Band 7 Deputy Clinical Site Manager

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Band 7 Deputy Clinical Site Manager

The closing date is 26 October 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen at QEHB for an experienced leader who is keen to develop their managerial portfolio. The Band 7 DCSM will support the Clinical Site Manager in maintaining the safety and integrity of the whole site both in and out of hours. The role is instrumental in progressing the patient journey from admission to discharge, as well as being a credible, expert resource for clinical teams across the site.

Main duties of the job

An integral part of the Site Management Team, the postholder will provide visible leadership, supporting both the clinical and ancillary teams across the site to maintain and manage patient flow, ensuring that pathways are maintained to deliver the best care to our patients. The postholder will be responsible for ensuring standards are maintained and exceeded. This is an exciting opportunity for an established clinical leader.

About us

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Job responsibilities

Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse on the NMC register / Registered professional on the HCPC Register (E)
• Evidence of post registration CPD / Post registration qualification in appropriate area of speciality or professional knowledge supplemented by specialist experience and short courses to degree / post graduate level equivalent (E)
• Teaching and Assessing qualification, i.e. C&G 730/ENB 998 or equivalent.

Experience

• Evidence and ability to revalidate as required by the NMC/ HCPC
• Significant post registration experience as a Registered Nurse at B6 or above in defined or associated speciality
• Extensive experience of working autonomously at a specialist level
• Evidence to support a program of personal and professional development
• Experience of leading and managing a team
• Up to date clinical experience in acute areas including evidence of skills updates
• Working in a multi-disciplinary and cross agency work environment
• Experience in management across varied clinical areas / specialities.

Additional Criteria

• Ability to action own initiative (E)
• Evidence of sound decision making skills, particularly in Emergency situations. (E)
• Evidence of effective organisational skills and ability to work with a team (E)
• Ability to promote professional nursing image and act as a positive role model (E)
• Able to motivate others and work effectively in a team (E)
• Ability to communicate with a wide range of health care professionals, on a variety of complex and sensitive issues which require persuasive and empathetic skills. ( E )
• Diplomatic and assertive with clinical and managerial problem solving (E)
• Is able to establish areas for concern and refer these assertively to relevant personnel, ensuring patients receive effective care and attention (E)
• Competent in a range of clinical skills and expanded practices relevant to the scope of practice required. (E).
• Ability to work under pressure across competing priorities ( E )
• Ability to, undertake clinical audit , analyse information and develop robust measurable action plans to support improvement / change ( E)
• Evidence of ability to compile reports and documents for internal / external communication ( E)
• Able to influence change (E)
• Able to manage and resolve conflict (E)
• Experience of multi-disciplinary & multi professional collaborative working (E)
• Knowledge of evidence based practice (E)
• Knowledge of audit methods and appreciation of the value of audit to practice improvement (E)
• Awareness of current relevant NHS policy context relating to the speciality (E)
• Has understanding / experience of the principles of Safeguarding ( E )
• Knowledge of corporate and clinical governance (E)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust