Hat Discharge Practitioner

**Fixed Term secondment opportunities for up to 12 months**

The post holder is part of a Multidisciplinary team providing a rapid assessment of patients who have urgent care needs and initiate services to safely avoid unnecessary hospitalisation.

The working areas covered are Emergency Departments at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital and Cheltenham General Hospital.

Work autonomously with own caseload completing assessments and facilitating same day discharge.

To make onward referrals to other services and/or agencies for individuals with ongoing needs.

1: Provide rapid identification and assessments, with clinician support of patients who can be put an admission avoidance pathway.

2: Knowledge of community pathways.

3: Knowledge of working with older patients, and/or MSK injuries particularly fractures.

4: Be adaptable and resilient. The demands on the team can significantly flex to meet front door demands.

HAT is an integration between GHNHSFT front door frailty service and GHCNHST front door admission avoidance service.

We offer a mentor and a 8 week supernumerary induction period.

At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, we are supportive of the people we care for in the community and aim to provide a fully responsive service to everyone who needs it. This is the same approach we take for our employees. We look to value the skills and experiences of those we work with, whether they are service users, carers, families or those looking to work with us.

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is part of the NHS. We treat NHS patients according to NHS principles and standards. The difference is the Trust is accountable to local people, rather than to Government, and so we are able to work closely with our community to develop services in the way that best suits the needs of local people.

Our Staff Survey results showed people at our Trust feel they are engaged, part of a team and work for a compassionate and inclusive organisation.

Our overall scores were better than average in eight of nine themes and level in one - the best overall results for a community, mental health and learning disabilities Trust in the south west and first equal amongst all sector NHS providers within the region too.

Gloucestershire Health and Care is committed to embedding and providing personalised care through all of its services as part of our high-quality care strategy. The purpose of personalised care is to empower people to lead the lives they want to live. Personalised care starts with a conversation with people about what matters to them. It builds on what people can do, as well as addressing their health needs. Including new ways of working and delivering care, emphasising that we need to make effective use of the full range of our people’s skills and experience to deliver the best possible patient care. So we want to know What Matters to You and that you will share our values and join us on this very important journey.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

We provide a Multi-professional preceptorship programme that is aligned to the National Preceptorship Framework for Nursing and have been awarded the Interim quality mark from NHS England. Our programme is provided to all Newly Qualified; Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners. In addition to the programme we also offer all preceptees the opportunity of enrolling and completing the level 7 (Masters) 15 credit validated module “Preceptorship for Healthcare” (AP7026).

Newly qualified Social Workers are offered the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment programme (ASYE) which is similar to a preceptorship programme.