We are recruiting for a Patient flow Co-ordinator who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients. An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Transfer of care Team at Lister Hospital as a Patient Flow Co-ordinator. This is an important role supporting the team in an operational and administrative Role. The primary focus of the role is to ensure flow is created in the trust, to allow patients to be placed in the right bed at the right time, supporting patient flow and facilitating timely safe discharges. At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us. As a Patient flow Co-ordinator you will manage the live Discharge today list and ensure nerve centre system is updated. Participate in transferring patients to the Discharge Lounge, as early as possible, and throughout the day. Manage and support the home today list on Nerve centre and ensuring patients are discharged as planned. Communicate and close working with support services, Transport, pharmacy, discharge lounge, Transfer of care Team, Site Office and Ward staff as required. Ensure that the next day discharges are shared with all support services on Nerve centre application and in real time. Participate and support full capacity protocol when activated. Support the wards with booking transport 24 hours in advance to facilitate timely discharges. At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now. We Run The Following Hospitals The Lister Hospital, Stevenage New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City Hertford County, Hertford Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda. We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen. For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Lisa Makepeace Job title: Lead Discharge Co-ordinator Email address: lisa.makepeacenhs.net Telephone number: 01438 284034 We would welcome shadowing visits to meet the team