Flow Admissions Coordinator

Job overview

Admission Co-ordinator Band 6 Nurse or any Allied Health Professional

The role is a county-wide role covering all inpatients sites including Isebrook Hospital, Brackley Community Hospital, Danetre Hospital, Corby Community Hospital, Beechwood at Spinneyfields and Recovering Independence Bedded Units (RIBU) at Turn Furlong.

Full time county-wide role - with some weekend working if required.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be working in an integrated multi professional patient flow team and will be involved facilitating a safe and timely admission for all patients across community inpatients. The post holder will carry-out assessing all incoming referrals to community inpatients and liaise directly with referring services including acute hospitals, community services, palliative services, GPs etc. to ensure safe and timely admission into the units.

Reporting to the Patient Flow Lead, the post holder will be expected to independently assess patients being referred into the service and manage their own caseload as part of the team. The post holder will also be expected to deputise for the Flow Lead where required including data collection and data reporting of both admission and discharge information. The post holder will provide support to junior colleagues and assist them in problem-solving any issues relating to patient flow.

The post holder will be expected to facilitate admissions over the 7 day period to meets the needs of the service - this may include working some weekends and bank holidays on a rota system.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document.