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Bed Manager
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
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gloucester, United-Kingdom
Location
gloucester
Posted
June 20, 2026
Commute
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Job Description
- To identify and coordinate the allocation of a beds for patients needing an inpatient admission as a result of a mental health crisis or planned acute admission and ensure safe and appropriate transfers.
- To monitor patient flow across all inpatient sites understanding the demand within the community and Crisis caseloads, enabling a streamlined approach to admissions and discharge.
- To be the main point of contact during some evenings and weekends to ensure that beds are appropriately managed and allocated as clinically indicated.
- Identify those patients that are placed on non-locality wards, Delayed Transfer of Care or Out of County and identify those that are pending discharge.
- To communicate and negotiate effectively highly complex information on availability and appropriateness of beds across the Trust and be able to ensure that all parties understand implications and consequences of decisions.
- The ability to utilise good person...