Band 7 Deputy Clinical Site Manager

Job summary

Good Hope Hospital, which is part of University Hospitals Birmingham, is a forward-thinking, patient-centred healthcare facility located in the heart of Sutton Coldfield. We pride ourselves on delivering exceptional care while fostering a collaborative and supportive environment for our staff. Our commitment to quality service and innovative practices is evident in everything we do. As we continue to grow, we are seeking an experienced and driven Deputy Clinical Site Manager to join our dynamic team.

As the Deputy Clinical Site Manager, you will play a pivotal role in supporting the delivery of high-quality clinical services across the hospital. You will work closely with the Clinical Site Manager and senior management to ensure smooth operations, operational efficiency, and outstanding patient care.

Main duties, tasks & skills required

The Deputy Clinical Site Manager will be part of the wider UHB Clinical Site Team and will be responsible for the day to day running of clinical capacity and flow on a specified site involving out of hours, weekends, night duty and Bank Holidays. The post holder will continually act as a credible professional leader, providing support and advice to Trust employees.

To provide senior nursing support and advice to all clinical areas within the Trust, to undertake patient assessment and utilise advanced clinical skills as needed.

The Deputy Clinical Site Manager will contribute to and actively manage the emergency and elective admissions processes across the site with leadership from the Clinical Site Manager, Deputy Divisional Head Nurse and Group Manager - Capacity, in order to provide safe and appropriate patient placement and achievement of related Trust targets whilst maintaining contingency plans for emerging issues.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Job description

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Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

*Registered 1st level Nurse

*NMC registration

Experience

Essential

*Experience of leading and managing a team

*Up to date clinical experience in acute areas including evidence of skills updates

*Able to influence change

*Able to manage and resolve conflict

*Has effective planning and organisational skills

*Knowledge of evidence based practice

*Experience of multi-disciplinary & multi professional collaborative working

*Exposure to capacity management within an acute setting

Additional Criteria

Essential

*Ability to action own initiative

*Evidence of sound decision making skills, particularly in Emergency situations.

*Evidence of effective organisational skills and ability to work with a team

*Ability to promote professional nursing image and act as a positive role model

*Able to motivate others and work effectively in a team

*Able to communicate to all levels of staff in a confident manner

*Diplomatic and assertive with clinical and managerial problem solving

*Can establish areas for concern and refer these assertively to relevant personnel, ensuring patients receive effective care and attention

*Able to work days, nights, weekends and bank holidays across all UHB sites

*Able to manage and prioritise work ensuring that all objectiv