Bed Manager

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Bed Manager

The closing date is 10 August 2025

Community hospitals provide a range of comprehensive healthcare services for patients over the age of 18, but mainly older, frailer individuals. The units predominantly providerehabilitation and end of life support for palliative patients and their families.Patients are referred to the ward either from the acute setting to allow a further period ofrehabilitation and assessment or directly from home via their GP or local community nursingteams.

Main duties of the job

An exciting secondment opportunity has arisen to join the Community Hospital Inpatient BedManagement team based at Hawkhurst Community Hospital.The Bed management team are responsible for triaging patients and allocating them to themost appropriate bed and location.Whilst there is no direct patient care it's important that you understand the role of a WardBand 6 and the responsibilities they have when they care for our patients.For further information regarding this role please contact Suvi Hay on 07544917208

About us

Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we've got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent

We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences

We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn't visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission

The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won't involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We'll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both

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Job responsibilities

As a community Trust many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. As such you will be asked to confirm you have a full UK driving licence where driving is a requirement of the role to be able to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment, if you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via kentchft.recruitment@nhs.net quoting the vacancy reference number so we can support you further.

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.

Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.

We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.

At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.

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Person SpecificationQualifications

• Registered health care professional (NMC or HCPC registration) / relevant experience in health improvement environment Health related degree and evidence of relevant post graduate development at Level 6
• Evidence of Specialist qualifications relevant to area of practice (examples -: non-medical prescribing; mentorship, coaching, clinical expertise)
• PRINCE 2 or equivalent project management training PTLLS/DTLLS, PGCE or Certificate in Education
• Working towards Master level study
• Management or supervisory qualification or experience of study

Experience

• Significant experience in area of practice
• Practical experience in managing health related projects/complex caseloads
• Supporting others (mentor / educator / supervisor) experience
• Experience of leading and managing teams
• Experience with the use of Microsoft Office

Knowledge

• Understanding of National Service Frameworks and NICE guidance to relevant to care setting and its application across health care services
• Evidence of continued relevant professional development and implementation in practice within the last 12 months

Skills & abilities

• Understanding of training needs in relation to post
• Ability to manage time effectively, priorities and work under pressure to meet deadlines
• Ability to work effectively with a variety of people at all organisational levels across different sectors including areas of social deprivation
• Ability to communicate complex, sensitive information to individuals and groups

Personal attributes

• Ability to motivate and organise others to ensure best practice.
• Ability to manage and lead change
• Ability to work under pressure

Ability to manage

• Able to support the implementation of local and national agendas for health under the guidance of the senior Practitioner
• Ability to manage own time effectively.
• Ability to prioritise care delivery in a professional manner, taking into account Trust policies and procedures.

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.

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