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Job summary

Main area
Site Management
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Across 7 day working week including bank holidays and weekend.)
Job ref
391-NMUH-7910929
Employer
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
North Middlesex Hospital
Town
Edmonton
Salary
£55,524 - £62,652 Per Annum Including HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
06/05/2026 23:59

Employer heading

NHS

Clinical Site Manager

Band 7

Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community.  This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.

Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.

Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a set of technology that can perform various tasks that typically required human intelligence. Your application is your opportunity to demonstrate to us how you meet the requirements of the role. We recognise that AI tools can support accessibility, equity and confidence for applicants. However, it’s important that examples and responses genuinely reflect your own experience and abilities, as these will be explored further during the selection process. AI must not be used to provide misleading or false information during any stage of the application journey. Further guidance can be found in the NLPSS Applicant Toolkit https://royalfree.pagetiger.com/cuuomnr/1.

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Job overview

The post holder will have a high level of autonomy and will work in a self-directed way within the parameters set for the post. The post holder will prioritise their workload and make the necessary contributions to ensure delivery of an effective and efficient service. The post holder will be expected to utilise expert operational and clinical knowledge as necessary to undertake the site management role to train and support nursing, medical and non-medical staff, establish clinical priorities and ensure the smooth operational function of the organisation. The post holder should monitor and manage patient flow through the system to improve patient flow and experience by achieving the national & local KPIs.

To provide out of hour co-ordination role of on-site services, working with staff to ensure that all services within the hospital are being delivered to an agreed standard.

Main duties of the job

Deputize for the matron of site in leading daily operational meetings.

To monitor the patient flow through the Emergency Department using the Medway system and ensure 2 hourly safety huddles are completed with ED the team.

Work collaboratively with the discharge team to facilitate the timely discharge of patients, ensuring the early utilisation of the discharge lounge for those patients who meet the criteria.

 Ensure that all available capacity is used appropriately across the hospital in order to minimise the need for any escalation measures.

 The post holer should regularly review the OPEL escalation triggers by using flow chart to alert and ensure the actions are followed.

To be the immediate co-coordinator on the Acute site emergency response to Fire, Major Incidents, Out of hours Security alerts and Serious Untoward Incidents.

To understand and implement each level of the Trust’s Bed Management Policy working in conjunction with divisions, ensuring that all necessary parties are informed and involved as appropriate.

To advise on bed utilisation across the trust during the management of any pandemic illness/major incident, and liaise with infection prevention and control teams (IPC) regarding utilisation of single rooms / identification for infective cases.

Working for our organisation

North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system – consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS’s, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.

We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George’s University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Clinical Site Manager has specific responsibilities in relation to the Mental Health Act and will act as the point of contact and co-ordination within the Trust. The Clinical Site Manager is responsible for accessing and retaining the required documentation, which will be stored in the Clinical Site Manager’s office.

The Clinical Site Management will Ensure patients privacy and dignity is maintained in line with the Trust’s same sex accommodation policy, promoting a ‘zero’ tolerance for breaches.

 Work in collaboration with Emergency Planning colleagues to ensure that systems are in place to support major incident and business continuity planning.

 The post holder is responsible to update trust escalation status in the Capacity Monitoring System (CMS) and liaise with EBS if trust require any specialist beds.

Out of hours take responsibility for the intra departmental and/or ward redeployment of staff following risk assessments to mitigate any identified or potential risks.

Escalate and clinical issues to respective teams by filtering doctors bleep calls from wards and departments to facilitate timely interventions at the earliest opportunity taking into consideration local arrangements.

 Assess and initiate treatment for deteriorating patients as appropriate.

Undertake a wide range of advanced clinical interventions which include the extended role of the Registered Nurse, e.g. Cannulation, venepuncture, male catheterisation.

To provide senior nursing support in the event of a clinical emergency out of hours which may require leading the emergency team as first responder in any area of the hospital site while waiting for assistance.

 

Person specification

Education & professional Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered General Nurse Acute care course
  • Recognized teaching certificate e.g. ENB 998, Teaching and Assessing
Desirable criteria
  • Advance physical assessment

Skills and aptitudes

Essential criteria
  • Clinical Leadership skills
  • To work autonomously and plan own work schedule
  • Excellent organizational skills

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Relevant post registration experience at Band 6 or 7 Level
  • Expert knowledge of current emergency care issues and targets.
  • Knowledge and understanding of health care needs in a multicultural society.
Desirable criteria
  • Clinical leadership programme.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Nursing TimesApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleDisability confident employerTimewise PartnerCare Quality Commission - Requires improvementEnei MemberArmed Forces Covenant

Applicant requirements

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Sonia ste marie
Job title
Clinical Site Matron
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07977483718
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