The Neonatal discharge coordinator is responsible for ensuring that each patient has an expected date of discharge (EDD) and that the ward bed status is real time. The Neonatal discharge coordinator is responsible for reviewing all patients on the unit, in terms of ongoing care, management plans and coordinating with the local hospital regarding repatriation. Post holder will attend daily safety huddles with the members of the multidisciplinary team to discuss discharge plans of complex cases and well babies

Main duties of the job

The Unit is one of three lead centres within South London Neonatal Network and a tertiary referral centre for neonatal surgery. It has a large establishment of 150 nurses and support staff, ranging from Neonatal Assistants to Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioners. The unit has a capacity of 40 cots, 12 of which are intensive care, 12 high dependency, and 16 special care. The unit also provides a neonatal community follow-up service.We are looking for skilled neonatal trained nurse with excellent communication skills and proven evidence of leading and supporting a team of nurses to implement nurse-led discharge, achieving and maintaining appropriate, planned, safe and timely discharge for patient. To coordinate complex discharges and facilitate nurse-led discharge for straightforward patients by engaging the multi-disciplinary team and senior nurses.

You will be expected to work both in Neonatal intensive care and Special Care Baby Unit. Working hours generally are Monday to Friday, however occasional long shifts, weekend and bank holidays might be required.

You must be NMC registered, in possession of a neonatal and equivalent of assessor qualification and have a minimum of 2 years recent experience as a Band 6 or 7.

This is a an exciting opportunity to join the band 7 team in St. George's on a permanent basis.

For more details please download the Job Description attached to this post.

About us

With nearly9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.Their main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.As well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010.St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide effective nursing leadership, expertise, advice and support to the NNU team andensure the provision of high-quality care. To act as a role model and expert practitioner and toprovide teaching and learning opportunities for junior staff in the care of complex babies examplesinclude but are not limited to babies with tracheostomies, on long term ventilation, with stomas,going home on oxygen or with nasogastric tubes and for discharge on PN.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• RN/RSCN/RM
• Neonatal Training
• Mentorship Course or Practice Assessor Update/Course

Desirable

• Management or Leadership training
• Bereavement Counselling

Experience

Essential

• Minimum 2 years experience as a band 6
• Experience of managing staff on a shift basis
• Experience of dealing with and supporting bereaved parents

Desirable

• Experience of conducting appraisals
• Experience of dealing with staff conflict
• Experience of undertaking audits and writing action plans
• Experience at a band 7 level or in charge nurse

Skills

Essential

• Ability to prioritise work and co-ordinate the work of others
• Good verbal, written and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrates an understanding of the application of leadership skills
• Ability to work under pressure
• Able to use own initiative

Desirable

• Interviewing Skills
• Stores/Resource Management
• Experience in transferring patients

Other

Essential

• Able to accept, give and respond to constructive criticism
• Respectful and sensitive to the needs of staff, parents and carers

Employer details

Employer name

St George's Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St George's University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

London

SW17 0QT

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