Lead for Operational Site Team

This is an excellent opportunity for a highly motivated, enthusiastic person to join a clinical and non-clinical team as one of the leads to operationally coordinate the safe and effective running of the Trust on a day to day basis.
You will be responsible for maximising patient flow encompassing all non-elective and elective pathways throughout the Trust supporting patient safety and reaching the achievement of key targets, such as the 4 hour standard and integrated professional standards whilst ensuring the implementation of the Trust escalation plans as and when required.
You will use your authority and judgement to solve immediate problems and plan for future demand such as the weekends to ensure the Trust has enough capacity.
You will need to be an excellent communicator with proven management skills, the ability to lead change and have a good understanding of numerous IT systems and utilise data to support decision making.
This varied role offers an exciting challenge for the right candidate. You need to have relevant operational experience in an acute trust, the ability to challenge a variety of colleagues across multiple professional groups and have a strong understanding of governance and patient flow issues., + Responsibility for immediate patient flow and hospital coordination issues, ensuring early escalation to Divisions to seek senior support with a focus on delivery of safe, timely patient flow.
+ Provide analysed data to support the Divisions to understand their capacity requirements and signpost areas for opportunity and immediate action
+ Initial operational lead for hospital emergency & resilience responses
+ Visible senior presence and leadership within the hospital site management team, appraising the Associate Director of Patient Flow and Deputy Chief Operating Officer as required.
+ Manage the hospital operational and patient flow team
+ Lead/support the operational bed meetings, linking with Divisions
+ Interface with external partners in relation to daily patient flow issues, including attending the daily system escalation calls
+ Co-ordinate and facilitate the timely repatriation of patients
+ To engage directly in and develop practice within the operational matron team, leading and facilitating the development of operational practices, training and change management.
+ To maintain professional competence and undertake additional operational duties as required by the Trust, working flexibly across the site management team.

Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke's Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people - patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing 'outstanding' care to our patients and rated 'Good' overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH's values - Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent - are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.

CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people's age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background., Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:
- applied for a Graduate visa
- or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment
- or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment
This vacancy will close at midnight on 22nd January 2024
Interviews are due to be held on 13th January 2025
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.