Maternity Site Manager

at  University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

There is an exciting opportunity for an existing band 7 or a senior band 6 to join our fantastic “Site Managers” team at EGA UCLH. This opportunity will give you a chance to utilise your, excellent clinical expertise, management and communication skills to support the maternity unit promoting efficient client flow, with safety being paramount.
This position serves as the central facilitator and coordinator across all clinical domains of Maternity and Neonates within the EGA wing. The purpose of the role is to enhance safety, communication, patient flow and staff management processes across the services. The successful post holder will serve as a point of integration to remove barriers to safety and operational performance. The post holder is responsible for the daily bed management and other key service handover meetings and facilitating discharge flow. A critical aspect of this role involves ensuring that women receive appropriate care tailored to their clinical needs, with prompt escalation if safety standards are compromised. This role acts as a quality assurance point including accurate data collection for MIS.
They will be the focal point for MAJAX escalations and managing internal incidents including security and fire. The post holder will also be responsible for ensuring operational daily OPEL reports are not only completed but effectively communicated and handed over to staff throughout the service.
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.
At UCLH, we have a real ‘One Team’ ethos, and our values – safety, kindness, teamwork and improving, are central to the way we work. This is supported by our staff, who voted us as the #1 NHS Acute Trust to work for in the whole of England.
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040

Please refer the Job description for details