Employer Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Whiston Hospital Town Prescot Salary £38,682 - £46,580 Per Annum Salary period Yearly Closing 29/03/2026 23:59 Interview date 16/04/2026
Operational Site Manager
NHS AfC: Band 6
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Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Bed Manager to join our Team on a Permanent Basis
The bed manager role is a key role in the provision of safe patient flow across the Trust, ensuring patients receive the care they require in the most appropriate place.
The bed manager will be part of the Operational site management team working 24/7 providing clinical expertise, managerial, leadership and coordination for the Trust across the Whiston, St Helens and Newton site.
Main duties of the job
* The Operational Management Team is a key function in the provision of 5-star patient care across the Trust.
* The bed manager role is an important member of this team ensuring the effective utilisation of inpatient and day-case beds on a 24/7 basis whilst maintaining clinical quality and safety.
* They will assist in the coordination of elective and non-elective admissions across the 24-hour period, along with maintaining the various patient flow internal and external systems for monitoring and escalation.
* The postholder will provide nursing support, operational and clinical advice to all areas within the Trust.
* To develop the necessary skills and experience in patient flow and provide leadership.
* Act as deputy for the Operational Site Manager.
* To work according to NMC code of professional conduct and professional guidelines.
Working for our organisation
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.
Our Services:
Acute Care
Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
Primary Care
Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
Community Services
Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
Specialist Regional Services
We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
Achievements:
* Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
* Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
* National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
KEY DUTIES
* To ensure the coordination of admissions, transfers, and discharges for all patients across the acute Site are undertaken recognising the clinical requirements of all individuals.
* To ensure prioritisation of emergency admissions via the Emergency Department to maintain the national standards and in line with national targets.
* To work with the band 7 Operational Site Managers supporting 24/7 clinical site management and deputise in their absence.
* To act as a clinical expert for nursing issues.
* Take appropriate action to address any issues or risk.
* To provide clear focus for clinical leadership and to provide clinical and professional advice and guidance to staff as required.
* To promote and facilitate the implementation of the Trust Core Values and objectives.
* To ensure data collection to support accurate reporting, for audit trails thereby ensuring effective utilisation of resources and relevant data quality standards in line with service and Organisational standards.
* To ensure early escalation of any issues that would impede flow, affect quality, patient safety or cause increased length of stay/ delay of safe discharge and to support the response to issues as required.
* To provide accurate and timely information relating to patient admissions, transfers, and discharges, maintaining awareness of overall ‘escalation profile’ of the Trust.
* Be responsible for ensuring good utilisation of Discharge lounge on a daily basis.
* Act as a point of contact for barriers to effective patient flow i.e. gender/ bed availability incompatibility, IPCC issues.
* To communicate with wards to share information regarding bed availability and patient flow.
* All other duties that are considered appropriate to the post.
CLINICAL & PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
* Maintain Professional registration.
* Adhere to the NMC Code of Practice and the Scope of Professional Practice.
* To attend relevant meetings.
* To act as a positive role model to all grades of staff within the Trust.
* Maintain effective communication with patients, relatives, visitors and staff as required.
* To work autonomously and manage own workload on a daily basis.
* To communicate effectively with all members of the multi-disciplinary team.
* To keep abreast with professional developments.
* Keep up to date with all relevant changes in policies and procedures and present a strong corporate image.
* To ensure the confidentiality of all patient information in line with Data Protection / Caldecott legislation.
* To ensure the privacy and dignity of all patients is paramount and not compromised.
* Be fully conversant with the Major Incident Policy and be prepared to support its activation as required per policy.
ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES
* Ensure all relevant records are kept up to date and accurate and recording is completed in line with Trust policies and with the NMC Record Keeping guidance.
* Maintain statistical data for the role.
TEACHING & TRAINING RESPONSIBILITIES
* Develop own skills and knowledge and contribute to the development of others.
* Support the preceptorship training programme relating to patient flow processes.
* To act as a role model and expert practitioner, providing support and guidance to nursing staff.
* To participate in an annual performance review to identify the post-holder’s personal development needs
* To attend Trust Statutory and Mandatory training sessions as required and any other training courses relevant to the post.
* To personally ensure fulfilment of the requirements for professional updating and to maintain a personal record for future registration purposes.
LINE MANAGEMENT/ SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
* Responsibility for designated staff within the team including appraisals, HR management etc.
FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
* Recognising the need for appropriate management of skill mix and utilisation of bank and agency staff when allocating shifts and within own team.
RESEARCH & AUDIT
* Contribute to the undertaking of audits required both internally and to support external processes relating to patient flow and national targets and standards.
