Bed Management Coordinator – Mental Health & LD Inpatients

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a permanent Bed Management professional to support bed allocation across Mental Health and Learning Disability inpatient services. The role includes making key clinical decisions, coordinating placements, and ensuring timely discharges across 37.5 hours per week.

You will liaise with senior management, social care and ICBs for complex representations and ensure adherence to national guidelines and trust standards, driving

Qualifications

• Experience in bed management and inpatient discharge planning.
• Ability to make key clinical decisions when operating independently.
• Strong liaison skills with senior management, social care and ICBs.

Responsibilities

• Support Bed Management Lead in bed allocation across MH and LD Inpatient Services in line with Trust procedures and national guidance.
• Be responsible for making key clinical decisions when operating independently.
• Identify most appropriate placements for patients.
• Manage and record Delayed Transfer of Care accurately.
• Ensure single sex accommodation standards are maintained and breaches defined.
• Maintain high patient experience in line with Trust values.
• Liaise with Senior Management, Adult Social Care and ICBs for authorisation of OOA placements, Complex PoC, NHSE Commissioned Beds and Secure Patient Transport.
• Act as expert to provide specialist advice on complex admission and discharge planning to ensure continuity of care.
• Develop protocols and propose policy or service changes in own area.
• Ensure patients are discharged when medically fit with minimal complications.
• Undertake designated project work as required.

Job description

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a permanent Bed Management professional to support bed allocation across Mental Health and Learning Disability inpatient services. The role includes making key clinical decisions, coordinating placements, and ensuring timely discharges across 37.5 hours per week.

You will liaise with senior management, social care and ICBs for complex representations and ensure adherence to national guidelines and trust standards, driving