Bed Manager

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Bed Manager

The closing date is 10 December 5

An exciting secondment opportunity has arisen to join the Community Hospital Inpatient Bed Management team based at Maidstone Hospital.

Community hospitals provide a range of comprehensive healthcare services for patients over the age of 18, but mainly older, frailer individuals. The units predominantly provide rehabilitation and end of life support for palliative patients and their families.

Patients are referred to the ward either from the acute setting to allow a further period of rehabilitation and assessment or directly from home via their GP or local community nursing teams. The Bed management team are responsible for triaging patients and allocating them to the most appropriate bed and location. Whilst there is no direct patient care it's important that you understand the role of a Ward Band 6 and the responsibilities they have when they care for our patients.

Main duties of the job

• Address challenges related to bed availability, patient flow, and resource allocation
• Oversee and optimize patient flow within the Community Hospitals, ensuring efficient bed utilisation and timely admissions and discharges.
• Coordinate admissions, discharges, and internal transfers to maintain optimal bed occupancy and facilitate timely patient movement.
• Liaising with clinical teams, other departments, and external organisations to ensure smooth patient flow and effective communication
• Monitoring bed occupancy, identifying trends, and generating reports to support decision-making and process improvement.

About us

Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we are passionate about delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. We are committed to equity, diversity and inclusion and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences.

Job responsibilities

As a community Trust many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. You will be asked to confirm you have a full UK driving licence where driving is a requirement of the role. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment; if you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via quoting the vacancy reference number so we can support you further.

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application.

We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.

Qualifications

• Registered health care professional (NMC or HCPC registration) / relevant experience in health improvement environment
• Health related degree and evidence of relevant post graduate development at Level 6
• PRINCE 2 or project management training
• PTLLS/DTLLS, PGCE or Certificate in Education Management or supervisory qualification or experience of study
• Working towards Master level study

Experience

• Significant experience in area of practice
• Practical experience in managing health related projects/complex caseloads
• Supporting others (mentor / educator / supervisor) experience
• Experience of leading and managing teams
• Experience with the use of Microsoft Office

Knowledge

• Understanding of National Service Frameworks and NICE guidance relevant to the care setting and its application across health care services
• Evidence of continued relevant professional development and implementation in practice within the last 12 months

Skills & abilities

• Ability to manage time effectively, priorities and work under pressure to meet deadlines
• Ability to communicate complex, sensitive information to individuals and groups
• Strong influencing and negotiating skills

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.

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

£38,682 to £46,580 a year pro per annum