Associate Director of Flow and Bed Optimisation

Are you able to combine strategic thinking, operational experience and change management skills to make a real difference to mental health service provision?

Would you like a leadership role where you can design and implement new ways of working, using your knowledge and skills to energise and empower staff teams?

If you can answer yes to both of the questions above then we’ve got a great job opportunity for you. The Associate Director of Flow and Bed Optimisation will be the lead role responsible for the strategic development and day-to-day management of a bed flow team. You will be expected to take forward a programme of work to ensure that mental health beds are allocated effectively and people are discharged safely and quickly – ensuring good bed flow. You will be expected to ensure that people can access beds locally and minimise the use of beds outside of Surrey. You will support our work as we build new hospitals – and will work alongside other hospital providers – ensuring that the patient experience is of a high quality for every bed that we use.

You will have oversight of a team, and will be directly managing some team members as well as working with a wide range of hospital and community teams to implement new ways of working. Therefore, you will be a fantastic communicator and able to influence and motivate people.

The role will lead on the development and implementation of streamlined processes to provide insight on demand and capacity to enable close monitoring to ensure that service users are accessing the right care, at the right time and in the right place in line with nationally and locally defined targets. This role will lead work with key stakeholders across the Trust (and with partner Agencies) to develop and implement streamlined processes to monitor, report and track patients throughout their pathway, identifying and addressing potential breaches where possible and escalating them where appropriate. It will ensure that data is validated throughout the patient journey and inputted into local systems. It will take the lead on co-ordinating across the Trust, both national and local access targets – particularly with regard to OAPS reduction. This role will ensure that any developed processes are embedded within operational teams – guiding, leading and supporting others to optimise bed flow.

Please note that candidates who are shortlisted will be invited to attend an assessment centre, the outcome of which will inform who is invited to interview.

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.

We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast. Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach. For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

We look forward to receiving your application!

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Andy Erskine Job title: Deputy Chief Operating Officer Email address:

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