Assistant Discharge Coordinator

2 months ago


Canterbury, United Kingdom Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust Full time

Discharge Coordinator role within the Patient Flow team at St. Martins involves working with Younger and Older Adults.

Patient Flow is responsible for coordinating both early and complex discharges across the trust, minimising delays and maximising bed capacity.

We are looking for an individual with a good understanding of acute inpatient care who will be committed to driving the discharge process, identifying and anticipating any issues that may arise, working closely with the discharge coordinators and the MDT to develop effective relationships with both internal and external agencies.

Encouragement will be provided to develop your skills, knowledge and competence through regular supervision, training and continuing professional development.

The role will involve travelling to non KMPT hospital sites so car business insurance is essential.

Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.

We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people across the county.

The Trust (rated Good overall by the CQC and Outstanding for care) has 3,283 staff working in 66 buildings across 33 locations, covering an area of 1,450 square miles.

You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.

The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.

To work as a core member of the Patient Flow team in their locality area and contribute to discussions around discharge planning.

To work with the MDT to identify, in a timely manner, those patients who have barriers to discharge.

To work closely with patients and carers to understand barriers to discharge and to explore housing options with them.

To participate in individual patient meetings and represent Patient Flow in these meetings.

To support bed managers with bed requests by forming part of a call handling rota.

Please see Job description for full details.


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