We are recruiting a Senior Discharge Care Co-cordinator who provides the interface between acute inpatient services and community services in Adult Acute and Urgent Care Services.

The Senior Discharge Care Co-ordinator remains under the management of Enhanced Discharge Team / Integrated Patient Flow Team and be supervised by a relevant bed manager and clinician. They will become part of the Integrated Patient Flow Team for day to day support. Kingfisher Court and the other inpatient services promote agile working and the Senior Discharge Care Co-Cordinator can base themselves in the various 'hot desk' facilities.

The Senior Discharge Care Co-coordinator, through the established links with the Integrated Patient Flow Team will be able to liaise with Discharge Co-coordinators and the Housing Worker in order to progress actions for service users from the community teams in Adult Acute and Urgent Care Services.

For an informal chat, please contact Agather on 01923 633809

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will:

• be a registered mental health nurse with NMC, or registered social worker with Social Work England
• have relevant experience with mental health services
• attend all inpatient bed flow meetings and work closely with the Discharge Co-ordinators in identifying barriers to discharge
• establish any potential delays to discharge
• liaise to establish anticipated outcome from admission with Care Co-ordinator and duty community teams
• be responsible for review of progress to discharge on a daily basis and co-ordinate clinically ready for discharge service users
• hold a full valid driving licence and access to a car to use regularly for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

In return, we can offer you:

• leadership and management training opportunities
• 5% on top of basic salary high cost allowance supplement (subject to a maximum payment of �2,011 per annum)
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service) plus bank holidays (pro rata where applicable)
• One of the UK's best pension schemes
• Comprehensive health and wellbeing services
• Special leave for family and personal reasons
• NHS Car Lease Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme

About us

HPFT is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from theCare Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.

Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings.

The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Our Trust values are:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!

Job description

Job responsibilities

For a more detailed Job and Person Specification please read the attached document before applying

We look forward to hearing from you!

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• An appropriate professional nursing / social work qualification
• Education to degree level
• Training in principles and application of outcomes focussed assessments and personalization
• Relevant post-qualifying training for Nursing /Social workers
• Registration with NMC /Social Work England
• Training and experience in Safeguarding

Desirable

• Approved Mental Health Professional/Best Interests Assessment Training

Experience

Essential

• Extensive post qualification experience
• Experience of undertaking assessments, focused as personalisation, choice and control, and care planning
• Understanding and experience of personal budgets and direct payments
• Experience of multidisciplinary working and ability to work collaboratively
• Experience of partnership working with service users and carers, demonstrating dignity and respect
• Knowledge of legislation, theory, and policy in relation to relevant care group

Desirable

• Experience of work as Approved Mental Health Professional and/or Best Interests Assessor

COMMUNICATION SKILLS

Essential

• Excellent ability to communication with a wide range of stakeholders including service users and carers, other professional colleagues, members of other organisations and local communities, verbally and in writing
• Ability to manage highly sensitive information
• Experience of using electronic recording systems and ability to produce accurate, appropriate and timely reports

ANALYTICAL SKILLS

Essential

• Ability to analyse service user and carer information.
• Experience of undertaking small scale audits and surveys.

Employer details

Employer name

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

King Fisher Court, Radlett

Harper Lane

Radlett

WD7 9HQ

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

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