Working alongside the existing Bed Manager role and Flow Lead, the post holder will provide senior clinical leadership for access to inpatient care within the acute service for adults of working age care group, ensuring that admission decisions support safe, timely and clinically appropriate care.
The post holder will be responsible for the effective clinical coordination of the patient pathway within bed management, ensuring safe purposeful admission as well as effective and timely transfer and discharge in line with clinical need, risk formulation and available capacity.
The post holder will support the existing Bed Manager in receiving and coordinating referrals for service users who have been gate‑kept for admission by the Crisis and Home Treatment Team (CHTT), ensuring that clinical risk, acuity and least restrictive options have been appropriately considered and that purposeful admission is clear.
Please note that if you are applying for this post on a secondment basis you must have the prior approval from your current line manager before submitting your application.
Main duties of the job
Lead on the Case Management all OOA PICU and acute patients ensuring the patients care is clinically sound and supportive of the patient journey to step down/discharge in a timely effective and safe manner.
Act as the senior clinical facilitator to patient admission, reviewing the gatekeeping process and pathway, assuring each admission is purposeful. Working with crisis teams to consider the most appropriate course of action in relation to admission, alternatives and any other aspect of the patient admission pathway.
To actively participate in bed management/case review meetings held across Inpatient wards.
Provide clinical leadership to the bed management team members ensuring alongside the existing bed management that the team is providing safe effective and efficient service delivery, in line with the Trusts values, strategy and Efficiency planning.
The post holder will contribute to the existing governance meetings and arrangements. Make complex judgements on a daily basis regarding individual cases and be able to analyse and present strategically both the issues and solutions.
About us
Join ‘Team Derbyshire Healthcare’ and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of ‘making a positive difference in people’s lives’.
CQC rated us as ‘GOOD’ overall, commenting on how our colleagues “treated patients with compassion and kindness” and “felt positive and proud about working for the trust.”
Benefits include:
- Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
- 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years’ service
- Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
- Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
- Health service discounts and online benefits
- Incremental pay progression
- Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
- Access to our LGBT+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
- Health and wellbeing opportunities
- Structured learning and development opportunities
Job responsibilities
Key result areas (Main duties/responsibilities)
Clinical Leadership Responsibilities
Lead on the Case Management all OOA PICU and acute patients ensuring the patients care is clinically sound and supportive of the patient journey to step down/discharge in a timely effective and safe manner.
Act as the senior clinical facilitator to patient admission, reviewing the gatekeeping process and pathway, assuring each admission is purposeful. Working with crisis teams to consider the most appropriate course of action in relation to admission, alternatives and any other aspect of the patient admission pathway.
To actively participate in bed management/case review meetings held across Inpatient wards.
Provide clinical leadership to the bed management team members ensuring alongside the existing bed management that the team is providing safe effective and efficient service delivery, in line with the Trusts values, strategy and Efficiency planning.
The post holder will contribute to the existing governance meetings and arrangements. Make complex judgements on a daily basis regarding individual cases and be able to analyse and present strategically both the issues and solutions.
The post holder will work with acute and community services to ensure that key data is recorded to enable evaluation/review of the pathway across different agencies so that areas of difficulty are speedily addressed.
The post-holder will be required to run reports as requested by Exec, Senior Managers and Inpatient services to show trends and analyse the demand and capacity for inpatient admissions.
The post holder will also be required to analyse the Trusts performance in relation to acute and PICU bed use in liaison with the Bed Management Team and benchmark DHcFT with other organisations using relevant measures.
Policy/Service Development
Develop networks with staff both internally and externally across DHcFT to ensure a consistent approach across Derbyshire.
To raise awareness of the changing need for acute in-patient beds, so that hospital beds are used more efficiently, resulting in a reduction in hospital admissions/stays. Support the bed reduction plan.
To review the systems which are in place to monitor and ensure the effective use of acute and PICU beds
Provide leadership for the ward teams in developing systems and processes for effective admission and discharge care planning
Support the delivery of cost reduction programmes
Comply with the Trusts Standing Financial Instructions
Equality & Diversity
To uphold and demonstrate our core values of being caring, inclusive, ambitious, belonging, and collaborative. This includes actively challenging racism and all forms of discrimination, demonstrating fairness and respect to others, and speaking up when something does not feel right. We are building a culture where discrimination is not tolerated, and we seek individuals who take personal responsibility for creating a safe, respectful, and inclusive environment for colleagues, service users, and the broader community.
Communications & Engagement
The post holder should be a visible and proactive clinical leader and role model within a multi disciplinary framework.
To ensure clear, consistent, and timely communication across the Care Group, fostering staff engagement, supporting organisational transparency, and promoting the effective dissemination of key messages and information:
Take accountability for ensuring key messages and Trust communications are delivered and received to all Care Group staff
Proactively share good news and achievements for wider promotion
Other Duties (e.g. but not limited to)
Provide cover of other specialties within the bed management team and deputise for the Flow lead as necessary.
Coordinate the resolution of complaints, conflicts and issues from patients, staff, in a timely manner in line with Trust policies.
To work with clinical and governance colleagues to undertake root cause analyses and trend analyses of complaints and serious incidents.
To support compliance with infection control
To take part in regular performance appraisal.
To undertake any training required to maintain competency including mandatory training.
To contribute to and work within a safe working environment.
To commit to supporting employee inclusion and that health and wellbeing is at the heart of management practice.
The post holder is expected to comply with Trusts Infection Control Policies and always conduct him/herself in such a manner as to minimise the risk of healthcare associated infection.
As an employee of the Trust, it is a contractual duty that the postholder abides by any relevant code of professional conduct and/or practice applicable to the individual.
This post has been identified as involving access to vulnerable adults and/or children and in line with Trust policy successful applicants will be required to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service Disclosure Check.
Ensure that employee inclusion is supported, health and wellbeing is at the heart of management practice.
The post holder will work as part of the flow team to optimise inpatient capacity, maintain safe patient flow and support effective clinical decision-making across acute care pathways.
The post holder will provide clinical leadership to the Bed Management Team and work closely with Divisional Operations Managers, Matrons, medical, nursing and multidisciplinary teams to ensure that decisions relating to admission, transfer and discharge are clinically robust, person-centred and risk informed.
Person Specification
Qualifications
- Registered with Professional Body (NMC/HCPC ) Professional Clinical Qualification; RMN
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
Skills and experience
- Ability to influence and negotiate at a senior level within the division and wider trust.
- Experience of clinical leadership in the NHS
- Experience of managing and deciding on complex clinical issues
- Experience of working with stakeholders across teams and evidence of developing positive productive working relationships
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team and an ability to prioritise workload and deliver utilising the support of appropriate staff.
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.
Address
£49,387 to £56,515 a year per annum, pro rata
Contract
Secondment
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
383-ACC-7547-26
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