Bed Co-ordinator - Leicester, United Kingdom - University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
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Leicester, United Kingdom

6 days ago

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We require an enthusiastic and well organised individual to work as a Bed Coordinator for GI Surgery, Haematology & Oncology & Urology and Gastroenterology at Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester General Hospital and Glenfield Hospital.

This position requires the post holder to co-ordinate and organise effective bed usage in an extremely fast moving environment.

The post holder will facilitate the admission of elective and emergency patients across all General Surgery and Surgical Specialties, gastroenterology, Haematology and Oncology at the LRI and General Surgery, Urology at the LGH site with HPB at Glenfield site.

The post holder will work independently, using their own initiative / judgment and without direct supervision.

This role is pivotal to the flow of patients within the Surgical and Surgical Specialties Departments and meeting the national waiting times for the Emergency Department, cancer and elective patients (This post has no direct budgetary responsibilities).


If short listed for this post we would like to invite you to spend some time shadowing the current bed coordinators prior to interview.

This should only take a couple of hours.


We are one of the biggest and busiest NHS trusts in the country, incorporating the General, Glenfield and Royal Infirmary hospitals.

We have our very own Children's Hospital and run one of the country's leading heart centres.


Our team is made up of more than 17,000 staff providing a range of services primarily for the one million residents of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.


We work with partners at the University of Leicester and De Montfort University providing world-class teaching to nurture and develop the next generation of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals, many of whom go on to spend their working lives with us.

Our purpose is to provide 'Caring at its best' and our staff have helped us create a set of values that embody who we are and what we're here to do


They are:

  • We focus on what matters most
  • We treat others how we would like to be treated
  • We are passionate and creative in our work
  • We do what we say we are going to do
  • We are one team and we are best when we work together


Our patients are at the heart of all we do and we believe that 'Caring at its best' is not just about the treatments and services we provide, but about giving our patients the best possible experience.


About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust: )

  • Be responsible for the daytoday coordination of surgical and renal/urology admissions and discharges to the clinical areas in the Directorates contributing to the efficient team working within this process by liaising with the Operational Managers, Matrons, Duty Manager, Medical teams and Bed coordinator's cross site.
  • Manage all emergency admissions to the surgical day of surgery arrivals areas and main base wards with the Emergency Department and bed bureau to ensure that the national 4 hour waiting time target is achieved.
  • To liaise with senior management/medical staff to identify elective patients to be cancelled due to lack of beds/ facilities.
  • Organising the utilisation of extra beds and/or staffing in order to reduce the number of patient cancellations across the 2 directorates.
  • Using a variety of tools including Real Time Bed Management System ensure utilisation of beds within the Directorates is maximised.
  • Collate staffing figures over the course of the week to identify any problems that exist and ensure these are high lighted to the appropriate people.
  • Manage patients with infections by identifying availability of side rooms and escalating infection issues in wards were no side rooms are available.
Please see job description/person specification for full details on the role.
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