The Rehabilitation Coordinator will work as an integral member of a highly skilled multidisciplinary team to co-ordinate the rehabilitation patient pathway from admission to discharge, during this secondment. Their remit will cover all patients admitted to The Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton with complex rehabilitation needs following major traumatic injuries. This patient group will include all major traumatic injuries, as dictated by National Major Trauma Registry (NMTR) and the Sussex Trauma Network criteria.

They will work across the organisation to co-ordinate the care pathway of all patients who require specialist rehabilitation. This would include coordinating the patient's care while in the acute setting and assisting in facilitating the transfer to appropriate interim facilities. They will actively participate in relevant Trauma network meetings.

The post holder will also work closely with the Major trauma practitioners, major trauma MDT and major trauma operational team to ensure that comprehensive data systems are in place to provide the trust with informatics on rehabilitation activity.

Main duties of the job

• Serve as the primary contact for rehabilitation matters for all major trauma patients during their hospital stay.
• Collaborate with existing teams to ensure smooth transfer to appropriate rehabilitation services within the Sussex network.
• Act as a liaison for patients, and other health professionals regarding rehabilitation issues.
• Organise and manage the complex care and rehabilitation pathways for major trauma patients.
• Innovate and implement service development projects.
• Drive excellent patient care and advocate for patients.

Responsibilities:

• Identify and support the ongoing specialist rehabilitation needs of major trauma patients from early admission through post-discharge follow-up.
• Ensure all major trauma patients have a completed rehabilitation prescription in line with national standards and verifying completion before discharge.
• Implement and audit key performance indicators related to trauma patient management in rehabilitation.
• Provide information and advice to the Major Trauma Service, inpatient teams, patients, and relatives.

Requirements:

• Highly organised and methodical.
• Effective team player within multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to use initiative and clinical judgement in complex trauma rehabilitation pathways.
• Demonstrated advanced level performance in supporting the major trauma pathway through:
  • Expert clinical practice.
  • Leadership and management to improve and transform services.
  • Education and development of self and others.

About us

At UHSussex, diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us always put the Patient First. Your uniqueness and experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of Staff Networks to help break down barriers, and can offer a buddy to help new members settle in. We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) and a Veteran Aware Trust.

We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. We're here for them when they need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in ourWellbeing Programme for staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it, including where possible, flexible working to support work life balance - because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves.

As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching and training so that we can be the best that we can be. From the moment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop. We hope that in choosing UHSussex you are choosing a long and happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make and feel valued for all that you do.

We look forward to receiving your application and the start of your journey with UHSussex.

Candidate Information Pack: https://www.uhsussex.nhs.uk/resources/candidate-information-pack/

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Attend appropriate meetings regarding patient discharges and Trauma/ Rehabilitation speciality group meetings.

• Maintain excellent communication to ensure the accurate and timely dissemination of information. This includes adherence with the rehabilitation prescription process, developing reports for MDT/ Speciality Care Groups.

• Develop and maintain data base/ information system to demonstrate timing and co-ordination of rehabilitation decisions, referrals and transfer of care.

• Identify current bottlenecks and gaps in service and implement internal process solutions and contribute to external developments.

• Take responsibility to ensure that appropriate training and development needs are identified and implemented to support these activities.

• Ensure referral pathways are agreed by all relevant internal and external stakeholders.

• Document and feedback via Trauma/Rehabilitation Speciality groups, all relevant information influencing referral pathways, network forums and funding restrictions.

• Maintain accurate and comprehensive daily patient records to include any variances from planned activity and maintain MDT communication regarding the status of rehabilitation referrals.

• Support other staff when indicated in the management of challenging patients.

Person Specification

Shortlisting

Essential

• Degree level qualification with HCPC or NMC
• Evidence of relevant post graduate training in rehabiliation
• Evidence of audit and quality improvement
• Evidence of post grad clinical experience
• Evidence of working with in an MDT
• Evidence of service development
• Experience of managing own case load
• Proven ability to assess patients with high complex needs, including significant neurological needs
• Evidence of rehabilitation prescription

Desirable

• Relevant Masters in relevant field
• Proven experience of working in a MTC
• Evidence of strategic service development, business cases.
• Proven experience of working with NMTR

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

Essential

• Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles
• Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279)

Address

Royal Sussex County Hospital

Eastern Road

Brighton

BN2 5BE

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