Patient Flow Manager/Bed/Site Manager

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced motivated and dynamic registered nurse to join the Patient Flow / site management team at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital.

The role of the patient flow and site manager is integral to the smooth running of the Acute Hospital site linking the Emergency department and all inpatient areas.

The role provides 7 days a week, 24 hour cover to ensure optimal use of the hospital site resources and capacity flow throughout the hospital. The team link closely with the other acute hospitals within the Health Board and neighbouring hospitals. The position is key to the efficient and effective flow of patients starting in the Emergency Department through to discharge. Excellent communication skills are essential to coordinate with all teams.

Main duties of the job

A broad overview of responsibilities includes managing the RGH bed capacity meeting, assisting in the achievement of key performance and quality standards, supporting nursing, medical, and ancillary staff as well patients and their relatives - providing overall responsibility for the hospital site out of hours with support from the on call senior manager and the executive on call.

This challenging role requires a broad knowledge of clinical specialities, D2RA pathways, Optimise and good problem solving skills combined with a flexible and adaptable approach to the service.

If you have dedication to Patient care and an energy to work in a fast paced challenging environment we would love to hear from you.

This post is fixed term for 12 months due to - meet the needs of the service

About us

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

We live by our core values:

• We listen, learn and improve
• We treat everyone with respect
• We all work together as one team

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.