Main area Patient Flow Duty Manager Grade Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours
* Full time
* Part time
* Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (Based on 24/7 rota) Job ref 376-CP-0595
Employer: Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Patient Flow Team
Town: Doncaster
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum, pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 30/04/2025 23:59
Interview date: 13/05/2025
Patient Flow Duty Manager
Band 7
Job overview
Are you ready for a new and exciting stage in your career? Are you proud to make a difference and passionate about facilitating change in order to improve clinical services?
At RDaSH NHS Foundation Trust we are ‘Leading the Way with Care’ through continually improving the quality of care we provide, to deliver the best possible experience and outcomes for our patients and their families and carers. As part of this, our Patient Flow service provides 24/7 leadership cover to work closely with our services to support effective Patient Flow leadership on a day-to-day basis.
Main duties of the job
As a Patient Flow Duty Manager, you will be expected to provide clinical leadership to ensure the coordination of flow is effectively managed across the RDaSH bed base as well as to deliver out of hours first line managerial response for any operational issues across Adult Mental Health and Older Persons services. This will include:
* Working in conjunction with internal and external partners to proactively manage bed capacity in line with the Trust patient flow procedure and facilitating, enabling, and supporting inpatient services and community teams in their decision making to achieve optimal patient flow and utilisation of available resources across services.
* Managing Trust demands and patient flow activity by utilising clinical decision making and engaging with teams to support safe patient flow, escalating lack of capacity and breaches as necessary.
* Maintaining oversight to support the gatekeeping of prospective admissions, ensuring timely and appropriate placement of patients requiring admission by collaborating with other managers and clinicians to facilitate and expedite complex discharge arrangements.
* Coordinating, leading and actively engaging in patient reviews, professional meetings and MDTs, demonstrating support and informed decision making through visible clinical leadership across the inpatient wards.
Working for our organisation
Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 3700 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.
We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.
We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Professional qualification in Mental Health Nursing or Occupational Therapy, at Diploma or Degree level.
* Evidence of post qualification study and personal development.
* Management or leadership qualification.
Experience
* Relevant post registration experience in adult mental health and/or older persons mental health.
* Up-to-date knowledge of evidence-based practice and the national agenda for mental health.
* Managerial/clinical leadership skills including supervising others.
* Sound knowledge of clinical risk assessment and formulation of risk management plans.
* Experience of providing professional leadership within clinical service and multi-disciplinary team working.
* Experience of workload management.
* Understanding of responsibilities in relation to the mental health act, mental capacity act, CPA, and safeguarding.
* Competency in meeting the expected performance and data quality targets for the role in a timely manner.
* Experience of delegation of clinical tasks and management of team diary.
* Facilitation of personal development planning in others.
* Experience of participation in quality improvement initiatives.
* Experience of undertaking an audit process and reviewing records.
Knowledge
* Competency in completing comprehensive mental health assessments.
* Current knowledge and understanding of acute mental health needs and an ability to demonstrate clinical competence.
* Able to clearly evidence knowledge of effective assessment risk and of risk management.
* Knowledge of data and electronic systems.
Skills
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to motivate others.
* Able to communicate complex and at times highly sensitive information to a variety of stakeholders.
* Ability to work with all people to embed a culture and behaviours that align to the Trust’s vision, values and strategic ambitions.
* Ability to analyse and present complex information to professional colleagues.
* Effective organisational and time management skills.
* Liaison, networking, negotiation and resolution skills.
* Information technology skills.
* Ability to work autonomously and meet competing demands and short deadlines.
* Self-motivated with excellent personal management skills.
* Performance management.
* Budget management.
Values and Behaviours
* Reliable and conscientious.
* Motivated and enthusiastic.
* Caring approach to the role and the needs of the client.
* Patient and calm in stressful situations.
We welcome applications from individuals who may require sponsorship [if eligible] under the skilled worker or health & care visa route. Please note, not all vacancies are eligible for sponsorship.
Before applying, you can make a self-assessment of potential eligibility for sponsorship using the criteria for the skilled worker visa under the UK’s point’s based immigration system here: https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa.
**Please note, there have been some changes made to Home Office guidance in relation to salary thresholds for sponsorship applications from 9 April 2025**
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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