Patient Flow Co-ordinator (XR07)

Leeds Teaching Hospitals; Leeds; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS trust in the United Kingdom is looking for a Patient Flow Coordinator in their Maternity service. This role is crucial for improving safety and efficiency during the induction of labour process. The coordinator will manage patient flow, provide clinical support, and liaise between teams. Candidates must be a registered midwife with a degree in midwifery and possess excellent communication and organizational skills. This full-time position offers a unique opportunity to enhance patient care.

Qualifications

• Registered Midwife with a Degree in Midwifery.
• Masters Degree or working towards it preferred.
• Experience in maternity care and supporting women and families.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and oversee the induction of labour process.
• Manage daily bookings for induction of labour.
• Monitor service activity and identify capacity pressures.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Organisational skills

Ability to work in high-pressure situations

Role model in maternity care

Flexible and supportive

Education

Registered Midwife

Degree in Midwifery

Masters Degree or working towards it

Job description

TheLeeds Teaching Hospitals Trust is offering an exciting opportunity for you tojoin our Maternity service as a Patient Flow Coordinator.

Thisis an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in improving safety,efficiency, and service user experience of the induction of labour process inour hospitals.

Youwill be part of a team providing 24/07 coverage of the service. You willcoordinate and oversee the induction of labour process, supporting serviceusers to make empowered choices about their care whilst also supportingcolleagues in delivering high-quality, evidence-based care, ensuring thesmooth and safe flow of service users through the service.

Main duties of the job

Keyresponsibilities include:

Actingas the primary point of contact for the coordination of induction of labour

Supportthe planning and scheduling of inductions, liaising with maternity, obstetricand ward teams to ensure timely care provision.

Provideexpert clinical support, advice and guidance to colleagues, service users andtheir families.

Monitorservice activity, identifying capacity pressures and escalatingappropriately.

Contributeto audit, quality improvement and service development initiatives.

Pleasesee the job description attached or contact [e-mail] or 01132066619 for further details.

About us

LeedsTeaching Hospitals Trust have a long history of investing in our staff withthe provision of training and development. We aim to support and nurtureallowing staff to reach their full potential, expanding and increasing theirskill sets, and enabling the provision of the very best possible care towomen and their families. The Leeds way vision is to be the best inspecialist and integrated care. We strive to be patient centred, fair,collaborative, accountable and empowered.

LeedsTeaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job advertsare subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or removeadverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in theshortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while thisprocess is completed, and contact the named contact if you have anyquestions.

Job responsibilities

JOBDETAILS

Job Title: Patient Flow Coordinator

Reports to: Matron

Band: 7

Location Cross City

JOBPURPOSE/SUMMARY

Thepost holder will be responsible for flow of patients into and out from thematernity services. This will includethe daily management and booking of women requiring induction of labour andoversight of elective caesarean section bookings as well as women accessingthe maternity services through the acute pathway. They will work with theclinical teams to facilitate appropriate timely admission, transfer anddischarge of across the maternity pathways.

Thepost holder will need to have demonstrable knowledge skills and experience inmaternity services to facilitate and prioritise patient flow across theinpatient services. The post holder needs to work well in high pressuredsituations and be confident to communicate and collaborate with all levels ofthe multidisciplinary team to ensure the delivery of safe quality care.

Thepost holder will communicate the capacity and flow position to the seniorteams and escalate any issues that cannot be mitigated and need further inputto resolve.

Pleasesee attached document for full job description and personal specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Midwife
• Degree in Midwifery
• Masters Degree or Working towards Masters level qualification.

Skills & behaviours

• Evidence of continuing professional education and development.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to be responsive to emotive conversations.
• Act as a role model demonstrating exemplary skills in maternity care.
• Flexible, highly motivated and supportive of others.
• Ability to develop excellent working relationships with all staff within the Trust and external partners.
• Strong organisational and planning skills
• Willing to develop new skills including completing appropriate training as required.

Additional Requirements

• Ability to adapt written and verbal communication skills to the audience.
• Ability to undertake a wide range of work procedures without direct supervision
• Ability to analyse data and produce required reports and information.
• Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for the post (with reasonable adjustments if necessary), including clearance on blood borne viruses in compliance with Trust Policy

Experience

• Experience in all aspects of maternity care.
• Demonstrable experience in developing self and others and changing practice.
• Recent demonstrable experience of supporting women and families
• Knowledge and experience of national patient safety agenda and NHS England and CQC priorities.

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.