Discharge Keyworker

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a discharge keyworker to join UHD Discharge Team. The post holder will be situated in the hospital discharge team, designated to clinical areas to support discharge planning according to hospital flow pressures. The post holder may be required to participate in cross
- site working between Poole and Bournemouth hospital sites.

The post holder will have well developed interpersonal skill as the role requires the individual to communicate effectively at all levels, demonstrating negotiating, problem solving and solution creating skills.

The successful individual will spend the majority of their working day to:

- Visit wards, advise and direct discharge planning / Discharge to Assess (D2A) process
- Support hospital staff with assessment and decision-making.
- Liaise between the ward staff, therapists, social workers and external partner's staff.
- Guide staff to improve D2A referrals/ process.