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This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the complex Discharge Planning Team providing a link between acute and Community Services across Health and Social Care.

With recent changes following the release of the National Hospital Discharge policy in 2020 alongside the journey to becoming integrated health and social care systems, there are many exciting opportunities to come!

We are looking for someone who has great communication skills and the confidence to both challenge practices and negotiate outcomes for our patients to facilitate timely and safe discharges.

You will be proactive and a good problem solver with the patient at the heart of what you do.

If you are organised, able to prioritise your workload with the ability to work in a busy team while learning a new role, this may be the opportunity for you.

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This role is paramount in supporting patient flow throughout the Trust and provides the opportunity to work with the MDT and our service partners in best practice, while providing expert advice on the management of patients with complex discharge planning needs.

You will be a key resource to the MDT supporting patients and their families with decisions around discharge, completing appropriate onward referrals to ensure their care needs will be met safely, and supporting ward staff with the preparations of discharge.

This role is also linked with other national initiatives, such as reducing length of stay; red2green, Criteria to Reside and #homefirst.

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Our Trust

Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.

CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.