Job summary
- Main area
- Medicine Care Group
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Working pattern will cover 24hrs therefore candidate will need to be able to work both days, nights without any restrictions)
- Job ref
- 164-7152353
- Employer
- Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Nottingham City Hospital
- Town
- Nottingham
- Salary
- £24,937 - £26,598 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
SRU Flow Coordinator
Band 3
Job overview
Working with a vision of “delivering excellence in all everything we do”, the post holder will be based at the Specialist Receiving Unit at the City Hospital.
The post holder will be expected to be able to work flexibly covering a 24hr shift rotation.
The post holder will be required to:
Manage all aspects of patient flow and capacity across the Specialist Receiving Unit.
Work as flow and capacity based within the discharge lounge at city mainly ensuring that there is constant flow into and out of the area, ensuring that all patients are discharged safely in a timely manner.
Ensure that the safety of the patients is paramount by assisting in the seamless movement of patients throughout the Trust and onwards.
Be effective in managing challenging flow and capacity issues which may need further escalation to Specialty Management Team or the Directorate Leadership Team
Main duties of the job
In addition to the below summary, you need to familiarise yourself with the full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert.
To drive through the delivery of NUH flow and capacity targets to continually improve performance within the service.
To provide operational expertise and support to all members of the service
To work closely with the ward managers /leads of the wards/areas within Directorate around flow and capacity.
On a daily basis develop and review plans to achieve patient access targets at service level.
To identify the impact of changes to services or increases in services on resources and negotiate changes in resource where appropriate.
To manage and monitor changes to the administrative systems of the service (e.g. , NerveCentre, Careflow )
To contribute to service improvement at local and Trust level.
To provide and receive complex and highly sensitive information where objections need to be overcome to deliver the best outcome for patients
To work alongside site ops teams and divisional on call teams and respond proactively to ever changing demands in line with current system status
To drive timely flow from base wards and other areas to TOCU to support flow and capacity within ED.
Working for our organisation
We are home to the East Midlands Major Trauma Centre, the Nottingham Children's Hospital and in partnership with the University of Nottingham we host a Biomedical Research Centre carrying out vital research into hearing, digestive diseases, respiratory, musculoskeletal disease, mental health and imaging.
As a teaching hospital, we are instrumental in the education and training of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals. We are proud of our strong relationships with universities across the East Midlands, including the University of Nottingham, Nottingham Trent University and Loughborough University.
The last year has been challenging for our teams. Alongside our continued recovery from Covid, our maternity services are subject to an independent review and we must do more to improve our culture. We are more focused than ever on making sustained improvements across our services. As one of the NHS Trusts identified in the New Hospital Programme, a programme of investment in NHS hospitals, we have extensive plans to improve our hospitals and the services we deliver for patients. As well as the redevelopment of the Queen’s Medical Centre and City Hospital, plans for a new 70 bed NHS rehabilitation facility set to be built on the Stanford Hall Rehabilitation Estate near Loughborough, are currently going through the approvals process.
This is an exciting time to join NUH and help support our future ambitions
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The hours of this post will cover 2pm till 10pm 7 days a week.
Responsible for the provision analysis of Flow and Capacity information to the operational meetings and to provide and receive complex information.
To undertake detailed operational monitoring, and instigate appropriate action, to ensure that the service achieves the local targets,
To ensure that systems and processes are in place to prevent access breaches and same sex breaches.
To understand the fluctuation of activity for emergency care and delayed discharges and assist in the development of plans to make improvements.
Person specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience Experience in management of flow and capacity
Experience
Essential criteria
- Excellent working knowledge of trust systems such as Nerve Centre /Care flow
- Understanding of patient flow across an acute trust from ED admission to discharge into the community and all available options to facilitate discharge
- Excellent working knowledge of transport systems utilised within the organisation
Communication and Relationship skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to influence, negotiate and persuade colleagues across all areas of the system
- Effective leadership qualities
- Ability to work calmly under pressure to meet deadlines
- Ability to communicate information with clarity and precision
- Ability to maintain confidentiality at all times
Analytical and Judgement skills
Essential criteria
- Sensitive to clinical demands
Planning and organisation skills
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate an ability to prioritise own workload and recognise, prioritise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations
- Ability to multi task management of transfers / transport and bed reservations
- Excellent planning and organisational skills with ability to respond flexibly to a broad range of complex demands
Physical skills
Essential criteria
- Able to concentrate for long periods in an unpredictable/reactive environment
Other requirements specific to the role
Essential criteria
- A flexible approach to working -must be able to work outside of normal hours sometimes at short notice
- Ability to work flexibly across both campus
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Charlie Hunter
- Job title
- Ward Sister SRU
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01159691169
- Additional information
Please do not hesitate to arrange an insight visit should you wish to get a better insight into the role.
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