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Job overview

We are looking for a Team Leader to join our Bed Management Team based in Sevenoaks.  

We are a team of clinicians with extensive knowledge and experience within clinical care. 

We receive and triage referrals for patients referred to the trust community hospitals for rehabilitation using the GIRFT method.

We provide robust daily staffing support to community hospitals in the trust network, this allows us to ensure that the ward acuities and staffing numbers are at a safe level for the planned admissions and providing ongoing care to our patients.

Main duties of the job

In your role as Team Leader you will provide effective and compassionate leadership to the bed management team and be responsible for the timely, appropriate and safe admissions of patients to the community hospitals.

You will liaise with acute hospitals, community hospitals, social and health service colleagues in order to promote excellent multi-disciplinary working to achieve effective flow of patients between care settings to enable the most appropriate patient centred care for patients

 

 

 

 

Working for our organisation

Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values Compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent

 

We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences

We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn’t visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission

The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won’t involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both

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