Patient Flow Coordinator
The closing date is 21 September 2025
Job summary
Are you a keen problem solver with an eye for detail?
Then you could be the perfect fit for our Patient Flow Coordinator (PFC) role!
Join our small, friendly team in the Operations Delivery Centre (ODC), where you'll benefit from 24/7 support from a dedicated leadership team.
This newly refreshed role now offers more variety than ever before!
No two shifts are the same -- one moment you might be supporting a crew with a breakdown, and the next, you could be stepping in as a virtual HALO and running a patient cohort. Every action you take is critical in keeping our ambulance crews mobile and caring for the patients of the southwest.
Working as a PFC means joining a dynamic and evolving environment. Joining the ODC team offers opportunities to experience our other key functions such as
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HEMS,Community Volunteers Dispatch,Command Dispatch and PhysicalHALO support
Our newly designed rotas offer a four-on, four-off pattern -- with flexible options including only days and lates and only lates and nights (excluding relief weeks).
We also welcome applicants who would like part-time hours (in line with the needs of the business) .
Interested?We welcome pre-application discussions!Arrange one and get a feel for the role first-hand.
Email: Nick.metcalfe@swast.nhs.uk
Main duties of the job
The Patient Flow Coordinator plays a vital role in the Operations Delivery Centre, requiring prior experience in emergency services (or equivalent), ideally within a control room (or call centre) environment.
The primary responsibility is to optimise the flow of operational ambulance resources by analysing data from the Hospital Handover and Fleet Barriers Dashboards along with other performance metrics, while maintaining accurate handover data quality.
Key duties include real-time communication with ambulance crews via radio and telephone, interpreting the Resource Availability Dashboard, and working collaboratively to remove barriers to patient care. The role supports the principle that no patient should wait unnecessarily for an ambulance and contributes to efficient hospital handovers and movement of our fleet of ambulances.
Reporting to the Service Delivery Officer, the coordinator works closely with HALOs, Operations Offers, Community Response Coordinators, and EOC staff and many of our partner agencies.
About us
Working for us is an experience like no other. We provide emergency and urgent care, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, operating across the largest ambulance region in England of 10,000 square miles and responding to an average of 2,650 incidents every day.
We remain committed to ensuring that we provide the best possible care for all our patients, which is reflected in our new five-year strategy which has continually improving patient care at its very core.
At the heart of our beautiful and diverse region we employ over 6000 people and are supported by over 575 volunteers.
If you embody our values of one team, compassionate and innovative and are looking to make a real difference to peoples' lives, then we would love to hear from you.
In return we will equip you with the skills, resources and development you need to thrive in your role.
You will have opportunities to progress to roles at a higher pay grade and enjoy continuous professional development.
Benefits
- Competitive NHS salary
- A standard working week of 37.5 hours
- Holiday entitlements of 27 days per year, plus general and public holidays, rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
- Pay enhancements for out of hours, shift and overtime working
- Generous Pension Scheme
- Career and salary progression
- Car leasing scheme
- Free parking across Trust sites
- Cycle-to-work and other salary sacrifice schemes
- Staff networks
- Access to a wide range of discounts from various organisations across the UK
Details
Date posted
05 September 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 4
Salary
£26,530 to £29,114 a year per annum/pro rata (indicative)
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
202-7436099
Job locations
Emergency Operations Centre - Exeter
Eagle Way
Exeter
EX2 7HY
Employer details
Employer name
South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Emergency Operations Centre - Exeter
Eagle Way
Exeter
EX2 7HY
Employer's website
https://www.swast.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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