Job summary
Secondment requests would be considered.
Exciting new learning and development opportunities have arisen within the current Operational Site Management team. So if you would like to take on a new challenge and you consider yourself proactive and are good at problem solving and work well within a multi-disciplinary team this may be of interest to you!
If you are an efficient worker with strong clinical knowledge, excellent communication skills and able to work under pressure whilst remaining focused on safe good quality care, seeking a new personal challenge we look forward to your application.
We will be looking for applicants with a sound clinical background and a valid NMC registration are essential in this role. We are seeking an enthusiastic, knowledgeable and self-motivated person with extensive experience with a 'can do' mindset and a strong interest in patient flow.
Main duties of the job
The Bed Manager contributes to the smooth running of the Trust by effective utilisation of operational resources. They are responsible for supporting the Senior Operational Site Manager in the clinical throughput of patients in the Accident and Emergency Department, the co-ordination of all elective activity and the management of bed stock within the Trust. The Bed Manager out of hours provides Site Management cover across the three Sites within the Trust.
The bed manager has a responsibility to work as part of the site manager team to ensure effective use of Trust resources to ensure the smooth flow of patients through the organisation in order to improve the patient experience. To communicate effectively with Senior Managers within the Trust and outside agencies as required. The Bed Manager is responsible for the rapid and effective resolution of problems and Site issues as they arise. They are the first point of contact for all clinical and operational problems and provide managerial support for all staff groups and service providers in the absence of any other Managers out of hours. They act as a resource and offer guidance, support and advice for all staff across three Sites in the Trust.
About us
The Secretary of State has approved the partnership between St Helens & Knowsley and Southport & Ormskirk Hospitals.
From 1st July we have come together as a single organisation under the name Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
The Trust delivers acute hospital care, intermediate care, community, and primary care services to a population of over 600,000 people with a combined workforce of around 9000 dedicated and skilled staff from 17 locations including Whiston, Southport & Formby, St Helens, Ormskirk and Newton hospitals.
The Trust provides regional services for burns, plastic surgery and spinal injuries to more than 4 million people across Mersey and West Lancashire, Cheshire, the Isle of Man and North Wales.
Our Vision is to deliver 5 Star Patient Care:
- CAREthat is evidence based, high quality and compassionate
- SAFETY that is of the highest standards
- COMMUNICATION that is open, inclusive and respectful
- SYSTEMS that are efficient, patient centred and reliable
- PATHWAYS that are best practice and embedded, but also respect the individual needs of patients
Our achievements include:
- Trust rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
- Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
- Awarded National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for our Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
Please see our Wellbeing & Benefits booklet for more information on our staff benefits. Accessible version available upon request.
Job description
Job responsibilities
KEY DUTIES
- To ensure the coordination of admissions, transfers, and discharges for all patients across the acute Site are undertaken recognising the clinical requirements of all individuals.
- To ensure prioritisation of emergency admissions via the Emergency Department to maintain the national standards and in line with national targets.
- To work with the band 7 Operational Site Managers supporting 24/7 clinical site management and deputise in their absence.
- To act as a clinical expert for nursing issues.
- Take appropriate action to address any issues or risk
- To provide clear focus for clinical leadership and to provide clinical and professional advice and guidance to staff as required.
- To promote and facilitate the implementation of the Trust Core Values and objectives.
- To ensure data collection to support accurate reporting, for audit trails thereby ensuring effective utilisation of resources and relevant data quality standards in line with service and Organisational standards.
- To ensure early escalation of any issues that would impede flow, affect quality, patient safety or cause increased length of stay/ delay of safe discharge and to support the response to issues as required.
- To provide accurate and timely information relating to patient admissions, transfers, and discharges, maintaining awareness of overall escalation profile of the Trust.
- Be responsible for ensuring good utilisation of Discharge lounge on a daily basis.
- Act as a point of contact for barriers to effective patient flow i.e. gender/ bed availability incompatibility, IPCC issues.
- To communicate with wards to share information regarding bed availability and patient flow.
- All other duties that are considered appropriate to the post.
