes and reporting requirements in line with organisational demands.
• To ensure EMS is updated at least twice a day, but more frequently in times of severe capacity pressures.
• Represent the Trust at internal and external meetings.