Senior Clinical Site Practitioner

We are looking to recruit a Senior Clinical Site Practitioner to join our well-established team at King’s College Hospital.

Are you someone who has exceptional people skills? Are you motivated, driven, and have high standards? Are you passionate about creating a respectful environment which encourages a genuine team spirit, and believes in doing the right thing, first time, every time? If you think this is you, and you are determined to make a real difference, then this might be the job for you.

Site Operations is the nerve centre of the hospital and is responsible for patient flow and clinical support out of hours. The team works with the wider hospital 24/7 to achieve key targets including Emergency Access 4 hour targets and waiting lists. The work is varied and fast paced where no two days are the same.

This really is an amazing opportunity for someone who may have ambitions of working in senior management role whilst at the same time being an advanced clinical practitioner providing clinical support to the hospital during the out of hours period.

The shift requirement is to work long days and nights as well as weekends, some flexibility with shifts can be considered.

**The post holder will be required to**:

- Lead patient flow across the hospital 24/7.
- Support flow out of the Emergency Department to achieve 4 hr emergency care standards and ensure patients are placed in the right bed, at the right time.
- Lead the Clinical Site Team service out of hours.
- Triage, assess, diagnose and treat inpatients, working as part of the Hospital at Night Team.
- Respond to cardiac arrest, fire, security and other emergency calls.
- Provide senior management support out of hours.
- In the absence of the senior manager on-call, be prepared to lead the hospital site during the out of hours period for major incident or business continuity incidents.
- Lead and develop junior members of the Clinical Site Team.
- Actively participate in educational activity, audit, research and quality improvement projects.

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King’s to another level.

We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.

King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.

Please see attached job description for full details.

Leadership
- Assist in the resolution of any Clinical Site Management or Hospital at Night service issues within the trust, taking an active part in the investigation/resolution of both formal and informal complaints and adverse incidents.
- Act as clinical leader across the 24/7 period.

Operational Management
- Accountable ‘out of hours’ for the operational management of the Trust, implementing Policies and Procedures as required and providing support and advice to patients, staff and visitors.
- Organise the provision of a safe environment for both patients and staff in accordance with Trust policy.

Clinical and Professional Issues
- To adhere to the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
- To ensure that the NMC revalidation process is completed within the prescribed time frame.
- To be fully conversant with and adhere to Trust Policies and Procedures.
- Provide a clinically credible nursing-led out of hour’s service; as the practitioner responsible for the assessment of patients’ needs and deployment of appropriate resources to meet them.

Advanced Clinical Practice
- Work as a fully accredited Advanced Clinical Practitioner to undertake the following:

- Cannulation and Venepuncture
- Verification of death
- Ordering, interpreting and acting upon X-Rays and imaging.
- Procuring and analysing ABGs
- Tracheostomy care
- NIV and Optiflow
- Catheterisation (male and female)
- Independent/Non-medical Prescriber

Bed Management
- Review the Trusts bed capacity as a whole and implement plans early to prevent bed problems o