Patient Flow Clinical Specialist

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Winchester; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in the UK is seeking a Patient Flow Clinical Specialist to join their team in Winchester. This role involves managing patient pathways, ensuring timely discharges, and collaborating across services for optimal patient experiences. Candidates should have at least 2 years of post-qualification experience and a passion for improving patient flow. The organization values teamwork and problem-solving, and offers the opportunity to make a real difference for patients.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience is required for this role.

Responsibilities

• Monitor predicted and actual bed availability for the Patient Flow Team.
• Collaborate with Patient Flow Matron and local teams to manage bed capacity.
• Support admission allocation based on urgency and risk across the Trust.
• Monitor patients in out-of-area placements for timely repatriation.
• Record, collate, and communicate performance data as required.

Job description

Overview

Go back Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Patient Flow Clinical Specialist

The closing date is 15 February 2026

Are you excited by fast paced and collaborative work that makes a real difference for patients every day? Our buzzing team operates across the Trust -- from North Hampshire to East Hampshire and even over the water to the Isle of Wight -- supporting seamless flow across services.

We work at the heart of patient pathways; connecting acute hospitals, community services and partner organisations to ensure safe, timely discharge and the best possible experience for the people we serve. No two days are the same, and you\'ll be part of a supportive, energetic team that thrives on problem solving, communication and teamwork.

If you\'re passionate about improving patient flow, love working with a wide range of colleagues, and want to be part of a service that truly makes an impact, this could be the perfect role for you.

Please note that a minimum of 2 years post qualification experience is required for this role

Main duties of the job

To monitor the predicted and actual bed availability based on information provided by the Patient Flow Team colleagues and support them in effectively managing pathways, inpatient admissions and discharges for mental health services.

To work in close collaboration with the Patient Flow Matron and Patient Flow Clinical Manager and local teams to manage the capacity and demand for beds within Trust.

Monitoring patients remaining in place-based care, supporting admission allocation on urgency, risk and safety across the Trust.

Support monitoring of the patient in out of area placements, including cost, to ensure timely repatriation.

Attend all system calls.

To record, monitor, collate and communicate all performance data as required.

Monitor that all demand is gatekept and where this is not the case, this is escalated to the Patient Flow Clinical Manager or Patient Flow Matron

Collate and send daily reports as required

Line Management of Patient Flow Navigators

Attend weekend system calls

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person\'s care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson\'s Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust\'s Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• See Job Description
• See Job Description

Experience

• See Job Description
• See Job Description

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Melbury Lodge

Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Romsey Road

Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Romsey Road