24/7 Patient Flow Lead: Clinical Bed Management

Rotherham Doncaster & South Humber Foundation Trust; Doncaster; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

RDaSH NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Patient Flow Duty Manager to provide strong clinical leadership for coordinating patient flow across the Trust’s bed base and to deliver an out‑of‑hours first line managerial response for operational issues in adult mental health and older persons services.

You will work with internal and external partners to manage bed capacity, oversee admissions gatekeeping, and lead reviews and MDTs to enable timely and appropriate patient discharges and optimal

Responsibilities

• Leading bed capacity management with partners to optimise patient flow
• Manage demand and escalation of capacity breaches for safe patient flow
• Gatekeeping admissions and coordinating complex discharge planning
• Lead patient reviews and MDTs with visible clinical leadership across inpatient wards

Job description

RDaSH NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Patient Flow Duty Manager to provide strong clinical leadership for coordinating patient flow across the Trust’s bed base and to deliver an out‑of‑hours first line managerial response for operational issues in adult mental health and older persons services.

You will work with internal and external partners to manage bed capacity, oversee admissions gatekeeping, and lead reviews and MDTs to enable timely and appropriate patient discharges and optimal