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Job summary

Main area
Medicine
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
264-6666858-MED
Employer
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Kettering General Hospital
Town
Kettering
Salary
£46,148 - £52,809 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
04/11/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust logo

Medicine Division Capacity Manager

Band 7

Job overview

The Medicine Division at Kettering General Hospital is looking to recruit a Divisional Capacity Manager. 

The capacity manager will present the Divisions capacity position at the bed meetings throughout the day and will actively work with the discharge team and the ward teams to help to expedite safe and timely patients discharge.

If you are an enthusiastic, energetic professional who has the ambition to drive forward our quality and safety agenda then we would like to hear from you.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Main duties of the job

The primary role of Medicines Capacity Manager is to work with the Divisional team to ensure that we have capacity to meet the Divisions admission demand.

To do this the post holder will ensure that we have effective patient flow from admission to discharge within the Division.

The postholder will work closely with key stakeholders to ensure that patients are admitted into the right bed first time, every time.

The post holder must have an overview of the bed position throughout the day ensuring that they work closely with Paediatric Emergency Department (ED) and Adult ED to assist the Trust to maintain the 4 hour quality standards.

Working for our organisation

Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. Our mission is to provide safe, compassionate, and clinically excellent patient care, by being an outstanding employer for our people. We have entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Northampton General Hospital and have become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.
 
Our Excellence Values:
Compassion
Respect
Integrity
Courageous
Accountable
 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a full list of all roles and responsibilities please refer to the attached job description and person specification, 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Educated to degree level or equivalent knowledge, skills and experience.
  • Evidence of continuous professional development
Desirable criteria
  • Management or leadership course

Knowledge/Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience/knowledge in an operational post relating to discharge and/or capacity and flow within an acute Trust.
  • Demonstrable understanding of clinical specialties and services and the ability to apply this to meet the needs of patients.
  • Knowledge of key indicators within the ED
  • A commitment to improving patient services through an ability to sustain a clear performance focus on achieving set goals
  • A strong sense of personal and team accountability coupled to a clear understanding of the boundaries around delegated responsibility.
  • Sound political judgement and astuteness in understanding and working with many different levels of staff using a common sense approach and understanding when it is necessary to escalate.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Louise Hyde
Job title
Deputy Head of Nursing
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07779960654
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