CLINICAL & PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- Maintain Professional registration
- Adhere to the NMC Code of Practice and the Scope of Professional Practice
- To attend relevant meetings
- To act as a positive role model to all grades of staff within the Trust
- Maintain effective communication with patients, relatives, visitors and staff as required.
- To work autonomously and manage own workload on a daily basis
- To communicate effectively with all members of the multi-disciplinary team
- To keep abreast with professional developments
- Keep up to date with all relevant changes in policies and procedures and present a strong corporate image
- To ensure the confidentiality of all patient information in line with Data Protection/ Caldecott legislation.
- To ensure the privacy and dignity of all patients is paramount and not compromised.
- Be fully conversant with the Major Incident Policy and be prepared to support its activation as required per policy.
ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES
- Ensure all relevant records are kept up to date and accurate and recording is completed in line with Trust policies and with the NMC Record Keeping guidance
- Maintain statistical data for the role.
TEACHING & TRAINING RESPONSBILITIES
- Develop own skills and knowledge and contribute to the development of others.
- Support the preceptorship training programme relating to patient flow processes.
- To act as a role model and expert practitioner, providing support and guidance to nursing staff.
- To participate in an annual performance review to identify the post-holders personal development needs
- To attend Trust Statutory and Mandatory training sessions as required and any other training courses relevant to the post.
- To personally ensure fulfilment of the requirements for professional updating and to maintain a personal record for future registration purposes.
LINE MANAGEMENT/ SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Responsibility for designated staff within the team including appraisals, HR management etc.
FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
- Recognising the need for appropriate management of skill mix and utilisation of bank and agency staff when allocating shifts and within own team.
RESEARCH & AUDIT
- Contribute to the undertaking of audits required both internally and to support external processes relating to patient flow and national targets and standards.
GENERAL DUTIES
- To observe the provisions of and adhere to all Trust policies and procedures.
- To actively participate in the annual performance review to identify personal development needs
- To attend Trust Statutory and Mandatory training sessions as required and any other training courses relevant to the post.
- To fully comply with the relevant sections of the Health and Safety at Work Act. They must also understand and implement St Helens and Knowsley Hospitals NHS Hospitals Trust Statement of Policy on Health and Safety at Work and the Trust corporate Health and Safety Policies and Procedures. You are required to follow all applicable rules and procedures relating to Health and Safety at Work and to take all responsible precautions to avoid actions.
- To be aware of the confidential aspects of the post. To keep up to date with the requirements of information governance; undertake mandatory training and follow Trust policies and procedures to ensure that trust information is dealt with legally, securely, efficiently and effectively. Breaches of confidentiality will result in disciplinary action that may involve dismissal. You must maintain the confidentiality of information about service user staff and organisational business in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation 2018 (GDPR) and Caldicott Principles.
- The post holder should also be aware that, regardless of any action taken by the employing authority, breaches of confidentiality could result in civil action for damages.
- All staff will be treated with respect by management, colleagues, patients and visitors and equally staff will treat management, colleagues, patients and visitors with the same level of respect. Staff will be supported to challenge any discriminatory behaviour that may be based on differences in race, disability, language, culture, religion, sexuality, age, and gender or employment status.
- You will be expected to undertake the Trusts commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.
- To ensure that when creating, managing and sharing information records it is done in an appropriate way, subject to statutory requirements and agreed security and confidentiality policies, procedures and guidelines. All employees are responsible for implementing and maintaining data quality, ensuring that records are legible and attributable and that the record keeping is contemporaneous
- In accordance with the Health and Social Care Act 2008, the post holder will actively participate in the prevention and control of infection within the capacity of their role. The Act requires the post holder to attend infection prevention and control training on induction and at regular updates and to take responsibility for the practical application of the training in the course of their work. Infection prevention and control must be included in any personal development plan and/or appraisal.
- To adhere to relevant Code of Practice of Professional body (if appropriate)
- The post holder must be flexible in the duties performed and it is expected that similar duties, not specifically listed above, will be carried out as required and may be cross site.
- The duties contained in this job description are not intended to be exhaustive.
- The duties and responsibilities of this post are likely to evolve in line with the Trusts continued organisational development.
