Patient Flow Co-Ordinator
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 02/09/2026
- Closes
- 16/09/2026
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Role summary
This role involves assisting the Team Lead in the 24-hour management of the department, focusing on patient flow and ensuring timely placement and discharge. The jobholder will provide professional, clinical, and managerial leadership, contributing to a patient-centred philosophy. It requires managing administrative and financial aspects to support cost-effective resource use. The role offers insight into the wider NHS and helps develop skills in risk identification and complex problem-solving.
Key responsibilities
- Assist the Team Lead with 24-hour management of the department.
- Contribute to professional, clinical, and managerial leadership and supervision.
- Help develop and maintain a patient-centred philosophy for care delivery.
- Assist with managing administrative and financial aspects of the department.
- Actively manage patient flow across Clinical Service Units, expediting placement and discharge.
- Ensure timely and appropriate placement of patients requiring admission to the Trust’s bed base.
Essential criteria
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Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job summary
The jobholder will play an essential role assisting the Team Lead with the 24-hour continuing responsibility for the effective and efficient management of the department. They will contribute to the provision of professional, clinical, managerial leadership and supervision for the department. The jobholder is responsible for helping to develop and maintain the departments philosophy that has the patient at the centre of compassionate safe and quality care delivery. By assisting with managing the administrative and financial aspects of the department, the jobholder will support the cost-effective use of resources.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for enthusiastic individuals to take responsibility and actively manage patient flow across the Clinical Service Units by implementing and maintaining processes that safely expedite patient placement and discharge.
The jobholder is responsible for the timely and appropriate placement of patients requiring admission to the Trusts bed base and for the escalation procedure from the Emergency Department.
The role will give you an insight into the wider organization and the issues and drivers which shape current NHS services. You will develop advanced skills in identifying risks and solving complex issues, and gain valuable experience in balancing staff availability and skills against the needs of patients across th
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