Lead for Operational Site Team
Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Cambridge, CB2 0QQ
Salary
£66,582 to £77,368
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
13 September 2026
13 days left
Job description
This is an excellent opportunity for a highly motivated person to join a clinical and non-clinical team as one of the leads to operationally coordinat...
- 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.
- Use data to inform decisions regarding flow options throughout the trust on a daily basis with a focus on bespoke dashboard and Epic IT systems.
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
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
This vacancy will close at midnight on 13th Sep 2026
Interviews are due to be held on 29th Sep 2026
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 caf, 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.
Come Nurse with us...
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the country. It comprises Addenbrooke's Hospital and the Rosie Hospital. We provide accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge and regional and national specialist services. It's a great place to nurse, work and live.
You will work on a vibrant hospital campus with a friendly community feel; we have excellent facilities to practise your skills and abilities to support your career pathway and development. Our values of Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent support the delivery of outstanding care. We have a fully electronic patient record system that is improving health-care quality; this is transforming services, improving patient safety and clinical outcomes.
Why choose Cambridge University Hospitals?
o Our values and reputation for outstanding care
o Opportunities to experience a range of specialities
o Career and development opportunities
o Preceptorship and mentoring programmes delivered by a dedicated clinical education support team
o Research experience and opportunities
o Lovely location and quality of life
o Excellent schools/colleges and transport links (road, rail and air)
Qualifications
Essential
- Current and relevant registration on NMC register
- Evidence of continuous professional development
- Willing to undertake training in relation to the post
- On the pathway for an MSC/MBA or relevant other continued education/development
Desirable
- Relevant post graduate qualification in leadership, management or operations management.
Experience
Essential
- Substantial relevant experience in acute hospital patient flow and or site management
- Experience of working in a senior/deputy manager post
- Proven record of successfully implementing change
- Demonstrable experience of management handling and interpretation of data and information
- Proven experience of leading and delivering patient safety
- Experience of leadership and managing staff
- Effective service Improvement and project management
- Experience of leading and directing senior clinical and non-clinical teams in achieving key performance indicators
Desirable
- Community services experience / network
- Budgetary management
- Risk management
- Complaint and PALs management
- NHS Experience
Knowledge
Essential
- Expert knowledge of patient flow issues across health and social care systems
- Understanding of current issues in healthcare
- Knowledge of key performance indicators including national access targets
- Understanding of clinical governance and quality management
Skills
Essential
- Ability to challenge staff at all levels
- Excellent presentation skills skills - writing board level papers and delivering them to a wide MDT audience
- Ability to use IT systems such as Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Ability to inspire confidence at all levels of the organisation
- Ability to develop and implement change initiatives in a complex environment
- Ability to organise and prioritise own and others workload
- Manage own time to incorporate planning, allocation and evaluation of work effectively within a prioritisation system
Desirable
- Financial/budgetary skills
- Experience of using Epic
Additional Requirements
Essential
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent.
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
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First seen
19 August 2026
Last checked
21 August 2026
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