- To adhere to the NHS Constitution and its principles and values. You must be aware of your Duty of Candour which means that you must be open and honest during your employment and if you see something wrong, you must raise it. You must read the NHS Constitution in full and can download this from the Trusts intranet site or the www.gov.uk website. Hard copies are available from the HR Department on request.
- The Trust is a non-smoking site. Failure to follow this rule could lead to disciplinary action.
Job description
Job responsibilities
KEY DUTIES
- To ensure the coordination of admissions, transfers, and discharges for all patients across the acute Site are undertaken recognising the clinical requirements of all individuals.
- To ensure prioritisation of emergency admissions via the Emergency Department to maintain the national standards and in line with national targets.
- To work with the band 7 Operational Site Managers supporting 24/7 clinical site management and deputise in their absence.
- To act as a clinical expert for nursing issues.
- Take appropriate action to address any issues or risk
- To provide clear focus for clinical leadership and to provide clinical and professional advice and guidance to staff as required.
- To promote and facilitate the implementation of the Trust Core Values and objectives.
- To ensure data collection to support accurate reporting, for audit trails thereby ensuring effective utilisation of resources and relevant data quality standards in line with service and Organisational standards.
- To ensure early escalation of any issues that would impede flow, affect quality, patient safety or cause increased length of stay/ delay of safe discharge and to support the response to issues as required.
- To provide accurate and timely information relating to patient admissions, transfers, and discharges, maintaining awareness of overall escalation profile of the Trust.
- Be responsible for ensuring good utilisation of Discharge lounge on a daily basis.
- Act as a point of contact for barriers to effective patient flow i.e. gender/ bed availability incompatibility, IPCC issues.
- To communicate with wards to share information regarding bed availability and patient flow.
- All other duties that are considered appropriate to the post.
CLINICAL & PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- Maintain Professional registration
- Adhere to the NMC Code of Practice and the Scope of Professional Practice
- To attend relevant meetings
- To act as a positive role model to all grades of staff within the Trust
- Maintain effective communication with patients, relatives, visitors and staff as required.
- To work autonomously and manage own workload on a daily basis
- To communicate effectively with all members of the multi-disciplinary team
- To keep abreast with professional developments
- Keep up to date with all relevant changes in policies and procedures and present a strong corporate image
- To ensure the confidentiality of all patient information in line with Data Protection/ Caldecott legislation.
- To ensure the privacy and dignity of all patients is paramount and not compromised.
- Be fully conversant with the Major Incident Policy and be prepared to support its activation as required per policy.
ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES
- Ensure all relevant records are kept up to date and accurate and recording is completed in line with Trust policies and with the NMC Record Keeping guidance
- Maintain statistical data for the role.
TEACHING & TRAINING RESPONSBILITIES
- Develop own skills and knowledge and contribute to the development of others.
- Support the preceptorship training programme relating to patient flow processes.
- To act as a role model and expert practitioner, providing support and guidance to nursing staff.
- To participate in an annual performance review to identify the post-holders personal development needs
- To attend Trust Statutory and Mandatory training sessions as required and any other training courses relevant to the post.
- To personally ensure fulfilment of the requirements for professional updating and to maintain a personal record for future registration purposes.
LINE MANAGEMENT/ SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Responsibility for designated staff within the team including appraisals, HR management etc.
FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
- Recognising the need for appropriate management of skill mix and utilisation of bank and agency staff when allocating shifts and within own team.
RESEARCH & AUDIT
- Contribute to the undertaking of audits required both internally and to support external processes relating to patient flow and national targets and standards.
GENERAL DUTIES
- To observe the provisions of and adhere to all Trust policies and procedures.
- To actively participate in the annual performance review to identify personal development needs
- To attend Trust Statutory and Mandatory training sessions as required and any other training courses relevant to the post.
- To fully comply with the relevant sections of the Health and Safety at Work Act. They must also understand and implement St Helens and Knowsley Hospitals NHS Hospitals Trust Statement of Policy on Health and Safety at Work and the Trust corporate Health and Safety Policies and Procedures. You are required to follow all applicable rules and procedures relating to Health and Safety at Work and to take all responsible precautions to avoid actions.
