Job overview

Looking for a role where no two days are the same? A fast paced environment with the patient at heart?

Join our clinical site and discharge team at PAHT.

We are expanding our clinical site and discharge team, as we know this will directly impact us delivering excellent patient care.

Our team is made up of senior registered professionals who offer advice and support to the wards, medical and surgical teams within our Trust.

The clinical site and discharge team are responsible for managing our hospital capacity including:

• emergency admissions
• non-emergency planned admissions
• managing the flow of patients during their stay to ensure they receive the right care as their needs change
• discharge planning/transfer of care

This is an exciting time to join us while we shape our team, including new ways of working. We’re looking for experienced registered professionals to join us on our journey.

We offer you a comprehensive orientation package to ensure you are fully supported as you learn your new job and what is expected of you; ensuring we identify any training and development needs and put objectives in place to support you in your role and career with us.

Main duties of the job

• Report to  and deputise for the Senior Clinical Site Manager.
• Manage bed occupancy for emergency admissions, to include safe and appropriate patient placement and the effective use of beds linked with planned and projected discharges.
• Achieve capacity-related Trust performance and quality targets, the Clinical site management Team will provide on-site cover 24-hour a day, seven days per week.
• Provide a flexible team approach to ensuring there is a smooth, efficient and effective operational/bed management service covering 24 hour a day, 7 days week.
• Provide support, advice and direction to clinical ward teams, which will empower them to be pro-active in the management of patients.
• Ensure that all patients have a positive journey working in collaboration with the Senior Clinical Site Manager and ward based staff.
• Develop and implement robust and efficient plans that ensure achievement of Trust-wide goals.
• Promote clinical excellence and best practice across the Trust.

Working for our organisation

Our Organisation

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.

We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.

Our Values

The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences

Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts

Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both

Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care

The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.