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Patient Flow Assistant | The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 29 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £25,147 - £27,596 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 29 June 2024 |
| Location: | Wolverhampton, WV10 0QP |
| Company: | Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6258749/225-DIV1-6258749 |
Summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a Patient Flow Assistant to join a small and experienced team working across Division 1 (Surgical Division). You will be able to work on your own initiative and seek help as required. You will join a team of two experienced surgical flow co-ordinators and training/support will be provided.
Providing an efficient administrative service to discharge and transfer co-ordination of Patients
1. To lead on co-ordinating the discharge or transfer arrangements of medically and therapeutically stable patients identified as medically fit for discharge within a designated area. The post-holder will participate in the assessment of after-care needs of clients and relatives/carers, contacting where necessary other members of the multidisciplinary team. The post-holder will independently co-ordinate the safe discharge and transfer of patients back into the community or into ‘step down’ facilities.
2. To collate and provide up to date capacity/bed information within the Trust to support the Capacity Manager, the Trust Management Team and on-call managers with regard to all specialities, aiding decision making of the Capacity Management Team and informing Divisions and Directors of the Trust Capacity Status.
The post holder is responsible for liaising with patients, relatives, medical, nursing and Allied health professional hospital staff both within New Cross and other hospitals, community and intermediate care staff, adult social care services across several local authorities and the public on all levels.
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.
We are delighted that we have been rated as“Good”by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.
The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.
As detailed within the Job Description, this role will actively support all areas within Division 1 to maintain elective and emergency flow pathways to efficiently admit patients throughout the day.
This post operates Monday to Friday.
This advert closes on Friday 7 Jun 2024