Patient Flow Co-Ordinator

We are looking for a motivated individual with excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills who is dedicated to working as part of our friendly team.
We take pride in nurturing a supportive environment in which to work while ensuring we deliver a high quality service.
To provide advice and patient management relating to complex discharge scenarios. To work in a collaborative manner with the multidisciplinary team to facilitate appropriate and timely discharges by providing continuity in discharge planning and effective dissemination of information.
To ensure all relevant social service referrals are made in a timely manner, response times are monitored, and delays acted upon and work with the ward team to ensure a smooth patient flow with regards to discharge.
To be a point of contact for the ward with regards to discharge and to ensure they carry out the specific responsibilities as outline within this Job Description.
Be proactive with regards to patient flow and discharge, The Patient Flow Co-Ordinator role is a varied role with a primary focus on patient flow and patient discharge. You will be point of contact on the wards for information and advise to staff, patients, and relatives/visitors.
You will work collaboratively with the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) to facilitate safe and timely discharges by providing continuity in discharge planning and effective dissemination of information.
Day-to-day responsibilities will include but not limited to; attending MDT Board Rounds and collating detailed information about each patient, escalating diagnostics and speciality reviews, patient transport bookings, communicating with patients and their families, liaising with pharmacy, ensuring there is a clear plan from all in the MDT and provide effective written documentation about discharge progress.
You will be computer literate; have excellent communication skills both written and verbal.

Working for our organisation
Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust

Band 3
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute hospital provider in the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS), which is a system of health and care partners working together for our local population.
Within Mid and South Essex there are 149 GP practices, operating from over 200 sites, forming 27 Primary Care Networks and one Ambulance Trust. There are also three main community and mental health service providers who work together through a community collaborative.
We collaborate with other valuable partners, including three Healthwatch organisations, nine voluntary and community sector organisations and three top tier local authorities, with seven district, borough and city councils, as well as our local universities., This will be a part time post working 2 days per week with shift patterns consisting of 08:00-16:00 and 10:00-18:00 . You will be employed under the Flow Hub at Broomfield and allocated to a ward. You may be required to cross cover or change base ward as the service requires.
Please see attached job description setting out the details of the role and responsibilities.
We look forward to your application.
Please be aware as per the new Immigration guidelines we cannot sponsor candidates with a salary (full time or pro Rata) under the current minimum threshold.
Please note, the selection processes at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn't accurately reflect their skills, and you will be required to declare on your application if AI has been used before submitting your application.