Job summary
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To provide a high profile, visible, responsive, clinical and managerial leadership withaccountability for service delivery and advice in and out of hours. The post holder willhave Trust wide responsibility for leading and co-ordinating an evidence based capacitymanagement service promoting a dynamic flow of patients through the Trust. Tooptimise the use of capacity, whilst ensuring the optimum environment for patient carein order to facilitate the Trust to provide a high quality service.
Main duties of the job
Must be able to make informed decisions across all specialties and scope ofprofessional practice, involving patients and public to ensure agreed standards andobjectives are met. The post holder will also be the first point of contact for escalationof acutely ill patients and provide supportive advice and guidance to the multiprofessional teams. It is expected that the post holder will deal with clinical andnonclinical incidents and emergencies escalating to senior manager and on-callmanagement within defined pathways.
About us
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust now form University Hospitals Tees and as such you may be required to work at any site across both Trusts.
At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.
We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition - a note of thanks, Managers Awards, Shining Stars and Service Awards.
We support the Making Every Contact Count approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.
We recruit for values and "Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool"
Job description
Job responsibilities
To manage effective and efficient working practices for patient flow across both hospital sites, base North Tees. Ensure the use of predictor tools and electronic systems to enhance the process of managing capacity and demand proactively. Work with all clinical areas to develop long term strategies for capacity management which responds to changes in health care delivery. Continue to deliver a standardised approach within the Patient Flow Ream to ensure consistency to decision making. Lead, manage, develop and deliver systems and processes to promote continuous service improvement in service delivery, with emphasis on reducing harm and improving patient flow and experience.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To manage effective and efficient working practices for patient flow across both hospital sites, base North Tees. Ensure the use of predictor tools and electronic systems to enhance the process of managing capacity and demand proactively. Work with all clinical areas to develop long term strategies for capacity management which responds to changes in health care delivery. Continue to deliver a standardised approach within the Patient Flow Ream to ensure consistency to decision making. Lead, manage, develop and deliver systems and processes to promote continuous service improvement in service delivery, with emphasis on reducing harm and improving patient flow and experience.
Person Specification
Application and Interview
Essential
- Qualifications
- Experience
- Skills
- Personal
Desirable
- Qualifications
- Experience
Person Specification
Application and Interview
Essential
- Qualifications
- Experience
- Skills
- Personal
Desirable
- Qualifications
- Experience
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust
Address
University Hospital of North Tees
Hardwick Road
Stockton-on-Tees
TS19 8PE
Employer's website
https://www.nth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
