Patient Flow Facilitator in Leicester inLeicester PUBLISHED TUE 3 JUN 2025 Jump to job information section
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust rPExmVG6
Job description
Come and Join Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, where we offer a wide variety of challenging and rewarding roles within a supportive, innovative and dynamic work environment!
We have an exciting opportunity for a Patient Flow Facilitator to join our Patient Flow Team within the Directorate of Mental Health Inpatient Services.
The purpose of the role is to support the service to deliver high standards of patient care through robust pathway management, facilitating a planned and effective intervention from when they are referred and admitted to inpatient services until discharge by organising and keeping track of key tasks the clinical teams and patient flow team need to complete. This is a fast paced and challenging role, working in a busy environment and within a supportive team. The ideal candidate will be a team player, motivated with a positive attitude.
The health and wellbeing of our team members is very important to us and we offer a robust induction period, as well as regular supervision and support. You will have opportunities to progress your career with a structured learning journey that will enable you to achieve your long-term goals and work to your strengths.
As a Patient Flow Facilitator you will support referral management into the Patient Flow Team, prioritising admissions and ensuring patients are moved through the system in a timely way. Provide comprehensive administrative support to the Patient Flow Team achieving effective and efficient service provision and Patient Flow.
Co-ordinate and collate real time information on current and predicted bed capacity within inpatient services. Plan and organise daily task allocation sheets to ensure the ward managers can distribute the tasks fairly to the staff.
Take a lead in collating and recording information into the daily ward checklist, spreadsheet/ database ensuring that all tasks are completed for patients that are admitted before discharge.
You will work closely with registered professionals to ensure tasks are being completed in a timely manner escalating any outstanding or overdue actions to the ward sisters and consultants.
You will organise, plan, and prioritise own workload, to be responsive to the changing needs of the service, utilising and maintaining electronic systems to support patient flow.
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