Discharge Coordinator

1 month ago


Basildon, United Kingdom Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust Full time

**The post holder**:

- Will act as an independent practitioner within hospital settings, while liaising with other professionals as necessary.
- Will work with the MDT identifying barriers to discharge, and how these can be resolved, ensuring the safe discharge of the individual presenting to the acute hospital setting
- Will be responsible for supporting the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of nursing care within agreed parameters, to ensure meaningful admission and safe, appropriate discharge.
- Have a working knowledge of local, national policies and legislation, which govern current service provision and audit.
- Will be responsible for ensuring effective communication pathways exist.
- Will be responsible for ensuring the promotion of equality diversity and rights in accordance with good practice and legislation.
- Will be responsible for identifying and contributing to the training needs necessary in providing quality evidence based care as appropriate.

To provide professional advice and support to other agencies and members of the multidisciplinary team, and act up for the Team Manager in their absence as appropriate. To act as a role model and supervise less experienced staff.

**The post holder**:

- Will act as an independent practitioner within hospital settings, while liaising with other professionals as necessary, primarily on the Mental Health Assessment Unit based in Basildon.
- Will work with the MDT identifying barriers to discharge, and how these can be resolved, ensuring the safe discharge of the individual presenting to the acute hospital setting
- Will be responsible for supporting the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of nursing care within agreed parameters, to ensure meaningful admission and safe, appropriate discharge.
- Have a working knowledge of local, national policies and legislation, which govern current service provision and audit.
- Will be responsible for ensuring effective communication pathways exist.
- Will be responsible for ensuring the promotion of equality diversity and rights in accordance with good practice and legislation.
- Will be responsible for identifying and contributing to the training needs necessary in providing quality evidence based care as appropriate.

To provide professional advice and support to other agencies and members of the multidisciplinary team, and act up for the Team Manager in their absence as appropriate. To act as a role model and supervise less experienced staff.

EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;
- Season Ticket Loans
- NHS discounts for staff
- Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
- Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
- The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
- Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
- Day One Flexible Employer

Join our Staff bank

What is Staff Bank?

Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.

All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.

If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.
- Responsible for participation in the Trust appraisal process, and take a lead in identifying own/others mandatory professional, supervisory, personal development and training needs for junior and senior team members.
- Responsible for ensuring that the post holder and junior staff members’ access and participate in clinical supervision.
- Responsible for the safe custody and administration of medicines.
- To ensure that the agreed philosophy approach is adopted and followed, whilst respecting and valuing the different therapeutic approaches available within the multi-disciplinary team
- Responsible for ensuring confidentiality is maintained at all times in accordance with the data protection act, trust policy and good practice.
- Responsible for maintaining and conducting oneself in a professional manner towards service users, carers, colleagues and other agencies.
- Participate in joint working with appropriate experts/agencies.
- The post holder is responsible for ensuring that they contribute and work towards the service/organisational aims and objectives.
- The post holder as an individual is required to understand their responsibility for respecting and promoting issues of equality diversity and rights in accordance with good practice and legislation.
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