ThePatient Flow and Discharge Lead plays a pivotal role in ensuring safe,effective, and timely movement of patients through the hospital system. Thisposition provides senior clinical leadership to optimise bed utilisation,reduce delays, and support highquality discharge planning acrossmultidisciplinary teams. Working closely with ward staff, operationalmanagers, community partners, and social care, the postholder acts as a keydecisionmaker in coordinating patient journeys from admission to discharge.
Main duties of the job
Leadingdaily patient flow coordination: Overseeing bed management, escalationprocesses, and realtime capacity monitoring to maintain safe patient flow.
Drivingsafe and timely discharge planning: Ensuring discharge pathways areidentified early, barriers are removed, and patients receive appropriateonward care.
Providingsenior clinical leadership: Supporting nursing teams with complex dischargedecisions, risk assessments, and clinical prioritisation.
Collaboratingacross multidisciplinary teams: Working with medical teams, therapists,social workers, and community services to streamline patient journeys.
Monitoringperformance and quality metrics: Using data to identify delays, improveprocesses, and contribute to operational planning.
Supportingescalation and site management: Acting as a key contact during periods ofhigh demand, contributing to site meetings and operational decisionmaking.
Championingpatientcentred care: Ensuring patients and families are informed, involved,and supported throughout the discharge process.
About us
Ourvalues are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see thisas a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by ourstaff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five valuesare: Patient-centred, Collaborative, Fair, Accountable, Empowered. All ouractions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values.Additionally, the following are core values which relate specifically to thispost:
Commitmentto support, uphold and demonstrate the core values and behaviours of LTHT
Commitmentto delivering high quality compassionate evidence based care, in accordancewith Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT) policies and guidelines
Commitmentto working in a multi-disciplinary team
Commitmentto the clinical area, valuing the contribution of all team members,encouraging a positive and creative working environment.
LeedsTeaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job advertsare subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or removeadverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in theshortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while thisprocess is completed, and contact the named contact if you have anyquestions.
Job responsibilities
ThePatient Flow and Discharge Lead is responsible for coordinating safe,effective, and timely patient movement throughout the hospital. Thepostholder provides senior clinical leadership to optimise bed utilisation,reduce delays, and ensure highquality discharge planning. Workingcollaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, they support operationaldecisionmaking and champion patientcentred care across all pathways.
Tohave responsibility for facilitating, enabling and supportinginterdisciplinary decision making in order to achieve optimal patient flowsand utilisation of available resources across all relevant hospital sites.
Toactively manage patient flows by designing, implementing and maintainingprocesses that safely expedite patient placement and discharge.
Thejobholder is responsible for the timely and appropriate placement of patientsrequiring admission to the Trusts bed base and for the escalation procedurefrom A&E.
Thejobholder is responsible for facilitating timely elective and acuteadmissions to appropriate areas and to facilitate the timely discharge andadmission of patients from critical care to the ward areas.
Ensuringearly identification of discharge needs and supporting wards to planproactively.
Facilitatingcomplex discharges, working with social care, community teams, and externalpartners.
Removingbarriers to discharge by coordinating actions across clinical andnonclinical teams.
Promotingsafe, patientcentred discharge processes aligned with national guidance andlocal pathways.
Thejobholder will manage a team of Band 3 and Band 4 Discharge and Patient FlowCo-ordinators with the support of the Senior Patient Flow and DischargeSister.
Thejobholder will act as a role model for high standards and provide expertclinical advice to support decision making around patient flow and discharge.
Person Specification
Experience
* Significant Post registration experience at Staff Nurse level or equivalent
* Staff Management
* Change Management
* Service Development
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse (Level 1) or Equivalent
* Degree
Skills & Behaviours
* Influencing and Negotiation
* Organisation and prioritising workload
* Conflict Management
* Problem Solving
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Patient Flow and Discharge Senior Sister
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