Discharge Co-ordinator

9 months ago


Truro, United Kingdom Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust Full time

To have made an effective contribution to reaching the Trusts vision, strategic objectives and key work programmes. Promote early discharge planning and planning of discharge pathways. To be responsible for supporting the discharge planning from the point of admission ensuring that discharges are expedited in a timely manner maximizing the use of hospital beds and reducing length of stay by being a key member of the ward Multi-Disciplinary Team. To liaise daily with medical staff & ward Managers/staff to review all patients, supporting and facilitating discharge decisions and progress and chasing any outstanding diagnostics and reviews.

To promote and support the action of the concept of pulling patients through the discharge process rather than pushing by proactively managing clinical information to ensure timely interventions at appropriate points in the patients discharge pathway. By being a key member of the daily Board and Ward Rounds ensure that for every patient the following information is known so that it can be shared with all patients and their relatives



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