Operations Manager

To facilitate the Operations Centre daily meetings, co-ordinate the flow of patients through key Trust serviced including Intermediate Care beds, Community Nursing and therapy, ensuring appropriate placement of patients according to their clinical need.

To develop strong, transparent working relationships with key stakeholders in the Integrated Care System including acute hospitals, social services, and the voluntary sector.

To be responsible for responding to services requiring senior out of hours support 5pm -7pm Monday to Friday and 8am-7pm weekends/Bank Holiday (out of hours). To communicate with the affected service/individual to understand and resolve issues, escalating as required to the Executive Director Manager On-Call.

To be responsible for the leadership of the discharge co-ordinators, flow co-ordinators and/or administrators alongside peer Operations Managers

Provide senior leadership across the Community Beds and System Operations portfolio

To facilitate the Operations Centre daily meetings, co-ordinate the flow of patients through key Trust serviced including Intermediate Care beds, Community Nursing and therapy , ensuring appropriate placement of patients according to their clinical need.

Work with the Service Leads to ensure service and team development, ensuring that patients receive care closer to home.

First level on-call response during service hours

Ensure activity data and information is recorded and correlated into reports on a daily basis

Acts in a supportive, informative, and sensitive manner towards patients, relatives, visitors and colleagues at all times.

To monitor the trigger factors associated with, and when necessary implement the Trusts Escalation Plan in order to minimise service crisis through effective planning.

Prioritises workload, being aware of competing pressures.

This is an exciting opportunity to commence a role in a welcoming team with a high profile across the organisation.The team work in an integrated way daily to help support the system and each other.

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