Job summary
- Main area
- Care group 1
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Secondment: 6 months
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 164-7150960
- Employer
- Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Care group 1
- Town
- nottingham
- Salary
- £26,530 - £29,114 Per Annum Pro Rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 18/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Bed Manager - Care group 1
Band 4
Job overview
The Bed Manager role is pivotal to enable patients to transfer from the Emergency Department and QMC and City Hospital in a timely manner to ensure that targets are met and patients receive the ongoing care they require and placing patients in the correct speciality areas.
Working together with the medicine Bronze and senior management team to ensure patient flow is maintained.
We are looking for a person, who is organised, motivated, is able to work independently and is a lateral thinker. Has excellent communication skills and is passionate about ensuring patients access into medical beds at city hospital is as seamless as possible.
Main duties of the job
In addition to the below summary you need to familiarise yourself with full job description and person specification documents attached to this advert.
The Bed Manager role is pivotal to enable patients to transfer from the Emergency Department across both the QMC and City Hospital in a timely manner to ensure that targets are met and patients receive the ongoing care they require and placing patients in the correct speciality areas.
Working together with the medicine Bronze and senior management team to ensure patient flow is maintained.
The bed management role involves working a combination of Long days and Night shifts days working 7 days a week including bank holidays
We are looking for a person, who is organised, motivated, is able to work independently and is a lateral thinker. Has excellent communication skills and is passionate about ensuring patients access into medical beds at city hospital is as seamless as possible.
If you think you meet these criteria then please get in contact.
A no obligation visit is highly recommended
Working for our organisation
With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Bed Manager role is pivotal to enable patients to transfer from the Emergency Department to City and QMC Hospitals in a timely manner to ensure that targets are met and patients receive the ongoing care they require and placing patients in the correct speciality areas.
Working together with the medicine Bronze and senior management team to ensure patient flow is maintained.
The bed management role involves working a combination of 12 hour days working 7 days a week including bank holidays
We are looking for a person, who is organised, motivated, is able to work independently and is a lateral thinker. Has excellent communication skills and is passionate about ensuring patients access into medical beds at city hospital is as seamless as possible.
If you think you meet these criteria then please get in contact.
A no obligation visit is highly recommended
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Ability to understand and adhere to working practices for providing a patient escort service
- Ability to recongnise the emotional and physical needs of a patient who is anxious/apprehensive/aggressive
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience of working in a customer/patient focused environment
- Previous experience in a health care setting
- Previous DISCO Experience
- Previous experience as bed manager or similar role
Training & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GCSE or equivalent Maths and English achieved
- Demonstrate Computer literacy & use of IT skills – e.g. e-mail, Word, Excel
Desirable criteria
- Can competently use IT systems such as Nerve centre, word documents , excel
Analytical and Judgement skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to analyse and act on simple information on a daily basis, i.e. patient transfer requests in order to prioritise workload
- Deals effectively with problems within well-defined procedures and guidelines
- Has expereince of working under pressure as part of team
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrate a knowledge of current issues related to the NHS (General and Localised)
Physical skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to manoeuvre people and equipment in line with Trust policy
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of moving and handling training
- Ability to work in Theatre clinical areas as directed by a Registered Theatre/ Recovery Practitioner
Communication and relationship skills
Essential criteria
- Understand and practices the principles of confidentiality
- Recognises own level of competence and limitations and able to communicate these to appropriate staff
- Demonstrates as empathetic approach to patients & their relatives
Desirable criteria
- Demonstration of team working and ability to work in team
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jennifer Wallace
- Job title
- Matron for Capacity and Flow
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07812275511
- Additional information
Medical Bronze- Nimah Aromolaran
07812269446
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