Job summary
- Main area
- Ward Coordinator
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 18.75 hours per week
- Job ref
- 825-6166346-OPS-A
- Employer
- Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Bishops Castle
- Town
- Bishops Castle
- Salary
- £25,147 - £27,596 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Ward Coordinator- Bishops Castle Community Hospital
NHS AfC: Band 4
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust believes in fairness, equity and above all values diversity in all aspects of its work, as a provider of health services and as an employer of people. We provide visa sponsorship to applicant who require a visa to work in the UK, providing the role you’ve been recruited to meets the requirements set by the Home Office.
From 4 April 2024 overseas workers requiring a general Skilled Worker Visa (such as data analysts, IT and finance professionals, etc) but sponsored by an NHS organisation will need to meet the new salary threshold of £38,700. In addition, applications to the Health and Care Visa route for those occupations paid by NHS bands that are on the immigration salary, a list of skilled jobs which have lower salary requirements, will need to meet the national pay scale for their role or the new minimum salary threshold of £23,200 (whichever is higher). We advise that you check that the role you wish to apply for meets the requirement for sponsorship before applying.
Further guidance on eligible roles can be found here- https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skilled-worker-visa-immigration-salary-list/skilled-worker-visa-immigration-salary-list
https://www.gov.uk/health-care-worker-visa/different-salary-requirements
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for a Ward Discharge Co-ordinator to join our friendly and dynamic team at Bishops Castle Community Hospital.
The role involves working within the ward environment as part of the multidisciplinary team, to provide a continuous coordinated approach to the safe and timely discharge of patients with simple and complex discharge needs.
Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.
Main duties of the job
- Communicate and liaise with patients, their families and carers and other key external stakeholders who play an integral role in patient discharge.
- Support the delivery of the SAFER red to green approach to expediting patient care.
- The role requires a high proportion of autonomous working with in the ward team within the sphere of the role.
- Attend ward round, organise and chair MDT meetings and take action to expedite investigations and treatments to support pathway progression using the SAFER principals of red to green.
- Liaise with other members of the wider interdisciplinary team i.e. social services, ICS, district nurses, specialists nurses and other relevant external agencies to facilitate timely and co-ordinated patient discharge.
Working for our organisation
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GCSE in English and Maths grade 4 or above, or eviqalent qualification.
- Level 3 NVQ in healthcare related topic.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Working within a hospital ward environment.
- Participating in the patient discharge process.
- Working with hospital computer systems.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of the patient discharge process.
- Knowledge of the Red to Green concept for discharge.
- Articulate with well-developed communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills.
- Computer literate with experience and knowledge of Microsoft Office - Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
- Good organisational skills; self-starter and able to use initiative appropriately with only little supervision.
- Ability to prioritise and work on own initiative.
- Demonstrates accuracy and attention to detail.
- Professional and pleasant telephone manner.
- Demonstrated appropriate level of problem resolution skills e.g., workload prioritisation, diary scheduling.
- Excellent customer service skills, understanding the demands of a client focused organisation.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Amanda Houghton
- Job title
- Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01584872201
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