Band 8a ACP TAC Team - 12 Month Fixed Term contract

This is an exciting opportunity to provide senior clinical and operational leadership for the Trauma Assessment Coordination Team at Royal Bournemouth Hospital and Poole Hospital on a 12 month fixed term contract.

Working across both sites, you will lead two important front-door services and play a central role in delivering safe, effective, responsive and person-centred urgent care.

• You will provide visible leadership to the multidisciplinary teams, supporting a positive staff experience, consistent standards of care and effective operational delivery.
• You will have oversight of quality, safety, clinical governance, patient experience, workforce, performance and service improvement across both Trauma and Orthopaedics.
• Working closely with the Senior Matron, medical leads, ward leads and operational managers, you will meet changing patient needs and make effective use of available capacity and Lower Limb Fragility pathways.
• Identify, manage and escalate quality, workforce, financial and operational risks.

We are looking for a registered healthcare professional with senior clinical experience gained within Trauma and Orthopaedics. You will bring strong communication, operational management, workforce and improvement skills, together with the confidence to manage complex quality, safety, performance and workforce challenges.

Base site: UHD - Royal Bournemouth & Poole Hospital (Cross site working)

For UHD employees, this fixed-term post will be offered as a secondment in line with the Trust’s Secondment Policy. Please speak with your line manager before applying.

To understand the full requirements of this role please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

UHD are investing, developing and transforming Trust services in line with the New Hospital Programme. As part of this, some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or permanently. Recruiting Managers will be happy to answer any service-specific questions at interview.

This service is cross site between Poole and Bournemouth Hospitals. The ability to work flexibly across both sites is essential.

There is a planned move for the Trauma and Elective Orthopaedics to switch sites between Poole and Bournemouth in Spring 2027.

If a role or service relocates as part of a planned move, excess mileage will not be reimbursed. Travel from home to the new work base will be classed as a normal commute. Any other changes will be managed under Trust or national terms and conditions.

UHD has active networks including Women’s, BAME, Pride, EU, Pro Ability, and Armed Forces. We support Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant interview schemes.

AI tools may be used, but applications must honestly reflect your own skills and experience. Integrity is key to our recruitment process.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Aisling Mackin Job title: aisling.mackin@nhs.net