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

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
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jo Lawlor
- Job title
- Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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