Paediatric Capacity Manager

Barts Health NHS Trust

Job summary

An opportunity to join our fantastic Paediatric Capacity Team on a full time basis. We are looking for an enthusiastic children’s nurse to work within the team.

Our children’s hospital provides care for children as part of secondary and tertiary services. The team comprises of four capacity managers.

The successful candidate will be dynamic, motivated and able to juggle multiple competing priorities. You will have significant clinical experience and be a competent communicator. The successful candidate will be flexible and adaptable as well as being passionate about service improvement.

Main duties of the job

The role of the Patient Capacity Manager is to ensure flow through The Royal London Children’s hospital is safe, timely and co-ordinated. This role will work with the Senior Clinical Site Team to ensure the daily operational strategy to support is aligned to maintaining emergency and elective care performance 24/7.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree or willingness to work towards
  • NMC Registered Paediatric Nurse with evidence of further professional development

Desirable

  • Recognised teaching/ mentorship qualification

Experience

Essential

  • Significant post registration experience within an acute paediatric setting.
  • Experience of facilitating clinical decision making and the application of professional judgement in clinical situations
  • Experience of managerial decision making and the application, of professional judgment in a range of clinical and non-clinical situations.
  • Experience of managerial decision making and the application, of professional judgment in a range of clinical and non-clinical situations.

Desirable

  • Previous site management/ bed management experience.
  • Previous audit experience

Knowledge

Essential

  • Awareness of professional responsibilities
  • Knowledge of NHS policy and strategic changes to healthcare

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 6 August 2026

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