Bed Manager

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Knowsley; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust invites applications for a Bed Manager to oversee safe patient flow across Whiston, St Helens and Newton sites, working in the Operational site management team 24/7. The role focuses on coordinating admissions and ensuring patients receive care in the most appropriate setting.

You will provide nursing support, operational and clinical advice to all areas within the Trust, develop skills in patient flow and lead teams as deputy to the

Qualifications

• Experience in managing inpatient bed flow and escalation processes.
• Ability to provide nursing and clinical leadership.
• Strong communication with multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Oversee utilisation of inpatient and day-case beds on a 24/7 basis, maintaining clinical quality and safety.
• Coordinate elective and non-elective admissions across a 24-hour period.
• Provide nursing, operational and clinical advice across the Trust.
• Develop skills and experience in patient flow and provide leadership.
• Act as deputy for the Operational Site Manager.
• Work in accordance with NMC code of professional conduct and guidelines.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical guidance

Bed management

Patient flow coordination

24/7 shift pattern

Education

NMC registered nurse

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Bed Manager to join our Team. The bed manager role is a key role in the provision of safe patient flow across the Trust, ensuring patients receive the care they require in the most appropriate place. The bed manager will be part of the Operational site management team working 24/7 providing clinical expertise, managerial, leadership and coordination for the Trust across the Whiston, St Helens and Newton site. The Operational Management Team is a key function in the provision of 5-star patient care across the Trust.,

• 1. The bed manager role is an important member of this team ensuring the effectiveutilisation of inpatient and day-case beds on a 24/7 basis whilst maintaining clinicalquality and safety.
• 2. They will assist in the coordination of elective and non-elective admissions across the24 hour period, along with maintaining the various patient flow internal and externalsystems for monitoring and escalation.
• 3. The postholder will provide nursing support, operational and clinical advice to all areaswithin the Trust.
• 4. To develop the necessary skills and experience in patient flow and provide leadership.
• 5. Act as deputy for the Operational Site Manager.
• 6. To work according to NMC code of professional conduct and professional guidelines.

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites. Primary Care Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital. Community Services Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre. Specialist Regional Services We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements:

• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme.