Band 7 Capacity Manager - Steps 2 Recovery ICRT

Job summary

Capacity Manager - S2R- Intensive Community Rehabilitation Team.

We are looking to recruit a highly skilled clinician who will support the S2R inpatient teams and Intensive Community Rehabilitation team, with supporting care and maximising patient flow through out of area placements through to inpatient rehabilitation units. Capacity manager will work alongside discharge coordinators, managing effective patient flow by identifying capacity and creating healthy movement.

The capacity manager will have a day-to-day operational role, ensuring safe facilitation of patient flow. The successful candidate will work with our local teams and private partners to ensure service users who access rehabilitation are supported with a robust and supportive discharge plan. The candidate will also work with the inpatient teams to support sourcing community rehabilitation to reduce length of stays.

Main duties of the job

They must be able to work independently, be able to undertake comprehensive assessments and robust discharge plans, working collaboratively with service users, carers and clinical teams. Possession of comprehensive IT skills are essential as there will be a requirement to provide comprehensive performance data regarding clinical activity.

The successful candidate will be expected to work independently, and private partners to assist in the implementation of robust and supportive discharge pathways. This could mean completing referrals, assessments, presenting cases for funding to panels, attending ward reviews and bed meetings, to assist in improving the bed flow.

About us

Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.

Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people's lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.