Patient Flow Facilitator
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
Date: 1 day ago
City: Leicester
Contract type: Full time
Job Overview
Come and Join Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, where we offer a wide variety of challenging and rewarding roles within a supportive, innovative and dynamic work environment!
We have an exciting opportunity for a Patient Flow Facilitator to join our Patient Flow Team within the Directorate of Mental Health Inpatient Services.
The purpose of the role is to support the service to deliver high standards of patient care through robust pathway management, facilitating a planned and effective intervention from when they are referred and admitted to inpatient services until discharge by organising and keeping track of key tasks the clinical teams and patient flow team need to complete.
This is a fast paced and challenging role, working in a busy environment and within a supportive team. The ideal candidate will be a team player, motivated with a positive attitude.
The health and wellbeing of our team members is very important to us and we offer a robust induction period, as well as regular supervision and support. You will have opportunities to progress your career with a structured learning journey that will enable you to achieve your long-term goals and work to your strengths.
We Also Offer
Job Description Summary (Main Duties And Responsibilities)
As a Patient Flow Facilitator you will support referral management into the Patient Flow Team, prioritising admissions and ensuring patients are moved through the system in a timely way.
Provide comprehensive administrative support to the Patient Flow Team achieving effective and efficient service provision and Patient Flow.
Co-ordinate and collate real time information on current and predicted bed capacity within inpatient services.
Plan and organise daily task allocation sheets to ensure the ward managers can distribute the tasks fairly to the staff.
Take a lead in collating and recording information into the daily ward checklist, spreadsheet/ database ensuring that all tasks are completed for patients that are admitted before discharge.
You will work closely with registered professionals to ensure tasks are being completed in a timely manner escalating any outstanding or overdue actions to the ward sisters and consultants.
You will organise, plan, and prioritise own workload, to be responsive to the changing needs of the service, utilising and maintaining electronic systems to support patient flow.
We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.
About Us
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.
Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.
We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.
For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).
All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.
For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.
Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.
Come and Join Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, where we offer a wide variety of challenging and rewarding roles within a supportive, innovative and dynamic work environment!
We have an exciting opportunity for a Patient Flow Facilitator to join our Patient Flow Team within the Directorate of Mental Health Inpatient Services.
The purpose of the role is to support the service to deliver high standards of patient care through robust pathway management, facilitating a planned and effective intervention from when they are referred and admitted to inpatient services until discharge by organising and keeping track of key tasks the clinical teams and patient flow team need to complete.
This is a fast paced and challenging role, working in a busy environment and within a supportive team. The ideal candidate will be a team player, motivated with a positive attitude.
The health and wellbeing of our team members is very important to us and we offer a robust induction period, as well as regular supervision and support. You will have opportunities to progress your career with a structured learning journey that will enable you to achieve your long-term goals and work to your strengths.
We Also Offer
- A generous pension contribution and holiday allowance starting at 27 days
- Free onsite parking
- Access to a wide range of additional benefits (attached) such as discounted shopping, recognition schemes and various other packages you can draw from to help support your work-life balance
- Health and Wellbeing Support
Job Description Summary (Main Duties And Responsibilities)
As a Patient Flow Facilitator you will support referral management into the Patient Flow Team, prioritising admissions and ensuring patients are moved through the system in a timely way.
Provide comprehensive administrative support to the Patient Flow Team achieving effective and efficient service provision and Patient Flow.
Co-ordinate and collate real time information on current and predicted bed capacity within inpatient services.
Plan and organise daily task allocation sheets to ensure the ward managers can distribute the tasks fairly to the staff.
Take a lead in collating and recording information into the daily ward checklist, spreadsheet/ database ensuring that all tasks are completed for patients that are admitted before discharge.
You will work closely with registered professionals to ensure tasks are being completed in a timely manner escalating any outstanding or overdue actions to the ward sisters and consultants.
You will organise, plan, and prioritise own workload, to be responsive to the changing needs of the service, utilising and maintaining electronic systems to support patient flow.
We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.
About Us
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.
Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.
We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.
For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).
All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.
For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.
Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.
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