Discharge Support Practitioner
3 days ago
We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic individual to join our Frailty/Homeward Assessment Team within the medical division as a Discharge Support Practitioner (Band 4) on a permanent full-time basis. As we continue to develop this service we are looking for an individual to be able to make swift decisions regarding admission avoidance through information gathering and liaising with many different agencies including relatives in order for timely hospital discharges to take place utilising a positive risk taking approach. As a key member of the multidisciplinary team you would be supporting the day to day delivery of the Frailty/HAT service within the Emergency Department and Frailty Assessment Unit at GHNHSFT.
Communicate and liaise with multi-agencies, families and carers to enable safe and timely discharges from hospital. Utilise IT skills by accessing necessary resources/IT systems and patient clinical records to aid decision making. Provide feedback to clinical and operational leads regarding the development of discharge pathways, providing suggestions and ideas for improvement. You will be expected to have a flexible approach as the demands of the role may change depending on the demands of the service.
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the largest employer in the county and with over 8,000 staff, we are one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK. We offer a generous annual leave allowance, excellent bank rates, access to the excellent NHS Pension Scheme, discounts for local shops, restaurants and services, access to our health and well-being hub, access to our two on-site nurseries, flexible working options, discounted public transport, reward and recognition schemes, exercise and activity classes and membership to our popular hospital choir.
The Frailty/HAT team are always motivated, resilient, strong and strive to deliver best care for everyone every time. We are encouraging of staff development and foster a positive culture.
- To case manage the attendance and admission avoidance for a frail individuals
- To act as the Frailty/HAT team ‘co-ordinator’ on working days, leading the coordination of activities for the rest of the team including registered clinical and adult social care staff and acting as a main liaison point for the team with wards
- To be a pro-active member of the multi
- disciplinary team, leading discussions on care options and how to access them and providing advice and support
- To promote good discharge planning on the wards including effective use of ‘expected date of discharge’ and board rounds (Pillar Four)
- To attend and provide leadership at daily board rounds for a given area, ensuring individual plans are discussed and actions are delivered
- Accept continuing responsibility for the maintenance of a caseload of frail individuals for planning purposes appropriate to the level of post, working with the rest of the team and the wards to achieve timely and safe discharges
- Re-prioritise work as required in order to ensure effective service delivery
- To communicate effectively within the team, and engage with all appropriate stakeholders and across organisational boundaries to enhance job performance.
- Ensure information is communicated effectively within the multidisciplinary team, and initiate communication about discharge with families and carers, especially where the individual’s ability to do so is compromised.
- To input and retrieve patient and staff information from computer based system, and maintain accurate and contemporaneous patient records
- To ensure the IT information is kept up date on all patients on the team caseload
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