Bed Manager

Overview

Bed Manager at Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. The closing date is 15 February 2026.

The Bed Manager is responsible for the effective and efficient coordination under the clinical skills of clinical site manager of hospital bed capacity to ensure timely patient admissions, transfers, and discharges. This role is pivotal in maintaining patient flow across the hospital, supporting clinical teams, and meeting national performance targets.

Main duties of the job

Key Responsibilities:

• Coordinate real-time bed allocation across all wards and departments.
• Monitor and manage patient flow from Emergency Department, elective admissions, and transfers.
• Work closely with clinical teams, discharge coordinators, and operational managers to optimize bed usage.
• Escalate capacity issues and implement surge plans during periods of high demand.
• Ensure compliance with NHS targets, including ED 4-hour standard and elective recovery plans.
• Maintain accurate bed status information and produce daily capacity reports.

About us

At the RUH we put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone's contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are proud to be in thetop 20 best hospitals to work for in the country.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks - celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We've even got a pool!

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we're providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about the role.

Person Specification written and verbal

• good communication
• good at complex resolution
• Able to work with IT different computer systems
• flow experience
• 2 years hca experience
• good level of IT
• show a good knowledge of how NHS flow works
• provide examples of good teams work
• provide examples of good conflict resolution
• understand the importance of escation
• specific examples of supporting flow
• ED knowledge how the targets affect patient safety
• swell rounded knowledge of discharge processes

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust

£27,485 to £30,162 a yearper annum, pro rata

Contract

Secondment

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

848

Job locations

Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust