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Discharge Coordinator

2 months ago


Worthing, West Sussex, United Kingdom University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust Full time
Job Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled and compassionate Discharge Coordinator to join our team at University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust. As a key member of our Discharge Team, you will play a vital role in ensuring the smooth and timely discharge of patients from our hospital.

Main Responsibilities
  • Coordinate individual complex discharges, with a focus on end-of-life care and Fastrack completion.
  • Ensure compliance with the National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare and act as the Trust's liaison with All Age NHS Continuing Healthcare.
  • Act as a Trust expert in discharge planning, assisting and supporting the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) to drive and coordinate discharges, ensuring effective and timely intervention from all disciplines.
  • Assist wards and teams in understanding and using the 'Home First' Model.
  • Support the integrated 'Discharge Hub' in matching patients to pathways.
  • Provide education in discharge planning to members of the MDT or other professional groups requiring this teaching.
  • Support transfers to NHS-funded community venues/services.
  • Participate in the development of Trusted Assessment for care transfers.
  • Monitor performance associated with discharge, identifying gaps in service provision that may have a detrimental effect on length of stay, delayed transfers of care, or patient experience.
  • Work with multi-agency representatives to reduce length of stay, numbers of super-stranded patients, and delayed transfers of care, to achieve performance targets related to discharge.
  • Facilitate the Trust's compliance with current legislation relating to discharge planning.
Person Specification
  • Registered Nurse on the current NMC register or Qualified Health or Social Care Professional on the HCPC register.
  • Essential criteria: Good oral communication skills to establish and maintain relationships.
  • Desirable criteria: Good written communication skills, experience in communicating unpleasant and/or upsetting information, and ability to empathise and reassure in stressful situations.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
  • Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role).
  • Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues.
Important Information for Applicants

Flexible working arrangements may be considered. As part of our commitment to a safe working environment, we undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check on all new employees where the role is eligible for a criminal record check. We make offers in line with the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1975. Applications for Skilled Worker sponsorship are welcome for those that meet the Visa and Immigration eligibility criteria.