Discharge Coordinator- Medicine

Do you have a passion for discharge planning and co-ordination? Are you motivated, proactive and always put the patient first? If so, we have the role for you.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a discharge coordinator to join the Medicine and Emergency care division at Ipswich Hospital.

The Discharge Coordinator works in close conjunction with the nursing staff to progress the patients’ pathway through the hospital to expedite their discharge. The role will include effective communication with the discharge team and external health and social care agencies, the completion of relevant referrals, ensuring discharge summaries are written, collecting medication from pharmacy and active involvement in the daily Board Rounds.

The working pattern is over the 7 days, with the possibility of working late shifts.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.

One of the largest Trust’s in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients’ own homes. You will be joining a team of almost 12,000 amazing colleagues providing care to approximately a million people.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (if applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.

To support our employees to achieve their career aspirations you may be eligible to obtain a qualification via an apprenticeship. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a skills review to facilitate this. For full details please see the attached Apprenticeship Handbook.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.

For full details of the responsibilities of this role please see the attached job description and person specification.