Clinical Bed Manager

Job summary

The Clinical Bed Manager will undertake the planning and delivery of direct patient care, ensuring continuity of practice and working within a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency environment. Take responsibility for the management of acute bed usage within the care group and gatekeeping of admissions. Actively participate in the effective management of the patient journey from admission to discharge by identifying actual and potential problems and resolve any issues to prevent delays to discharge. Assume responsibility for the management and daily operational tasks regarding acute bed utilization and proactively manage patient flow. To support aspects of service development. Provide effective clinical leadership, offer support, guidance and advice to other health care professionals relating to bed management and discharge/transfer from hospital. Provide clinical/managerial supervision of professional staff according to the trust values.

Main duties of the job

Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for the operational management of admissions and discharges to the acute wards within the care group and gatekeeping process
• Responsible for the line management of identified members of the service and ensuring that they are suitably trained and competent to carry out the full range of their duties.
• To support the development of effective mental health care pathways within the service.
• Support to service evaluation and audit systems.
• Contribute to the review, development and implementation of service wide policies and protocols.
• Support the establishment of partnerships and networks with key stakeholders.
• Provide daily bed availability information.
• Provide visible leadership, promoting a values-based culture and acting as a role model within the environment, creating and establishing a caring environment.
• Responsible for the effective use of the delegated aspects of the team budget, ensuring effective and efficient use of resources.

About us

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address

Norfolk and Suffolk

Trust wide

NR1 2UA

Employer's website

https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address

Norfolk and Suffolk

Trust wide

NR1 2UA

Employer's website

https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

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