Job summary
- Main area
- Discharge Coordinator
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Working one weekend in four.)
- Job ref
- 201-24-453
- Employer
- Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Longreach/ Bodmin Hospital
- Town
- Redruth/ Bodmin
- Salary
- £28,407 - £34,581 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/07/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 20/07/2024
Employer heading
Discharge Coordinator
Band 5
Thank you for your interest in joining us at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.
Strategic Themes
Great Care
- Care based on what matters to people.
- Care provided at home or close to home.
- Improvement through learning, research and innovation.
- Prevention and alternatives to hospital.
Great Organisation
- Buildings that support health and wellbeing.
- Technology enabled care.
- Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services.
- Safe, efficient, effective and productive.
Great People
- A place people love to work and feel valued.
- Living our values with staff (all voices count).
- Attract, grow and develop talent.
- Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen.
Great Partner
- Encourage and enable effective partnerships.
- Joined-up community services.
- Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities.
- Reduce our impact on the environment.
At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to play an integral role in supporting a seamless patient pathway from admission to discharge.
You would be working with a friendly and dynamic team who are dedicated to providing excellent service to our patients and stakeholders by facilitating safe and timely discharges.
Main duties of the job
- The post holder will have responsibility for actively participating as a key member of the multi-disciplinary team and have a leading role on discharge planning.
- The post holder will have an extensive knowledge of community services and will support development of new initiatives that support timely discharge.
- The post holder will support the wider team in identifying barriers to discharge and problem solving to overcome them to achieve positive results for the patient, their family, and carers.
- Supervise the ward based patient flow coordinators.
The post holder will work across several wards. The wards are spread over two hospital sites, Bodmin Hospital and Longreach House.
Working for our organisation
We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.
We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.
Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.
We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.
Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experienced in leading discharge planning for people with complex needs.
- Experienced in delivering care/support to people with mental health issues
Desirable criteria
- Experience of managing and developing staff including performance management
Skills and Aptitude
Essential criteria
- Knowledge and understanding of the role of social services and voluntary agencies
- Very good negotiating and diplomacy skills, coupled with ability to remain objective when dealing with complex and sensitive issues which can be contentious.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of policy and procedural development
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Ability to cope under pressure
- Flexible approach to meet the changing needs of the service
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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
- Karen Williams
- Job title
- Patient Flow Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01209 318972
- Additional information
Please note we are not accepting any communication from Recruitment Agencies at the current time. Please refrain from Sending the Trust CV’s as this does not count as an introduction
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