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Job overview

This post is eligible for a Golden Hello payment of £2,750 for new starters who are external to the Trust.  This is payable in 3 instalments over a 2 year period.  This payment is only eligible to new starters who do not already hold a contract of employment with the Trust.  This post also includes paid enhancements for unsocial hours working during night, weekends and bank holidays.

Would you like to join a growing team of bed managers working within the urgent care pathway at Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust?  Investment is in place to develop the bed management role  to better support  the demands for inpatient beds, providing  Band 6 Clinical support and decision making  to support Band 3 bed coordinators .

You will be working a 24/7 shift pattern  based at Highbury Hospital in  Nottingham , managing the flow of admissions to the Trust Adult Mental Health  and subcontracted beds.

Main duties of the job

You will be managing all requests for inpatient beds , coordinating admissions, and supporting the clinical prioritization of requests for inpatient beds  ensuring daily bed list is kept up to date.

You will be expected to  present live, accurate  information regarding bed capacity and demand  to senior managers  in  the Daily Demand Meeting .

The role demands  good sound clinical knowledge  and understanding of  AMH services, particularly CRHT Teams and acute inpatient care.

In this role you will need excellent communication skills and demonstrate that you can liaise with all professionals from a variety of disciplines. 

Keeping accurate records is a key element of this role .

You will  work with colleagues to accurately record data jointly  working  with the performance team in regular  auditing of bed management forms to ensure correct data flow.

Successful candidates will  demonstrate the Trust Values, they will in turn be supported via  regular supervision and appraisal.

Working for our organisation

Nottinghamshire Healthcare employs over 10,000 colleagues who help #MakeADifference every day. We provide intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire. Care is delivered from over 120 sites within the community from acute settings and across low, medium and high secure environments including prisons.

As one of the largest mental health and community trusts in the East Midlands and one of the biggest employers in Nottinghamshire.  We are also home to national and regional services such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We are committed to flexible and agile working, including the opportunity to join our bank.

Your health and wellbeing is our priority and as such we invest significantly in this via our in-house Occupational Health Service, Staff Counselling Service and Health and Wellbeing Team.

We offer a number of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) groups, our Green Champions Network, Freedom to Speak Up Network. Health and Wellbeing Champions Network and Menopause Champions.  We provide care to a diverse range of communities and are passionate about supporting diversity and inclusion in the Trust.

If you believe in our values of Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork, then we would love to hear from you!

#TeamNottsHC