Patient Flow Manager

**Patient Flow Manager | The Wesley Hospital**

**Employment Term**:Full Time - 12 month Fixed Term**Location**: located in the peaceful surrounds of Auchenflower, The Wesley Hospital is just 5 mins from Toowong Shopping Village and 10 mins from Brisbane City**Remuneration**: Salaried + 10.5% Super + Not for Profit Salary Packaging + Penalties & Allowances**Make a meaningful difference with The Wesley Hospital**
- We’re looking for someone who wants to make the world a little better through small moments that leave big impacts. To build meaningful relationships and make a difference in the lives of others.- An integral part of our team at The Wesley Hospital as a
- **Patient Flow Manager**, you’ll be encouraged to grow, develop and feel empowered to make the everyday easier for the people we care so passionately about.- Let’s make a meaningful difference, together.**What makes a difference for you?**
- The Wesley Hospital is one of Australia’s iconic and largest private not-for-profit hospitals, caring for you for life. From the heart of Brisbane more than 800 Visiting Medical Practitioners and 2,000 staff deliver personalised care through life’s journey for generations of Queenslanders.- Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance
- Access to salary packaging, meal and entertainment benefits - up to $15,900 per year tax free as well as up to $2,650 of your pre-tax income to pay for meal and entertainment benefits
- Subsidised On-Site Parking
- A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, a wellbeing program and employee assistance program
- A positive and inclusive team based on respect, shared standards, strong values and a commitment to serving others
- Professional development, through Graduate Certificates, skills development courses, bursaries, grants and partnerships with leading Universities (Hospitals).
- Career development opportunities to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference

**Your part in The Wesley Hospital team**
- You will lead a team of Nurse Managers in delivering service excellence and providing support for quality, improvement, staff development and risk management across all hospital departments. You’ll be responsible for the movement of patients through the hospital and for ensuring safe and efficient patient care.- Collaborating with your peers day-to-day, you will ensure the provision of a coordinated nursing service across the hospital, delivering synergies across the wards that will allow for a highly functional service that supports excellent bed management and patient flow.- You will:
- Managing and leading a team of professional clinical staff in the coordination of patient flow, ensuring efficient allocation of patients to beds in line with our bed management and access strategy.
- Work to achieve optimal patient outcomes and exceptional patient satisfaction
- Facilitate and manage effective communication across the hospital and with key stakeholders, including consultation with pre-admission office, Clinical Nurse Managers, Clinical Liaison Nurse and VMO’s.
- Recruit to ensure adequate staffing, maintaining a flexible workforce to support patient occupancy, ensuring budget and performance indicators are managed effectively.
- Lead the team to contribute to the hospital’s strategic plan, develop actions plans and formulate policy and procedure as required.
- Contribute to the hospital’s Quality Improvement Program by recommending and overseeing improvement projects and assisting with audit activities as required.
- Promote the importance of maintaining the dignity of the patient and patient confidentiality.
- Respond to emergencies, as required.

**What makes a difference for us?**
- As an experienced nursing clinician, you will showcase a working knowledge of contemporary nursing practices, being actively across current and emerging healthcare service delivery trends. With strong communication skills, you’ll be confident facilitating communication within a large organisation, effectively collaborating with stakeholders to manage and negotiate outcomes.- Demonstrating extensive experience in a leadership role or senior role within a patient flow speciality, you’ll be competent in leading a large nursing team, balancing operational priorities with a supportive and empathetic leadership style. You’ll demonstrate:
- Bachelor of Nursing / current registration as a Registered Nurse with AHPRA.
- Outstanding leadership skills and the ability to manage and support an after-hours team.
- Financial acumen and the demonstrated ability to manage resources within budget.
- Knowledge of legislation, Acts and Regulations relevant to healthcare service delivery. Knowledge of or ability to rapidly acquire knowledge of corporate policies and procedures, Risk, Safety & Quality, HR, Emergency Response, Financial Acumen

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