Discharge Liaison Mental Health Practitioner

1 month ago


Bodmin, United Kingdom Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Full time

The post holder will provide a pivotal role in enabling safe and timely discharge, through active discharge planning from the point of admission to reduce delayed transfers of care.
Effective discharge planning provides a multidisciplinary approach to continuity of care; a process that includes identification, assessment, goal setting, planning, implementation, coordination, and evaluation. Effective discharge planning supports the continuity of care, providing a critical link between treatment received in hospital by the patient, and post-discharge care provided in the community.
The post holder will be a health or social care professional with expertise of working within Mental Health services.
This post sits within the Patient Flow team, this incorporates bed management and discharge coordination.
The wards are spread over two hospital sites, Bodmin Hospital and Longreach House.

To lead the co-ordination of service user care in complex aftercare cases; discharge or transfer as appropriate, ensuring both health and social care needs are fully assessed. The post holder will need to be able to bring together stakeholders, with differing viewpoints and priorities, to reach consensus on individual discharge plans. Communicate and liaise with service users and relatives/carers, health service staff (hospital and community), Social Services and appropriate agencies and providers, providing sensitive patient information.
The post holder will work as an integral member of the patient flow team, although based on the wards. They will supervise patient flow coordinators.

We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.

Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services.

For full information of the roles and responsibilities of this role, please see the attached job description and person specification.



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