Job overview

An Exciting Opportunity has arisen to join the Clinical Site Practitioner Team at The Hillingdon Hospital. This is a new developmental role as a Junior Clinical Site Practitioner working along side the Clinical Site Team.

As a member of the Trust’s 24-hour Clinical Site Practitioner Team you are responsible for the management of emergency and elective admission. 

Process across the Trust, ensuring safe and appropriate placement of patient’s by supporting efficient patient flows and optimal utilisation of the Trust bed capacity. 

Ensure all relevant national and Trust operational targets are achieved. This requires the ability to balance the demand for an optimal level elective activity, with a high flow emergency rate, whilst maintaining contingency plans for emerging site issues across the Trust.

This is a developmental post working as a member of the Trust’s 24-hour Clinical Site Practitioner Team with a vision to progress into a Band 8 a position.

Main duties of the job

To provide a senior nursing managerial support and advice to all clinical areas within the Trust, and to undertake advanced clinical patient assessments and interventions as a part of the Hospital at Night member at night and out of hours.

To participate and co-ordinate supporting the Trust’s emergency response teams to fire, security alerts, cardiac arrests, trauma calls, NEWS calls, other clinical emergencies, and to be responsible for the co-ordination and first line management of Major Incidents and serious untoward incidents as site management issues arise out of hours. 

To have a visible senior leadership presence in the hospital out of hours, maintaining high standards of quality care and experience for all our patients by working closely with all of the multidisciplinary teams, supporting them in management of difficult situations and patient care concerns, and ensuring safe optimal allocation of staff and resources. 

You are responsible for the management of emergency and elective admission process across the Trust, ensuring safe and appropriate placement of patient’s by supporting efficient patient flows and optimal utilisation of the Trust bed capacity. 

Working for our organisation

The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute Hospital in the London Borough of Hillingdon and offers a wide range of services including accident and emergency, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics and maternity services. The Trust’s services at Mount Vernon Hospital include routine day surgery, delivered at a modern treatment centre, a minor injuries unit and outpatient clinics.

The safety and well-being of our patients and of our staff is paramount and we are making urgent improvements to address this – particularly in infection prevention and control. We are making progress and going forward by working in partnership with local GPs, charities,
community services, academic partners, our local authority, neighbouring hospitals and the wider North West London Integrated care system, and ensuring that we listen and work in partnership with our local population. We are absolutely focused on ensuring that our hospitals
provide high quality, safe and compassionate care, while drive forward the building of the new Hillingdon Hospital.

We have over 3,500 members of staff that are proud to care for nearly half a million people, with a vision to be an outstanding provider of healthcare through leading health and academic partnerships, transforming services, to provide the best care where needed.