Clinical Services Manager
Posted 4 hours 29 minutes ago by Hollybank Trustees Ltd
Location: On site / Uffington Rd, Norwood, London SE27 0RW, UK
Job type: Permanent / Full-time
Sector and subsector: Medical & Healthcare Clinical
Salary: Competitive salary
Position: Clinical Service Manager / Registered Manager
Responsibilities- Coordinating the MDT to ensure defined and assessed needs of patients are met, in line with evidence based practice and defined in the Patient's Care Plan and to effectively manage clinical risk. Provide nursing leadership to the qualified nursing staff, acting as a role model and encouraging service development in relation to nursing practice.
- Be aware of patient clinical dependencies and build effective partnership relationships with patients and their significant others. Ensure clinical areas are safely staffed with regard to skill mix, competency and numbers of staff with regard to patient dependencies, clinical risk and appropriate resource allocation as per the Centre's agreed Establishment Hours. Have an overview of the medicines management system to ensure medicines in the Centre are ordered, stored, given and disposed of in line with medicines management policies, and that all nursing staff are trained, competent and supervised in the administration of medicines. Coordinate and oversight of the Centre's GSF processes and accreditation.
- Provide coordination and oversight to the Centre's IPC processes as the IPC lead for the clinical areas. Coordinate the clinical admissions pathway with respect to patient assessment and safe admission of patients to the Centre. Take responsibility for the Clinical Budget for the Centre, ensuring effective allocation of resources and stock management procedures.
The CSM role is hands-on, working directly with Nurses, Carers and Therapists. We are looking for someone who is a registered Nurse with an active PIN and who has at least 5 years' experience in directly managing all aspects of clinical services in a similar setting.
Qualifications- Registered Nurse with an active PIN and at least 5 years' experience in directly managing all aspects of clinical services in a similar setting.
- Full-time onsite availability.
- Nursing Management, Critical Care Medicine, and Patient Care skills.
- Experience in nursing and acute medicine.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Experience in Clinical Governance reporting and action plans linked to quality improvements.
- Preferred: previous experience in A&E, ITU, HDU, CCU, Respiratory, or Complex Care settings.
- Ideally: experience with Ventilator and Tracheostomy Care.
- Company pension scheme
- Life insurance
- 30 days annual leave
- Free meals on site
This role is not open to candidates who require sponsorship. Applications from individuals who would require sponsorship will not be considered. Should it be determined during the recruitment process that sponsorship is needed, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employment will be withdrawn.
The successful candidate will be required to undertake a DBS check.