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Are you looking for a new opportunity? Are you a reliable, hardworking individual who thrives in a busy environment?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Emergency Bed Service Coordinator to join the Paediatric and Neonatal Decision Support & Retrieval Service (PaNDR) for the East of England. This is a developing service which delivers neonatal and paediatric critical care transfers across the East of England.  You will play a crucial role within the service, coordinating emergency referrals and bed/cot locating across the region.  You will act as the first point of contact for all forms of communication for the service (primarily via telephone).

This emergency service is based at the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge and you will be required to work 12 hour shifts covering a 24/7 rota with your colleagues (to include weekend and night shifts). Shift times are 08:00-20:00 or 20:00-08:00.

Main duties of the job

Working for an emergency, 24/7 Neonatal and Paediatric Transfer Service.

To co-ordinate collection, storage and reporting of information regarding regional cot availability.

To facilitate transfers of babies to the Neonatal Intensive Care Units and Paediatric Intensive Care Units in the region.

To be the first point of contact for all referrals.

To provide admin support 24/7 (shift times are 08:00-20:00 or 20:00-08:00 and will include a variety of day, night, weekend and bank holiday shifts, distributed as equally as possible with the priority being covering the service).

This role is not patient facing. 

Working for our organisation

Our Trust

Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.

CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.