Bolton NHS Foundation Trust
About
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust is an integrated care organisation, providing care in the community at over 20 health centres and clinics as well as services such as district nursing. We also provide services at the Royal Bolton Hospital.
We have three fundamental aims:
1. Best care for better health (for our patients and our community).
2. Responsible use of resources (for the taxpayer).
3. Valued, respected and proud (by our staff, patients and public).
We aim to:
1. Meet the health needs of our population.
2. Improve the safety and quality of care.
3. Improve patient experience.
4. Make our services more efficient.
Key details
Location
Site: Bolton NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Minerva Road
Town: Bolton
Postcode: BL4 0JR
Major / Minor Region: Lancashire
Contract type & working pattern
Contract: Secondment: 12 months
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Salary
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (NHS AFC: Band 6)
Specialty
Main area: Bed Management
Job overview
The main objective of the role is to facilitate flow and discharges with medical, surgical, A&E admissions and elective admissions, organisation of all internal transfers and external transfers and repatriations to and from other Trusts. The post holder must have excellent communication skills as coordination with a number of different departments is an essential part of the role. The post holder must demonstrate clinical excellence in contributing to the management of patients and develop strong working relationships with various teams including the Emergency Department.
The successful candidate must have an understanding of the A&E government targets and current issues that can affect the timely flow of patients through the hospital and appropriate operational process.
Advert
Would you like to be part of one of the best performing Trusts in Greater Manchester? An exciting opportunity has arisen for a permanent Band 6 Bed Manager at the Royal Bolton Hospital.
This post will be internal rotation providing a 24/7 service. We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, dynamic and well organised person to work as a bed manager in an extremely fast-paced environment. You must be dedicated to delivering a high standard of care and optimising patient safety, by placing the right patients, in the right place, at the right time whilst maintaining privacy and dignity. You will be able to demonstrate excellent interpersonal and communication skills and develop your skills and knowledge.
The post holder will be able to co-ordinate and collate real-time information on current and predicted bed availability and facilitate the effective use of acute hospital and community wide bed capacity.
The post holder will work independently, using their own initiative/judgement. This role is central to the flow of patients within the Trust and meeting the national waiting times for the emergency department and elective patients.
The successful candidate will have a sound clinical background with effective decision-making skills and the ability to work as part of a team.
Working for our organisation
At Bolton, our patients are at the heart of everything we do. We ensure our patients receive the highest quality of care and are guided by our trust values. We are proud that our Trust is a centre of excellence for maternity, neonatal and care for children, and that it has been rated as Good by the Quality Care Commission (CQC). It is also supported by our Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professional Framework for Professional Practice.
Our Emergency Department is one of the busiest in Greater Manchester, providing care to a diverse and sizable patient demographic.
The Acute Care Division aims to deliver the highest quality patient care across multiple medical, surgical and orthopaedic specialities, hosting a sizable bed base.
The Family Care Division aims to deliver the highest standards of care in maternity, sexual health, gynaecology and a range of acute and community children's services.
The aims of this Trust are to improve the health of and provide the best possible care to the population in which we serve and ensure that our staff have joy and pride in their work. We are striving to recruit a workforce that reflects the communities in which we serve. We value our staff and can offer excellent opportunities for further training and development. We are keen to reflect our local population and therefore applications from all sectors of the community are welcomed.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. To maintain the balance of demands for emergency/urgent admission to hospital bed with the planned programme of elective work.
2. To facilitate admissions of both emergency and elective activity.
3. To maintain an accurate knowledge of bed availability, liaising with relevant staff, receiving doctors and other hospitals as circumstances dictate.
4. To monitor and take action accordingly to prevent breach of the 4-hour target.
5. To liaise with outside agencies eg NWAS regarding capacity.
6. To work within bed management policies, liaising with senior management when appropriate.
7. Identify, collect and evaluate information to support clinical decision-making, ensure accurate recording of cancelled operations.
8. To assist with data collection, analysis and reporting.
9. To work flexibly across site as the situation demands.
10. To take responsibility for individual projects within the department.
11. The post holder must be conversant with all policies relating to the bed management department.
12. The post holder will have sound managerial and interpersonal skills, demonstrating effective and efficient utilization of Trust bed stock.
13. The post holder will be able to act effectively in situations of severe bed pressures/crisis.
14. Contribute to all role-related targets for achievement identified within the Trust Business Plan.
15. Be responsible for the identification of own continuing educational needs and professional development.
16. Ensure that trust policies are adhered to in relation to bed management.
17. Ensure risk management criteria are satisfied and adhered to in terms of accountability and competency.
18. Ensure that all documentations relating to the placement of patients is clear, concise, legible, in accordance with the NMC, Record Keeping.
19. Comply with requests for data collection, data input and take part in subsequent audits as directed by the HoN.
20. Maintain your own safe standard of practice, at all times reporting concerns to the Head of Nursing.
21. Ensure awareness of the Major Incident Policy and understand the bed manager’s role within it.
22. Demonstrate the mandatory competencies of the Trust attending all required mandatory updates.
23. Liaise with all wards and departments to promote optimum bed usage.
24. Ensure the protocol for receiving GP calls is adhered to and agreed standards are met.
25. Ensure the 4-hour target protocol is adhered to, monitored and actioned as appropriate.
26. Participate in clinical audits as necessary.
27. Effectively collect and collate information to support clinical decision making.
The vision of this Trust is to be recognised by the people of Bolton and beyond as an excellent provider of health and care services and a great place to work. We are striving to attract, recruit and retain high calibre skilled staff which reflect our communities. We are an inclusive employer who trains and develops our staff in a positive learning environment.
We thrive on cultivating cultural architecture, if you have the right skills, attitudes and behaviours, in line with our Trust values, we welcome and appreciate the diversity you bring to our organisation.
We offer a wide range of staff benefits please click on the link below to see what current benefits we have.
Staff benefits - Bolton NHS FT (boltonft.nhs.uk)
From time to time we may need to close a vacancy early when in receipt of a sufficient number of applications. If you are interested in this post and wish to be considered, we strongly advise you to complete and submit your application as soon as possible.
Applicant requirements
Warning: You must have appropriate UK professional registration. The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Person specification
Qualification
Essential criteria
* Registered General Nurse
* Diploma
Desirable criteria
* IT systems, EPR, extramed, ORMIS, LE2.2, Labcentre, patient track
* Evidence of post registration education
Skills
Essential criteria
* Good teamwork
* Excellent communication skills
* Problem solving
* Able to work under pressure
* Able to motivate others
* Able to use technology to find and appraise evidence
* Managing conflict
* Resilience
* Leadership
Experience
Essential criteria
* Post registration experience
* Evidence of professional development
* Team management/coordination
* Change management
* Infection prevention and control
* Working across multidisciplinary teams
* Demonstrates importance of flow on patient safety
Desirable criteria
* Teaching
Knowledge
Essential criteria
* Understands and applies principles of learning in practice
* Computer literacy
* Understanding of patient flow
Desirable criteria
* Knowledge of quality & performance standards relating to flow for example 18 week RTT, cancer targets and 4 hour ED standard.
Documents
* JD Bed Manager (, 240.4)PDFKB
* Bed Manager PS (, 69.1)PDFKB
* Trust Profile (, 334.1)PDFKB
* What Makes Bolton Brilliant (, 924.2)JPGKB
* Applicants with a Disability (, 207.9)PDFKB
* Open letter (, 235.7)PDFKB
Further details / informal visits contact
Name: Graham Bennett
Job title: Clinical Site Manager
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 01204 390261
Additional information:
Liz Nightingale
Clinical Site Manager
[email protected]
01204 390261
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