Multi Professional Lead for Discharge

5 months ago


Poole, United Kingdom University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust Full time

We are pleased to announce an exciting vacancy for a Band 6 Nurse/Occupational Therapist to join our University Hospitals Dorset Integrated Discharge Team.

The Integrated Discharge team across UHD is an extremely dynamic, innovative and supportive multidisciplinary team who are passionate in enacting a discharge to assess (D2A) model for discharge out of hospital, as outlined in the Our Dorset Discharge Model. The team supports the hospital multi-disciplinary team working across the clinical areas. Working with external partners, community and voluntary services to plan discharge in line with the patient’s expressed wishes, their next of kin/ representatives to achieve a safe and timely discharge from hospital.

The post holder will be expected to work weekends and Bank holidays as the service operates 7 day / week. There are two positions, one postholder to based at Poole Hospital and one post holder to be based at Bournemouth hospital.

**Base Location**: Bournemouth or Poole Hospital

**Interview Date**: TBC
- To work with the Integrated discharge team as a professional discharge lead to achieve effective discharge practice in the management of complex cases
- Works as a Discharge expert as an autonomous practitioner supporting the multi-disciplinary team to facilitate safe, effective patient discharge as an integral part of the ward team/discharge co-ordination team on the ward
- To support a culture of “Home First” and Discharge to Assess principles for discharge in line with agreed Dorset Home First strategy are in practiced to avoid significant delays or unrealistic expectations of patients/ relatives.
- To provide the timely discharge of hospital patients who do not meet the clinical criteria to reside,
- To be a skilled and knowledgeable advisor for patients, family/carers and staff, articulating an understanding of the National Hospital Discharge Service Requirement Policy, Discharge Planning: Standard Operational Procedures (SOP) and discharge planning processes for simple and complex discharges.
- To provide expert discharge advice and support the clinical areas in effective recording of patient discharge information on Health of the Ward/ena systems that delivers accurate real time patient tracking/ discharge information and data

Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.

UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.

This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have at interview.

The integrated discharge team has an overarching aim to reduce a patient’s length of stay thereby reducing the risks associated with elongated stays in acute hospital beds. The Our Dorset discharge to assess ( D2A) model is committed to enabling and supporting patients to be assessed away from the acute hospital setting. Dorset is recognised as an integrated care system. Transformation work continues post pandemic across the Dorset health, social and voluntary organisations to continually improve discharge policy and procedure that support hospital discharge recognising the complexities in achieving this aspiration requires professionals with expert skills and knowledge of working with partners, knowledge of legal frameworks such as safeguarding, Deprivation of Liberty, Mental Capacity Act and excellent interpersonal skills.



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