Clinical CommanderNHS

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Resilience Acute Flow and Transformation Directorate

We are looking for a Clinical Site Commander to join our team

The post holder needs to be an experienced motivated and dynamic individual, with an interest in patient flow and a passion for improving patient safety and experience.

They will need to have an understanding of ED government targets and current issues than can effect timely flow of patients through the hospital.

Good communication skills are essential to this role.

Main duties of the job

• Facilitate admission of elective and emergency patients within the principles of the Admission Policy and Waiting List Policy. Liaising with t General Managers and relevant directorates to minimise waits in ED and prevent cancellations of elective procedures.
• To participate inOPEL Site Meetings cross site using standard operating procedures to give accurate information on demand, capacity and to manage and take appropriate action, finding solutions to issues..
• Liaise with the Clinical Site Commander and Clinical Site Matron across both hospital sites and external to the trust regarding bed resources, and coordinate the transfer of patients to and from tertiary centres in accordance with Trust policies and protocols.

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• Achievement of quality, safety and experience metrics e.g. 4 Hour Emergency Care Target is essential.
• Liaising with the nurse in charge in the Emergency Departments to ensure that beds are allocated to patients in a timely manner and in accordance with current national and local standards. Ensure that there is clear, effective communication with the senior doctors and nurses and that the Emergency Department are informed during times of bed shortages or increased waiting times and follow established escalation policies.
• To provide effective professional leadership, clinical and operational support and advice to all departments/wards.
• To provide cover seven days per week, 365 days a year, with rotation onto nights to ensure continuity

Job description

• To participate in OPEL site meetings using standard operating procedures to give accurate information on operational pressures and to manage and take appropriate action, finding solutions to issues
• Liaise with the Clinical Commander at the other hospital site and external to the trust regarding bed resources, and coordinate the transfer of patients to and from tertiary centres in accordance with trust policies, protocols and agreed SLAs.
• Liaise with the Matrons, General Managers and Clinicians regarding problems relating to their service and with the health care teams, patients and carers to ensure the patient journey is a good experience.
• To attend cardiac arrest calls and assist as required by the arrest team. To have the expert knowledge and skills required to fulfil this role.
• Attend mandatory study days, in-service training and meetings as required.
• To have an overview of the Trust wide position and make appropriate clinical decisions to ensure safety of all patients is achieved and met
• To work closely with the ward teams to ensure hospital wards bed state is live and accurate.
• To liaise with and escalate to divisional mangers of the day to maintain an accurate site position
• To participate in audit and quality projects to improve patient safety and experience.
• To investigate and resolve complaints and concerns and escalate to divisional teams where appropriate.

About us

We employ more than 6,500 staffwho deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals,Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, healthcentres and in patients' homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.

We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children's and young people's services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.

We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza.

We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation.Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS- yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boardslisten to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members - patients, staff andthe local community.

Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in thechanges to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.