Paediatric Flow Coordinator

at  Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

An exciting opportunity has become available for a proactive member of staff with good communication skills to help assist with bed management issues and flow through the Children’s areas ensuring that patients can be admitted in a timely manner with minimal delays.
The successful candidate will be responsible for working closely alongside the nurses in charge of all areas to improve the patient’s admission pathway. They would need good resolution and problem-solving skills liaising with other wider teams such as ISS. The candidate will also assist senior staff with attending department huddles, trust bed meetings and reflecting bed capacity and the Children’s Services OPEL levels on the South Thames Paediatric Network Dashboard.
Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:
Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
Improving the experience of staff with disability
Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
Making equalities mainstream
The post holder will help to improve the flow of patients through the emergency and acute pathway across the site, supporting teams to ensure patients receive timely assessment and discharge from the ward areas. A key function to this role is liaising and communicating with stakeholders to prevent delays in this pathway and deliver timely flow across the site supporting the decongestion of ED and supporting patients getting the right care, at the right time in the right place.
The post holder will be part of the site operational team and will ensure early intervention and escalation at the key points in the patient’s journey to maintain patient safety, high quality patient care, patient flow and performance against the emergency standards. In hours, they will work closely with the Matron, ED Consultants and Hot consultant and out of hours with the site team

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