Team manager (Bed Management)

Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London seeks a professional to lead and manage a multi-disciplinary Bed Management Team. The role requires overseeing clinical reviews, managing bed availability, and ensuring compliance with national guidance. Candidates must have 2 years in a hospital setting and excellent communication skills. This position values diversity and commitment to equal opportunities.

Qualifications

• 2 years working in a hospital setting.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a multi-disciplinary Bed Management Team.
• Ensure effective delivery of contract activity and quality.
• Oversee risk assessments and deliver risk management responsibilities.

Skills

Proficient in the use of MS Office

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Job description

Overview

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Main duties of the job

The post holder will lead and manage a multi-disciplinary Bed Management Team. Core functions include oversight of high quality comprehensive clinical review of all referrals for inpatient admission; maintaining and collating data; coordinating bed availability to support demand/capacity management; ensuring national and pan-London guidance is followed in relation to deciding responsibility for care; ensuring least restrictive principles are considered in clinical decision making and professional development/management of individuals in the team. The role requires effective partnership working across multiple teams and services within and outside the division and liaison with outside agencies. Working within the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act is key. The relationship with Senior Site Coordination and provision of a duty function including emergency response is required. Navigation of bed management systems in managing referrals, discharges, data analysis and management of data in relation to bed management is required.

This job description is written as an indication of the nature and scope of duties and responsibilities. The post holder will be expected to carry out other duties assigned by the Service Manager, which are appropriate to the grade of the role.

Responsibilities

• Take operational day to day management responsibility at team level using performance management systems to ensure the effective delivery of contract activity and quality to required standards to meet contract specifications.
• Work with the Service Manager to deliver integrated governance requirements and be responsible for delivering governance processes and systems within the team. This may include preparing and writing of policies and procedure documents, clinical policies, and standards.
• Ensure full compliance of team members with key mechanisms to support clinical delivery including records management, health and social care data entry, practice development, incident reporting, serious untoward incident review and complaints.
• Undertake and oversee risk assessments and deliver risk management and health and fire safety responsibilities as required by statute, regulation, legal obligation, and trust.

Working context

Working for our organisation: You\'ll be working a multi-cultural and diverse workforce across all disciplines of health professionals, from Medical, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Psychology, Allied Health Professionals, Senior Management, internal and external stakeholders. You will also have contact and interactions with professionals from statutory and voluntary organisations and our service users. As the bed manager, you will be a valued member of the team working alongside a team of experienced, dynamic and diverse staff. You will receive an induction to the team and will work alongside colleagues and the team manager to support you into the role.

Person specification

Essential criteria

• 2 years working in a hospital setting
• Proficient in the use of MS Office
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Desirable criteria

• Education
• Experience
• Skills
• Abilities

In line with NHS protocols, only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview. We regret that it is not possible to contact all applicants for every vacancy. If you have not been contacted within 4-6 weeks of the closing date please assume you have not been shortlisted for the next stage.

We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further submissions, when we have received sufficient applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role. We are an employer committed to Equal Opportunities and Diversity, with a range of family friendly policies.

For more information please go to Camden & Islington NHS FT website.