- To be aware of the confidential aspects of the post. To keep up to date with the requirements of information governance; undertake mandatory training and follow Trust policies and procedures to ensure that trust information is dealt with legally, securely, efficiently and effectively. Breaches of confidentiality will result in disciplinary action that may involve dismissal. You must maintain the confidentiality of information about service user staff and organisational business in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation 2018 (GDPR) and Caldicott Principles.
- The post holder should also be aware that, regardless of any action taken by the employing authority, breaches of confidentiality could result in civil action for damages.
- All staff will be treated with respect by management, colleagues, patients and visitors and equally staff will treat management, colleagues, patients and visitors with the same level of respect. Staff will be supported to challenge any discriminatory behaviour that may be based on differences in race, disability, language, culture, religion, sexuality, age, and gender or employment status.
- You will be expected to undertake the Trusts commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.
- To ensure that when creating, managing and sharing information records it is done in an appropriate way, subject to statutory requirements and agreed security and confidentiality policies, procedures and guidelines. All employees are responsible for implementing and maintaining data quality, ensuring that records are legible and attributable and that the record keeping is contemporaneous
- In accordance with the Health and Social Care Act 2008, the post holder will actively participate in the prevention and control of infection within the capacity of their role. The Act requires the post holder to attend infection prevention and control training on induction and at regular updates and to take responsibility for the practical application of the training in the course of their work. Infection prevention and control must be included in any personal development plan and/or appraisal.
- To adhere to relevant Code of Practice of Professional body (if appropriate)
- The post holder must be flexible in the duties performed and it is expected that similar duties, not specifically listed above, will be carried out as required and may be cross site.
- The duties contained in this job description are not intended to be exhaustive.
- The duties and responsibilities of this post are likely to evolve in line with the Trusts continued organisational development.
- To adhere to the NHS Constitution and its principles and values. You must be aware of your Duty of Candour which means that you must be open and honest during your employment and if you see something wrong, you must raise it. You must read the NHS Constitution in full and can download this from the Trusts intranet site or the www.gov.uk website. Hard copies are available from the HR Department on request.
- The Trust is a non-smoking site. Failure to follow this rule could lead to disciplinary action.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse with current NMC Registration
Desirable
- Educated to degree level or working towards
- Management qualification
- Teaching and assessing qualification/training or equivalent
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Knowledge of clinical skills required to undertake the role
- Knowledge of current professional & clinical issues
- Substantial post registration experience
- Substantial post registration experience within an acute hospital setting
- Knowledge of Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults procedures
Desirable
- Evidence of successful collaboration with medical staff at ward/department level
- Able to demonstrate participation in the management of change process
- Evidence of performance management and the delivery of performance access standards
Skills
Essential
- Excellent written communication skills & effective record management
- Excellent interpersonal & oral communication skills
- Ability to manage time and priorities effectively
- Proven Leadership Skills
- Numerate and innovative, with good analytical skills
- Strong, participative and supportive management style
- Ability to work independently as well as part of a team
Other
Essential
- Motivated individual, commitment to personal & professional development
- Flexible and adaptable approach
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse with current NMC Registration
Desirable
- Educated to degree level or working towards
- Management qualification
- Teaching and assessing qualification/training or equivalent
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Knowledge of clinical skills required to undertake the role
- Knowledge of current professional & clinical issues
- Substantial post registration experience
- Substantial post registration experience within an acute hospital setting
- Knowledge of Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults procedures
Desirable
- Evidence of successful collaboration with medical staff at ward/department level
- Able to demonstrate participation in the management of change process
- Evidence of performance management and the delivery of performance access standards
Skills
Essential
- Excellent written communication skills & effective record management
- Excellent interpersonal & oral communication skills
- Ability to manage time and priorities effectively
- Proven Leadership Skills
- Numerate and innovative, with good analytical skills
- Strong, participative and supportive management style
- Ability to work independently as well as part of a team
Other
Essential
- Motivated individual, commitment to personal & professional development
- Flexible and adaptable approach
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
