An exciting opportunity has become available for a Band 5 Registered Nurse to Co-ordinate Discharges at Priscilla Bacon Lodge - a Specialist Palliative Care Unit. This post will be 37.5 hours a week, working Monday - Friday., The post holder will:
Co-ordinate discharges of patients admitted to the Specialist Palliative Care in-patient unit.
Liaise closely with Health and Social care professionals across localities to ensure smooth and timely transfers of care and discharges based on the patients needs and choice.
Work with the Multi-disciplinary team, identify the need for development in the present processes and proactively work toward improving flow of patients and preventing delay in discharge.
If you are hardworking, compassionate and a great team player then we would like you to apply for this position to expand our valued team.
Priscilla Bacon Lodge aims to deliver high quality Specialist Palliative Care to patients. PBL has a 24 bed in-patient unit, which has a combination of 16 consultant-led specialist palliative care beds and 8 nurse-led Continuing Health Care Fast Track beds.
PBL's Specialist patients have complex needs that require input from our specialist multidisciplinary team. Patient's may require assessment and symptom control, treatment for acute reversible causes, psychological support or end of life care. Those patient's on the continuing health care pathway are likely to come to us for end of life care in the last days of life.