Band 5 Bed Capacity Co-ordinator - Bath

Avon And Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Nhs Trust; Bath; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

The Transfer of Care Hub is a newly developed team within BSW, responsible for patient flow across three work streams: front door referrals, clinically ready for discharge, and out of area placements. This is a rare opportunity to work as a Bed Capacity Co-ordinator on a 12‑month secondment.

You will logistically coordinate inpatient beds across BSW with guidance from senior colleagues. The role adapts a hybrid working model with occasional in-person attendance at BSW sites for team days and

Responsibilities

• Support the effective and efficient use of inpatient beds.
• Liaise with clinicians across BSW and external stakeholders to ensure optimum bed utilization.
• Monitor the flow of inpatient admissions and coordinate timely return of out-of-area placements to minimise financial impact.
• Contribute to development of new ways of working within a changing commissioning landscape.

Job description

The Transfer of Care Hub is a newly developed team with in BSW who are responsible for covering the 3 identified work streams of patient flow: Front door referrals, Clinically ready for discharge and Out of area placements.

This is a rare opportunity to work within the team as a Bed Capacity Co-ordinator for a 12 month secondment period. Your role will involve the logistical co-ordination of inpatient beds across BSW with the guidance and support of senior colleagues within the Transfer of Care Hub.

Please note this role adapts a hybrid work model, you will at times be required to attend one of our BSW sites in person for whole team working days and team meetings.

Right to Work in the UK This position is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants must already hold the legal right to work in the UK at the time of application, as the organisation is unable to support sponsorship for this post.

Main duties of the job

Support the effective and efficient use of inpatient beds.

Liaise with clinicians across BSW as directed, including external stakeholders to ensure the optimum use of inpatient beds.

To monitor the flow of all inpatient admissions, including liaising with other providers for timely return of any out-of-area placements to minimise financial impact on the organisation.

To contribute to the development of new ways of working and a changing commissioning landscape.

We are the lead provider of healthcare for people with serious mental illness, learning disabilities and autism across Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES), Swindon and Wiltshire, and Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.

We aim to provideHigh Quality, Compassionate Careeverywhere, every day. This means our services will be safe, clinically effective and provide a positive all round experience for our patients, families and carers. And we believe passionately in treating everyone with kindness, respect and empathy.

Key to this is providing a supportive and safe environment for our 4,000 staff where we all feel welcome and able to do the best we can for those we support. Our staff and teams work incredibly hard delivering services across more than 90 locations, covering 2,200miles, to more than 1.8million people.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.