Patient Flow Coordinator

• Part Time, Maternity leave cover until August 2021 at 32 hours per week
  
• Fitzroy location
  
• Ongoing training and development opportunities
  

About the Company

St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is part of St Vincent’s Health Australia and a leading teaching, research and tertiary health service which employs more than 6,500 staff across 18 sites throughout Melbourne. SVHM provides a diverse range of adult clinical services including acute medical and surgical services, sub-acute care, medical diagnostics, rehabilitation, allied health, mental health, palliative care, correctional health and community residential care. SVHM is one of Australia's leading Catholic not-for-profit healthcare providers.

About the Department

The Access and Demand Unit provides organisational support for patient access and flow for timely access to care across 7 days a week. We provide a supportive environment for all members of our team, providing orientation and ongoing development support.



About the Role
The Patient Flow Coordinator (PFC) supports the Access and Demand Manager (ADM), to facilitate patient access and patient flow. The PFC plays a pivotal role as part of a centralised bed management system in monitoring the bed occupancy levels and the demand for inpatient beds.

The PFC is responsible for consistent and timely bed allocation aligned to the organisational values and imperatives. The PFC are a point of contact and co-ordination for external enquiries regarding inter-hospital transfers and direct admissions from the community.

The classification for this position will range between a YW17-YW18 ($101,764 base salary per annum - pro rata for part timers).



Duties

• Ensure that systems and processes are in place to coordinate safe and timely access of patient care
  
• Using critical thinking skills to allocate and coordinate patient flow
  
• Assessment of whole of hospital approaches to problem solving
  
• Apply clinical assessment skills to prioritise and critically evaluate coordination of patient flow
  
• Point of contact for internal and external requests for access and demand related to patient flow
  

Skills, Qualifications and Experience

• Experienced nursing leader with exceptional communication skills Clinical expertise working or working towards ANUM level
  
• Past experience of bed management in Access and Demand
  
• Able to demonstrate experience in working with multidisciplinary teams in complex health care environments
  

Benefits

• Salary packaging
  
• Employee Assistance Program
  
• Staff Car Park
  

Application

• Please attach your resume and cover letter to your application.
  
• All appointments are made subject to the candidate providing a current satisfactory National Police Certificate conducted by The Victoria Police.
  
• Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be sourced.
  

At SVHM we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees and we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. If you would like further information, contact our Indigenous Recruitment Coordinator through our careers page.

SVHM has a duty of care under work health and safety legislation to eliminate and/or control the risk of transmission of vaccine preventable diseases (VPD) in healthcare settings.

You are therefore required to comply with the SVHM Staff Health Screening Immunisation Policy, which, depending on the role you perform in the organisation will require you to provide evidence of mandatory immunisations/vaccinations (including flu vaccinations) prior to commencing employment, and continue to participate in on-going immunisation programs.