Job Description

Are you a mental health nurse or allied health professional looking for an opportunity to interact with numerous professionals in a job that gives you an overview of clinical systems and demand?

If so this Job could be for you!!!

The role of Bed manager is available for two motivated and adaptable band 6 clinicians to help manage the bed flow through the mental health and learning disability services.

The ideal candidate will have a thorough understanding of mental health services across the county and knowledge of the current pressures both locally and nationally.

If you are lucky enough to be one of the successful candidates for the GHC bed manger position you could be surprised by the opportunities this role may bring to you. In the role you will be encouraged to build working relationships with professionals across the trust with a focus on hospital flow.

The role allows you to gather an operational perspective of the service and its challenges with opportunities to demonstrate your clinical skills and problem solving capabilities.

The successful candidate will display the ability to communicate with a variety of professionals in order to aid patient discharges. The post holder must have the ability to multi-task, prioritise and problem solve in a calm, focused manner. Given the nature of the environment the post holder may be required to adapt their day accordingly at short notice, which could then impact on scheduled arrangements.

The post holder must be available to work weekends to support the clinical on call manager with the allocation of beds out of ordinary working hours.

Flexible working is both supported and encouraged and at times necessary to meet patient needs.

At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, we are supportive of the people we care for in the community and aim to provide a fully responsive service to everyone who needs it. This is the same approach we take for our employees. We look to value the skills and experiences of those we work with, whether they are service users, carers, families or those looking to work with us.
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is part of the NHS. We treat NHS patients according to NHS principles and standards. The difference is the Trust is accountable to local people, rather than to Government, and so we are able to work closely with our community to develop services in the way that best suits the needs of local people.

Our Staff Survey results showed people at our Trust feel they are engaged, part of a team and work for a compassionate and inclusive organisation.
Our overall scores were better than average in eight of nine themes and level in one - the best overall results for a community, mental health and learning disabilities Trust in the south west and first equal amongst all sector NHS providers within the region too.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your application

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