Job description
The post holder will provide a comprehensive service to the Trust with a focus on facilitating effective and timely discharge of patients no longer requiring acute in hospital care.
Working as part of the capacity and flow CBU, the post holder will work closely with wards to support and facilitate timely discharges, addressing barriers and delays to care and provide support to the discharge teams and site teams (site managers and capacity coordinators) in facilitating flow across the patient's inpatient journey.
The role requires a consistent and coordinated approach to the operational management of patient flow, with an emphasis on maintaining an on-going and 'real time' understanding of capacity and demand in managing site operations. The post holder is required to support adoption of best practice flow methodologies including use of Red to Green principles, effective ward and board rounds and criteria to reside.
The post holder is required to work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams across the organisation, as well as support the wider Capacity and Flow CBU in managing relationship across stakeholders on site operations.