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Job summary

Main area
Paediatric Flow Team
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
259-7423457RLH
Employer
Barts Health NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal London Hospital
Town
London
Salary
£56,276 - £63,176 per annum inc
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
08/09/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Barts Health NHS Trust logo

Paediatric Capacity Manager

Band 7

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.

Job overview

An opportunity to join our fantastic Paediatric Capacity Team on a full time basis. We are looking for an enthusiastic children’s nurse to work within the team. 

Main duties of the job

 

The role of the Patient Capacity Manager is to ensure flow through The Royal London Children’s hospital is safe, timely and co-ordinated. This role will work with the Senior Clinical Site Team  to ensure the daily operational strategy to support is aligned to maintaining emergency and elective care performance 24/7.

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.  

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.  

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.  

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

 

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Degree or willingness to work towards
  • Significant post registration experience within an acute paediatric setting.
  • Experience of facilitating clinical decision making and the application of professional judgement in clinical situations
  • Awareness of professional responsibilities
Desirable criteria
  • Previous site management/ bed management experience.

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of NHS policy and strategic changes to healthcare
  • Ability to effectively prioritise and organise own workload and workload of others
  • Assertively manages situations which may be complex and involve conflict or crisis.
  • Experience of managerial decision making and the application, of professional judgment in a range of clinical and non-clinical situations.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, is engaged and able to negotiate and mediate
  • Communicates with clarity and direction, both written and verbally
  • Analyses and identifies trends in clinical information, identifies issues and proposes solutions to problems.
  • IT skills, use of data and spread sheets, production of clear reports, action plans and presentations

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of NHS policy and strategic changes to healthcare
  • Ability to effectively prioritise and organise own workload and workload of others
  • Assertively manages situations which may be complex and involve conflict or crisis.
  • Experience of managerial decision making and the application, of professional judgment in a range of clinical and non-clinical situations.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, is engaged and able to negotiate and mediate Communicates with clarity and direction, both written and verbally
  • Analyses and identifies trends in clinical information, identifies issues and proposes solutions to problems.
  • IT skills, use of data and spread sheets, production of clear reports, action plans and presentations

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Green@Barts HealthNHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyLondon Living Wage is a voluntary commitment made by employers, who can become accredited with the Living Wage FoundationPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldImproving working livesMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Pregnancy Loss PledgeDisability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Happy to Talk Flexible Working

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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Jo Lawlor
Job title
Service Manager
Email address
[email protected]
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