We are looking for an exceptional individual to join the Transfer of Care Team at the Royal London Hospital as a Lead Screener and Discharge Navigator. The Transfer of Care Team is a joint health and social care service aimed at facilitating discharges from acute settings, based on the home first principle. The team prevents avoidable delays in patient discharges through coordination and planning in accordance with current government discharge guidelines. You will problem-solve to overcome challenges and work with the ward multidisciplinary teams, senior management and external agencies as well as advocating on behalf of your patients.

You will be the Lead Screener of referrals into the service, with a large part of your daily duties screening these referrals to ensure they are appropriate and are directed to the right service dependent on patient need. This is largely not a patient facing role, with clinical skills used in the screening and identification of patient needs in order to direct to the correct community services to support on discharge.

In addition you will undertake discharge co-ordination of patients from acute hospital settings to ensure their social, health and equipment needs are met on discharge.

We are a 7 day service operating from 08:00 to 20:00 including bank holidays. If successful, please note you will be expected to work some rota'd weekends, bank holidays and late shifts. We are open to flexible working patterns.

Main duties of the job

To lead the discharge assessment and planning of patients with complex discharge needs, from advanced planning prior to discharge to the point of onward transfer, with a proactive case management approach drawing on post holders specialist physiotherapy professional background.

2. To work collaboratively, as part of the Transfer of Care Hub team and with ward based multi-disciplinary teams and community health and social care partners. To lead the co-ordination and management of specialist discharge plans that reflect the ongoing complex care needs of patients, and respect their wishes.

3. To lead on co-ordinating early complex discharges so patients leave hospital within 24 hrs of being declared Medically optimized and ready for discharge in order to minimise discharge delays, improve inpatient flow and reduce the possibility of clinical deconditioning .

4. To proactivley identify and escalate any potential delays in discharge and lead on complex problem solving/case review meetings requiring analysis and interpretation of a number of complex factors and options as required.

5. To lead on screening referrals daily, identifying the appropriate pathway for discharge for community health and social care services based on assessment, analysis and reasoning through an evidence based approach.

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Relevant Degree/Diploma, registered senior therapist
• Evidence of continued professional development within field of practice

Desirable

• Professional registration
• Adult Teaching/Assessing qualification.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in acute/ tertiary hospital setting.
• Experience of discharge planning and liaison work.
• Involvement with clinical networks/ patient pathways within acute hospital setting.

Desirable

• Able to demonstrate clinical experience/ expertise.
• Experience of managing staff.
• Recent and relevant operational management experience.
• Involvement within an improvement programme/ Project work within own organization
• Evidence of working at a strategic level.

Knowledge

Essential

• Ability to support the Trust against performance targets set around discharge process.
• Expert knowledge and understanding of discharge planning processes, legislation and policies including knowledge of a range of health, social care, housing and rehabilitation procedures and practices, which require expertise underpinned by theoretical knowledge or relevant practical experience.

Desirable

• Flexibility to adapt skill base to deliver outside the sphere of previous experience.
• Competent in the development and delivery of programmes of care.

Employer details

Employer name

Barts Health NHS Trust

Address

The Royal London Hospital

London

E1 1FR

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