Band 6 Complex Discharge Nurse Specialist

The post holder will participate in effective and timely transfer of patients from the acute Trust through identified social and health care pathways, to improve the coordination and delivery of care thereby reducing delays and expediting discharges.

To support the coordination of discharge arrangements for patient with complex needs as part of the National Hospital Discharge service, ensuring that the patient is at the centre of all discharge planning.

To ensure patients are discharged at their 'optimised for discharge' date in an efficient and timely manner.

To ensure that patients are discharged to their place of usual residence: otherwise, they are placed with services relevant to their needs, that opportunities of independence and self-management are maximised and that reliance on long term care is mitigated wherever possible thus reducing the likelihood for readmission.

Hiring Managers

Naeema Hussain / Muchaneta Mupanemunda

Naeema.Hussain@uhb.nhs.uk/ Muchaneta.Mupanemunda@uhb.nhs.uk

Main duties of the job

To support the discharge planning and coordination for patients within the Trust who have complex healthcare needs utilising the Discharge to Assess Model.

To provide effective liaison between health and social care professionals and other relevant agencies to support discharge.

Adopting the home first principle when discharge planning. Assessing End of Life patients and making referrals to ensure patients are discharged to their preferred place.

Supporting the ward with complex discharges and regularly communicating to provide progress reports. Supporting patients to reduce their length of stay and creating flow throughout the Hospital.

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

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