Description

The Bed Manager will be responsible for:

• Continually monitoring and coordinating capacity and flow throughout the hospital.
• Making regular visits to the wards to maintain an accurate bed status, tracking actual and potential discharges in collaboration with nursing staff.
• Collecting and collating data for operational site reports.
• Reporting capacity and flow information in site meetings to aid in the planning and management of inpatient bed utilization.
• Ensuring that bed management clinical systems are updated and accurate.
• Utilizing operational and clinical knowledge to assess and manage appropriate patient transfers to outlying and escalation areas as needed.

Skills

Skills & Competencies:

• Verbal and written fluency in English and Arabic.
• Strong analytical and time management skills.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Experience working in an acute setting and managing patient flow.
• Ward-level management experience.
• Awareness of operational flow within an acute hospital.

Education & Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing or a related field.
• Relevant post-registration experience in a hospital setting.
• Ideally, experience in long-term care.
• Experience in multidisciplinary collaboration.
• Competency in conducting comprehensive mental health assessments and risk evaluations.
• Ability to analyze and present complex information to professional colleagues.
• Experience in caseload management.
• Locally available in KSA with a transferable Iqama.