Discharge Co-ordinator

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a senior Registered Nurse or Therapist to join our team of Discharge Coordinators

The primary function of this role will be to work within the integrated discharge team identifying pathways for medically optimised patients.

This role involves working closely alongside, nursing, therapies, medical staffing and local authority as a decision-maker and facilitator of safe discharge from acute care. The role will also include community based work to support patients newly discharged from acute care or aid in prevention of hospital admission.

The post holder will act as a facilitator and decision-maker, coordinating activity across a range of organisations. Practitioners will assist with the facilitation of early safe discharge for hospital inpatients.

The post holders’ main function will be to act as a clinical decision-maker providing the point of contact and communication link between the hospital, locality team and primary care in order for clinical decision-making to take place.

The role will also require community working and managing the short term care team to facilitate patients step down from acute that require rehabilitation within the community and their own homes you will also be required to be the case holder for these patients and to support hospital avoidance for these patients

Role

The role will primarily center within the Integrated Discharge team, however, at times support all elements of patient care as below alongside experienced colleagues specialised in these roles:

Patients at high risk of unplanned hospital admission (including those in care homes) Patients requiring discharge from hospital (planned and unplanned) including support with fast track and facilitation of end of life discharges Patients with complex health and social care packages following this period, admissions, assessments for a defined group of patients and subsequent signposting/discharge to other professionals as required.

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sarah Lusby Job title: Team Leader Email address: sarah.lusby@nhs.net Telephone number: 075448141225

Garry Cowling - Community Matron

Garry.cowling@nhs.net