PTS Patient Flow Coordinator

Job summary

We are looking to Recruit a Fixed Term Temporary Patient Flow Coordinator (6-months), who will be based at Scarborough Hospital.

Would you like to be part of a team delivering an invaluable service to our patients within the North Yorkshire region?

Do you love supporting and working with members of the public?

Could you communicate with a wide range of people, from patients to healthcare representatives, adapting your approach to give the best possible customer service?

Do you enjoy overcoming challenges as part of a team?

Are you interested in being part of a team that delivers over 900,000 non-emergency patient journeys across Yorkshire each year?

If this sounds like you, we would love to receive your application to join our team.

Main duties of the job

You will assist the Hospital Bed Management team to effectively coordinate planned and unplanned discharges, monitor patient flow and organise and facilitate the transport needs of patients to support the hospital bed stock and resources.The post holder will act as a central point of reference for transportation needs within the hospital setting. Establish and develop a professional working relationship with Acute Hospital HCP's and Management, patients, members of the public, colleagues and other health and social care professionals.Based at Scarborough General Hospital but may need to visit other sites within the trust.

About us

Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) NHS Trust geographically covers nearly 6,000 square miles of varied terrain, from isolated moors and dales to urban areas, coastline and inner cities.

We serve a population of over five million people across Yorkshire and the Humber and strive to ensure that patients receive the right response to their care needs as quickly as possible, wherever they live.

We employ more than 7,100 staff, who together with over 1,300 volunteers, enable us to provide a vital 24-hour, seven-days-a-week, emergency and healthcare service.

Our values: Kindness, Respect, Team Work & Improvementare at the heart of all we do.

Our ambition is to be an employer of choice, and we are continuously working across our partnership to improve our collective offer to staff in areas like health and wellbeing, benefits and flexible working incl. hybrid working.

Benefits:

o Flexible working including part-time hours, job shares and flexible hours, agile working (role dependant)

o 27 days annual leave, increasing to 33 with service.

o Contributory Pension.

o NHS Discounts including shops, restaurants, gyms etc.

o Car lease and other salary sacrifice schemes.

o Dedicated employee assistance and counselling service.

o Opportunities for research participation, career progression and ongoing development.

o Well respected, committed and supported staff networks for our workforce.