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:

• Ensure the provision of specialist advice.
• Develop and implement policies to manage the discharge process.
• Ensure all patients with long lengths of stay over 14 days have clear discharge plans.
• Conduct Reason to Reside checks for all patients.
• 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

• Excellent communication and time management skills.
• Ability to change, manage and motivate others
• Knowledge of audit and research

QualificationsAcademic/ Craft/ Professional

Essential

• First level registered nurse or AHP
• First degree
• Teaching qualification

Desirable

• Masters degree
• Community experience
• Experience in HCOP

Further Training

Essential

• Mandatory update
• Management course (or working towards)
• Car driver
• Computer skills

Desirable

• ECDL

Experience

Essential

• 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.
• Knowledge and experience of intermediate care services.
• Evidence of multidisciplinary working at an advanced level.

Desirable

• Knowledge of the legislation for discharge processes
• In depth knowledge of continuing health and social care policies
• Policy writing and interpretations
• Change management skills
• Recent participation in clinical audit and / or research project

Contractual Requirements

Essential

• Continued professional development.
• Demonstrate professionalism and patient advocacy
• Ability to work flexibly within the hours of the department or to meet the demands of the service.

Employer details

Employer name

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton in Ashfield

NG17 4JL

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