Transform Health Care in Harrow - Join Us as a Transfer of Care Hub Clinical Lead!
Are you passionate about delivering high-quality care closer to home and ensuring seamless patient journeys from hospital to community settings?
We have an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Lead to spearhead our Transfer of Care Hub at Northwick Park Hospital.
Why This Role Matters
As the Transfer of Care Hub Clinical Lead, you’ll provide expert clinical and operational leadership in collaboration with the Harrow IICCS team, CLCH Head of Clinical Services, and our partner organisations. Your role is crucial in delivering safe, timely discharges across multiple pathways ultimately improving patient outcomes and experiences.
What You’ll Do
Lead & Advocate: Serve as a professional practitioner and ambassador for community services, championing CLCH’s commitment to excellent care.
Coordinate Discharges: Work hand-in-hand with acute hospital teams to ensure patients receive prompt, efficient, and high-quality transitions from hospital to home.
Drive Improvement: Collaborate with the IICCS Service Manager and LNWH Head of Discharge Operations to cultivate an environment of continuous quality improvement, making sure our services evolve to meet patient needs.
Support & Empower: Provide effective professional leadership for all relevant pathways, fostering a culture of learning, development, and proactive resource management within the team.
About You
You’re a forward thinking clinical leader with experience in discharge planning or intermediate care coordination.
You excel at collaborating across multidisciplinary teams and thrive in dynamic settings where patient-cantered care is paramount.
The ideal candidate should be a strategic thinker capable of developing strategic service improvements and managing complex patient care pathways. You must possess strong communication skills, with the ability to manage relationships with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders effectively.
Additionally, we are looking for dedicated healthcare registered professionals who have a first-level degree and/or significant equivalent experience in managing discharge and patient flow, coupled with a passion for community healthcare.
Just as we care about our patients’ wellbeing, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
• A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
• Single occupancy accommodation in Central London – (we can help you find accommodation in London, support you with your deposit)
• Support with gaining your driving license *T&C’s apply
• Car lease scheme *T&C’s apply
• Flexible working options
• Annual travel card loan
• Training, support and development in your career
To have a full look at our benefits and what it’s like working for us please go here:
• Develop detailed and complex technical understanding of discharge to assess pathways and hub processes to lead service delivery from a point of professional expertise and competence.
• Work with the Integrated Intermediate Care Coordination Service (ICCS) Manager in assuring safe and effective service delivery including responsibility for data reporting.
• To deputise for the Integrated Intermediate Care Coordination Service (ICCS) Manager where necessary including attendance at required system or NWL forums.
• Demonstrate patient centred values ensuring that all patients are treated with compassion and dignity.
Please refer to Job Description and Person Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.
This advert closes on Sunday 9 Feb 2025