The Head of Patient Flow will be a visible, authoritative and professional clinical leader with responsibility for patient flow and lead on all day-to-day and forward operational planning and decision making on the acute hospital site, liaising with multi professional colleagues throughout Princess of Wales Hospital and Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board (CTMUHB).
This post is Fixed Term/Secondment for 12 months to meet the needs of the service.
If you are interested in applying for the secondment position, you must obtain permission from your current line manager prior to applying for this post.
The Head of Patient Flow has responsibility for the site/bed management teams and Hospital at Night Teams. This will include the management of staff involving recruitment, appraisal, CPD and performance.
Together with the Hospital General Manager and Head of Nursing, they will foster a culture that engages all staff in the development and delivery of patient flow across the site.
Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesnt mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isnt fluency, just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health. For more information, see Welsh Language Guidance in the documents right at the bottom.
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.
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.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
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