Job summary
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a dedicated and proactive discharge specialist practitioner to join our team, focusing on discharge coordination. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in ensuring the timely and effective discharge of patients across the Trust. Working closely with ward-based multi-disciplinary teams and the discharge hub, you will:
1. Ensure the provision of specialist advice.
2. Develop and implement policies to manage the discharge process.
3. Ensure all patients with long lengths of stay over 14 days have clear discharge plans.
4. Conduct Reason to Reside checks for all patients.
5. Participate in the Length of Stay (LOS) report weekly meetings and other relevant meetings.
If you are passionate about ensuring high standards of patient care and discharge planning and are ready to take on a challenging yet rewarding role, we encourage you to apply.
The successful candidate will be expected to work 9-5 for 5 days over a seven day period.
Main duties of the job
Please see the detailed job description and main responsibilities section for primary duties of the job.
About us
Thank you for your interest in this role.
Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and we are the Health Service Journal's Trust of the Year in 2020.
The Care Quality Commission rated King's Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall we are rated Outstanding for care.
For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.
Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, wealso care for you.
We would love you to join us.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer to the job description attached.
Person Specification
Knowledge Requirements
Essential
6. Excellent communication and time management skills.
7. Ability to change, manage and motivate others
8. Knowledge of audit and research
QualificationsAcademic/ Craft/ Professional
Essential
9. First level registered nurse or AHP
10. First degree
11. Teaching qualification
Desirable
12. Masters degree
13. Community experience
14. Experience in HCOP
Further Training
Essential
15. Mandatory update
16. Management course (or working towards)
17. Car driver
18. Computer skills
Desirable
19. ECDL
Experience
Essential
20. Experience at a Band 5 or above with specialist skills and knowledge in assessing the needs of patients with complex health and social care needs and extensive experience within medical / care of the elderly nursing.
21. Knowledge and experience of intermediate care services.
22. Evidence of multidisciplinary working at an advanced level.
Desirable
23. Knowledge of the legislation for discharge processes
24. In depth knowledge of continuing health and social care policies
25. Policy writing and interpretations
26. Change management skills
27. Recent participation in clinical audit and / or research project
Contractual Requirements
Essential
28. Continued professional development.
29. Demonstrate professionalism and patient advocacy
30. Ability to work flexibly within the hours of the department or to meet the demands of the service.