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Lead Bed Manager – Band 7 37.5 Hrs
We are seeking to recruit a highly motivated registered nurse to take up the post of Lead Bed Manager within the North Sector with a base at Glasgow Royal Infirmary.
Glasgow Royal Infirmary (GRI) and Stobhill ACH form part of the North Sector within NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde with established links to the University of Glasgow
and Glasgow Caledonia University. The sector provides the Accident and Emergency service for the North and Eastern districts of Glasgow and has inpatients beds in
general medicine, medicine for the elderly, general surgery, orthopaedics, plastic surgery and obstetrics and gynaecology. There are also beds in intensive care, high
dependency, and coronary care. Following the closure of Stobhill hospital as an acute site at the end of March 2011 all medical beds, with the exception of some long-stay
care of the elderly beds, are on the GRI site.
As a Registered Nurse, working with the specialty clinical teams the Lead Bed Manager will work within the nursing and multi-professional specialty clinical teams to ensure a high standard of care of patient care and provide additional clinical input into safe patient flow and clinical placement.
The Lead Bed Manager carries the continuing responsibility for the bed management team in the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of clinical care to include the setting of professional and bed management service standards.
In addition the post holder will lead the Bed Management team and work closely with the, Clinical Service Manager (CSM), Site Flow Manager (SFM) and clinical teams to oversee safe patient flow and efficient management of bed capacity within the North Sector. The post holder will understand all points of access into the sector, using expert clinical knowledge in conjunction with sound clinical judgement proactively balance the emergency and urgent/non-urgent access demands within/into available North Sector beds plus be able to recognise and address the competing interests.
The shift pattern is; Rotational - 7.5 hour and 11.5 hour shifts as per service needs
Informal Contact
Rosemary Brogan, Clinical Service Manager on 0141 201 3183
Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service can be found within the Candidate Information Pack
EU Settlement Scheme
EU, EEA or Swiss nationals are strongly encouraged to join the EU Settlement Scheme prior to 30th June 2021. As part of the recruitment process, you will be required to produce proof of your EU Settlement status from 1st July 2021 to demonstrate your Right to Work in the United Kingdom.
Existing employees may be asked to provide evidence of their EU Settlement Status from 1st July 2021.
Further information: https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde encourages applications from all sections of the community. We promote a culture of inclusion across the organisation and are proud of the diverse workforce we have.