Head of Transfer of Care Hub

3 days ago


Lancaster, United Kingdom University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust Full time

The Transfer of Care Hub Senior Manager is a system appointment. The post holder will work in partnership with the system health and care leaders to operationally deliver a multi-disciplinary and interdisciplinary approach to co-ordinating available resources to discharge from hospital and supporting admission prevention based on the principle of no place like home.

The post will operationally manage the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust (UHMB) Complex discharge team Matrons across the Morecambe Bay place and ensure the day to day co-ordination of South Cumbria adult social care resources within the Transfer of Care Hub. The post will report to the Head of Central Operations for UHMB and Senior Manager Short Term Interventions Team for Cumbria County Council, with professional supervision and management through the employing organisation. There will be dual reporting lines into UHMB and Cumbria County Council and the post holder will be positioned as part of the management structure within both organisations.

Key success criteria
1. Delivery of an effective and multi-agency approach to transfer of care from both a hospital setting to home for people leaving hospital who may require on-going health or social care input (supporting discharge pathways 1, 2 and 3) or admission avoidance.
2. Demonstrable reduction in the overall use of bed provision both within the acute hospitals and Community wards and discharge to assess / interim bed provision within the community.
3. Local compliance with national policies and guidance regarding hospital discharge
4. Contribution to a leadership culture of collaboration, and trust, based on honest conversations and an understanding of system wide factors that may be impacted by the effectiveness of the Transfer of Care Hub

The role will principally be based at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary but will have responsibility for teams based at Furness General Hospital (Barrow-in-Furness) and Westmorland General Hospital (Kendal) along with Community Care Group and Bay Health Care Partners (place).

We operate from three main hospitals - Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community health care premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.

FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.

WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.

All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay


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