Discharge Coordinator

4 days ago

AshtonunderLyne, United Kingdom Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

Discharge Co- Ordinator Band 4 - hours

The post will support wards to safely plan and discharge patients with the support required.

Discussions with patients and family members and the ability to use and refer to specialists teams in the community as required

Attend daily board rounds- to be aware of all the patients on your allocated ward area.

To liaise with the Band 6 supporting your team

We will support with any development staff member needs

We provide in house training relevant to our area .

We can access training from community teams

Regular supervision

Yearly appraisal

Main duties of the job

The role of the discharge Co-ordinator is to provide support to wards, attend board rounds as discharge starts on admission . Ensure that all patients are discharged safely with the care they require. To be able to escalate any delays in care or discharge planningTo liaise with other team members for patients from care homes and patients that are approaching end of life

About us

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children. Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.

We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:

Safety Care Respect Communication Learning

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ people & Disabled people.

Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification focusses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.

The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Completion Care certificate Up to date Mandatory Training

Skills/Abilities

Essential

Ability to be an effective advocate for the patient within a multi-disciplinary team setting. Demonstrable oral and written communication skills (listening; expressing; summarizing; enquiring) Able to create/amend documents in word processing formats; excel spreadsheets, presentations and email. Ability to undertake health care and risk assessments Able to effectively manage own time and work load Problem solving skills. Ability to deal with conflict or sensitive situations Communication skills which facilitate discussions with patients, relatives, and clinical and managerial staff at all levels. Presentation skills in a formal or informal setting.

Desirable

IT skills including use of Word; Excel; Powerpoint; Outlook

Knowledge

Essential

Have the ability and knowledge to be able to identify specific needs of patients receiving palliative/end of life care Understands the issues of providing care to patients in the community Good understanding of clinical governance issues especially risk management and audit procedures, including evaluation Knowledge of community services Understanding of safeguarding issues. In depth knowledge of the discharge planning process

Desirable

Involvement in palliative care developments Undertaken formal study in evidence based practice

Experience

Essential

Can demonstrate experience of collaborative working with health and social care colleagues. Can demonstrate the use of appropriate criteria to identify patient care needs. Can demonstrate experience of discharging patients from hospital to community

Desirable

Experience of working in a hospital/community nursing environment Assessment of need for pressure relieving equipment

Other requirements

Essential

Ability to travel to varying work locations at varying times and during unsocial hours if needed Physical ability to access all clinical ward areas, and may need to work off the main site. Able to work weekends and Bank Holidays or unsocial hours on a Rota basis 7/7.

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