Discharge Navigation Lead Occupational Therapist | Barts Health NHS Trust

We are looking for an Occupational Therapist with an interest in hospital discharge and transfer of care. If you are looking for an opportunity to develop your career in this area or gain valuable experience in this fast paced environment we would love to hear from you.

Barts Health NHS Trust is looking for an enthusiastic and proactive individual to provide operational leadership and patient case management within the Transfer of Care Hub Team.

The successful individual will be part of a multidisciplinary team consisting of nursing, therapy, social work, discharge navigator and admin team members. You will be working closely with health and social care partners to ensure safe and timely discharges and minimise barriers, improving patient experience across discharge pathways.

You will have close links with community services, delivering a discharge to assess model of care in the community. You will be supported by the Transfer of Care Hub manager and work closely with system partners including acute staff, local authorities, voluntary agencies and the ICB.

The post holder will be an active participant in shift work, working 8am-4pm Monday to Friday but also part of a rota covering some late shifts up to 8pm and rota'd weekends and Bank Holidays as the service operates 365 days per year.

The post holder will manage and provide leadership to the Transfer Of Care Hub at The

Royal London Hospital. The post holder will coordinate the discharge process for patients with complex discharge needs from admission .This will require the post holder to possess expert communication and negotiation skills with patients, carers, internal and external stakeholders to minimize system delays and support the Division's to reach their length of stay standards.

The post holder will work with internal and external stakeholders to develop

communication and referral pathways which aid the discharge process for all members of the multi-disciplinary team.

The service operates 7 days a week from 08:00 to 20:00 including bank holidays. Usual working pattern is Monday to Friday 8am-4pm. If successful, please note you will also be expected to work on rota'd weekends, bank holidays and late shifts as required by the service.

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

To provide the highest standard of individualised and holistic patient care, in conjunction with the interdisciplinary team. The post holder will work within the NMC Code, trust policies, guidance and procedures to ensure safe working practice of self and others.