Patient Care Navigator/Flow Co-Ordinator IAAU

at  Northern Lincolnshire Goole NHS Foundation Trust

IAAU is a 26 trolleyed unit that cares for patients requiring brief hospitalization for a range of medical conditions. We have an exciting opportunity for you to join us in one of our roles as a care navigator. This role is crucial to delivering safe patient care and flow throughout the system. You must be able to work both independently and as a member of the multi-disciplinary team. The role will include supporting the shift leader to deliver effective board rounds, working with the clinical team to deliver patient care.
The successful applicant will be dynamic and forward thinking, this is a fast paced area therefore, the successful applicant will have stamina and resilience. You will be working closely with short stay areas and the Emergency Department within the Emergency and Acute care group. You will also hold excellent communication skills and be able to articulate conversation to a wide range of expert clinicians and health care professionals.
The patient care navigator will provide support to the medical and nursing team in dealing with general administrative tasks in order to free up valuable nursing and medical time to avoid delays and improve the patient experience. You will play a crucial role in helping people to get the right support at the right time and help manage a wide rage of needs. This may include support with long term conditions, help with finances and signposting to a range of statutory and voluntary sector services.
The patient care navigator will be expected to work as part of the ward team under the direction of the shift leader, to ensure the smooth flow of patients through the ward. It is expected that by coordinating administrative tasks and liaising with other departments, the post holder will contribute to the efficient and effective running of the ward resulting in a significant reduction in patient journey times.
The post holder will be expected to maintain confidentiality and adopt a positive attitude towards staff, patients and relatives at all times.
NLAG is part of one of the largest acute and community Group arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Group has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Group and our community.
Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated.
For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.
As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.
Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.
We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we’ll do our best to make it happen.
Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.
We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.
We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of people’s age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
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Please refer the Job description for details