Do you possess excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to prioritize competing demands and a passion to provide excellent standards of care to our patients? If the answer is yes then we are East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust and have an exciting opportunity for you at Ipswich Hospital.
We are looking for a Clinical Flow Nurse, with the ability to work with all colleagues throughout the hospital to provide a safe and effective care through the coordination of clinical resources across the Trust 24/7.
This will involve facilitating patient flow throughout the integrated pathways and medecine clinical areas, to ensure that the patient is admitted in a timely fashion, receives the right treatment in the right place and is signposted to alternative service providers in accordance with agreed pathways and protocols of care.
You will act as a support for the Operations Team and Transfer of Care Hub to ensure the safe and effective use of resources to provide quality patient care. Working autonomously, but with support and liaison within the team, the post holder will ensure the timely action and communication of all issues ensuring services patient flow is maintained.
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
This advert closes on Wednesday 29 Jan 2025