Flow Co-ordinator

• PLEASE NOTE THIS IS AN INTERNAL VACANCY ONLY OPEN TO NHS SCOTLAND STAFF**
  
  

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Are you an experienced Healthcare Support Worker or Porter looking to expand their skills within the site and capacity team and who is passionate about patient flow through the hospital? If so this is for you! This post involves working during the week and weekend working. Occasional nights. Primarily based in the Discharge Lounge there is an expectation that you cover flow coordinator working along side the Site Manager hence why this is a band 3 post.

The Site and Capacity team are key to patient flow through the hospital from ED to discharge. The role of the flow co is to support the senior nurse in site with this. The role is varied and can be extremely challenging. If you like problem solving, then this is for you. This is an exciting time to join the team due to several changes within patient pathways in the BGH.

Primary tasks are: Liaising with wards re discharges and movement to other clinical areas and feeding back to the Senior Nurse with this information. Assisting in times of safety issues on site. Some admin work is also involved along with end of day position calculations and producing reports. Don’t worry if you don’t have experience in this, Training will be provided.

Essential is having Healthcare support worker experience within an hospital setting, or experience with patient flow as a porter.

Informal visits and enquiries are highly encouraged.

Contact bleep 1412 to speak to one of the team. Or email [email protected] to find out more.

As from 01/04/26, the Agenda for Change full-time working week will be reducing from 37 to 36 hours per week. Part time hours will be reduced pro-rata. However, there will be a corresponding increase in the hourly rate so that pay will not be affected.

Due to legislative changes from 1 April 2025, this post may require a different level of criminal records check done than is currently the case. If the post is assessed as a "regulated role", your appointment will be subject to joining the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme. If there is any change to what is currently required, this will be confirmed by either the Hiring Manager or the Recruitment Team. For more details on these changes please visit: Disclosure Scotland Changes.

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As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK website here. 

For specific types of post, if you do not have the necessary eligibility to work in the UK, it might be possible (though not guaranteed) to secure sponsorship via a UK Skilled Worker/Health & Care Worker Visa. However, this is only possible if the employer is a licenced Sponsor, and if the post does not fall below the current minimum salary threshold or ‘going rate’. Further information on these criteria can be found here.

It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form

• PLEASE NOTE: We cannot accept late applications so please ensure your application is submitted early**
  
  

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.