Patient Flow Manager / Bed/Site Manager

We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000. We are ideally situated between Wales’s capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.

Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.

We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.

Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced motivated and dynamic registered nurse to join the Patient Flow / site management team at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital.

The role of the patient flow and site manager is integral to the smooth running of the Acute Hospital site linking the Emergency department and all inpatient areas.

The position is key to the efficient and effective flow of patients starting in the Emergency Department through to discharge. Excellent communication skills are essential to coordinate with all teams.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Main duties of the job

A broad overview of responsibilities includes managing the ILG’s bed capacity meeting, assisting in the achievement of key performance and quality standards, supporting nursing, medical, and ancillary staff as well patients and their relatives – providing overall responsibility for the hospital site out of hours with support from the on call senior manager and the executive on call.

This challenging role requires a broad knowledge of clinical specialities and good problem solving skills combined with a flexible and adaptable approach to the service.

If you have dedication to Patient care and an energy to work in a fast paced challenging environment we would love to hear from you.

Working for our organisation

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

We live by our core values:

• We listen, learn and improve
• We treat everyone with respect
• We all work together as one team

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac

Person specification

Qualifications

• RGH /nursing degree
• Evidence of professional devlopment

• Masters degree
• Management experience

Experience

• Significant post registration experience

• Previous site management experience

If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.