Person specification
Qualifications
* RGN Level 1 with current NMC Registration
* Evidence of on-going professional development
* Willingness to study to degree level
* RNC Clinical Leadership
Knowledge and Experience
* Substantial post registration experience in an acute care setting
* Knowledge of clinical skills required to undertake the role
* Knowledge of safeguarding procedures/protocols within the Trust
* Awareness, understanding and application of research and development current evidence-based practices
* Knowledge of National Framework of NHS Continuing Healthcare and its application
* Knowledge and understanding of the Mental Capacity Act 2005/DOLS legislation and its application
* Knowledge of community health and social care networks
* Awareness, understanding and application of current evidence-based practices
* Demonstrate commitment to the clinic governance agenda
* Awareness of how audit may influence quality of patient care
* Experience of managing clinical flows
* Knowledge of commissioning services
* Understanding of intermediate care/social care/carers issue
Skills
* Excellent time and record management
* Excellent organisational and prioritising skills
* Ability to negotiate and demonstrate a sound problem solving approach to work issues
Other
* Flexible and adaptable approach
Thank you for considering an application to work for Mersey West Lancashire NHS Trust. MWL is an exciting and forward-thinking NHS Trust who are one of the best places to work for in England.
Given sometimes we receive a high volume of applications to work for us, please be aware, that we may close a vacancy earlier than stated should a sufficient number of applications be received from which a shortlist can be confirmed. Therefore, you are advised to apply at your earliest convenience.
The Trust may contact you during the recruitment process for your feedback on your experience. We always aim for continuous improvement in our practice.
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
We actively cultivate a professional environment of fairness, equality, dignity, and respect for all individuals. We welcome individuals from all backgrounds and value the unique skills, perspective and experience you bring. We are grounded in the belief that diversity enhances our collective strength, fostering innovation and excellence within our workforce. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion/belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
As a Disability Confident Leader, we commit to offering an interview to all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job (the essential criteria) listed in the personal specification. If you wish to apply under this Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please indicate this on the online application form.
If you are having difficulty completing an online application, or require any disability reasonable adjustments, to the application process, please contact Recruitment@merseywestlancs.nhs.uk
We also commit to offering an interview to all armed forces veterans who meet the minimum criteria for the job (the essential criteria) listed in the personal specification. If you wish to apply under this Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please indicate this on the online application form.
The Trust operates anonymous shortlisting where no personal information about you, including your name or personal details are shared with the recruiting manager. No equality information is shared at any time during the recruitment process with the recruiting manager or other people involved in the decision-making process.
The equality monitoring information you provide is used in the following situations: to review our recruitment practices; where a job is limited to a specific person to verify their eligibility to apply; and to offer disability reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Following the recent update on UK immigration policy for those on a Health and Care Visa or Skilled Worker Visa, please click here to check your eligibility before applying for this post as we may be unable to provide sponsorship.
eVisa Update
For successful candidates on selected work and study visa routes, who have completed and paid for their applications will no longer receive a visa vignette in passport as evidence of their permission to enter the UK. Instead, you will be issued with an eVisa only, which is accessed by creating a UKVI account. Before travelling to the UK, we advise applicants to understand how to generate an eVisa share code.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
If this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Please note if applicable, applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. If you have not already done so, you are therefore encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service to which a small annual fee of £13 per year applies.
Flexible Working
We actively support flexible working patterns throughout MWL. Changes made to the NHS Terms and Conditions of Service Handbook mean that:
* All employees have the right to request flexible working from day one of employment.
* There is no limit on the number of requests they can make.
* Employees have the right to make requests, have them considered, regardless of the reason.
At Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, we will consider requests for flexible working. We would also encourage you to discuss flexible working options at interview stage.
Working for Team MWL
Staff recognition is especially important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Employee of the month. Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
The Trust is a non-smoking across all our sites. Failure to follow this rule could lead to disciplinary action. For more information, see the Smoke Free NHS website.
You will be expected to undertake the Trusts' commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.
You must ensure that your application, including personal statements and behaviour examples, are truthful and factually accurate. Please note plagiarism can include presenting the ideas and experience of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own.
The Trust will not accept applications which are found to be AI generated and will check all applications against AI detection software.
Additional Information
Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trusts Values and Behaviours which are We are KIND, We are OPEN, We are INCLUSIVE, which can be found here.
An applicant guide to help and support you with your application and what to expect during your recruitment journey can be accessed in the supporting documents.
Good luck with your application. We hope to welcome you to Team MWL very soon.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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