Head of Capacity and Flow | Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 13 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £58,972 - £68,525 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 June 2024 |
| Location: | Sutton in Ashfield, NG17 4JL |
| Company: | Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6287888/214-CEN-6287888 |
Summary
This is an exciting opportunity to apply for the Head of Capacity and Flow at Sherwood Forest Hospitals. This post has 2 key roles.
To provide high quality line management and professional leadership for the Duty Nurse Manager team.
To facilitate the effective management of patient flow through the hospital, optimising patient experience and safety, while ensuring clinical risk factors remain low.
We are now looking for an experienced Nurse manager, who likes a challenge and feels ready to take on this pivotal role within the trust.
• Plan, organise, support, and enact actions across the Trust and Divisions to manage the flow of patients through the hospital, supporting the delivery of national emergency and planned care standards.
• Support the Emergency Planning response across the Trust and System.
• Manage and lead the Duty Nurse and Flow Team.
• Respond to site management issues and ensure the Organisational command structure provides a contact out of hours for all issues.
• Ensure robust communication throughout the hospital.
• Support the Associate Director of Operations – Urgent and Emergency Care with associated duties.
• Deputise for the Associate Director of Operations – Urgent and Emergency Care at agreed internal and external meetings.
• Manage the operational aspects of the flow room, lead capacity meetings ensuring actions are clear and reviewed for delivery.
• Management and development of contracts with external partners.
• To carry out all duties commensurate with the level of the post.
• Produce the Weekend Plan in collaboration with divisional leadership teams & first line query of any gaps or inconsistencies.
• Work collaboratively with Divisional Heads of Nursing to improve patient flow.
Thank you for your interest in this role.
Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here, and we are the Health Service Journal’s Trust of the Year in 2020.
The Care Quality Commission rated King’s Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall, we are rated Outstanding for care.
For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.
Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients; we also care for you.
Our culture of learning, compassion and taking a person-centred approach are at the roots of our organisation. We would love you to join us.
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
This advert closes on Monday 27 May 2024
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