Discharge Officer

5 days ago


Southampton, United Kingdom University Hospital Southampton NHS Trust Full time

General Duties To assist patients in moving to the Discharge Lounge. Act as an advocate to patients when appropriate to ensure their discharge is safe and effective. Ensure plans for transferring patients to community services are progressed with the patient, next of kin, and MDT to facilitate discharge from the hospital once the patient is deemed medically stable. Act proactively to provide a reduction in length of stay and delayed discharges.
Support the advanced discharge officer, complex discharge Practitioner and the senior managers within the UHS acute discharge hub on all aspects of discharge planning and escalate to them any issues with complex discharge. Liaise with care agencies and care homes to establish dates for assessments and agree transfer dates; work alongside social services, CCGs and trusted assessors to ensure return to placement and restarts of care packages are completed following policy. To escalate any delay within the discharge planning process to appropriate team leaders, clinical leaders and service managers. This may include MDT assessments, diagnostics, family, care home delays etc Liaise with the bed managers to ensure they are aware of all medically fit patients or when discharges are at risk Participate in the weekday, weekend and bank holiday rotas as rostered.
To work in other areas of the Hospital when required. For additional information, please refer to the job description and person specification.


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