Job summary
Employer heading
Senior Discharge Care Coordinator
Band 6
Values Based Screener
At Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust we are looking for people to join us who share our values and those of the NHS. Before your application can be considered please take part on our online values questionnaire, which you can find below. When you have finished you will be sent a 'completion code' by email, which will be valid for 6 months and required to submit your application form.
http://hpft.recruitforvalues.com/
Job overview
Are you a registered mental health nurse, occupational therapist or social worker? We have a unique role for a Senior Discharge Care Co-cordinator.
Are you interested in working with an outstanding NHS Trust to deliver community treatment in mental health?
The Senior Discharge Care Co-ordinator provides the interface between acute inpatient services and community services in Adult Acute and Urgent Care Services.
The role is part of the friendly Enhanced Discharge Team / Integrated Patient Flow Team and be supervised by a bed manager and clinician. They will become part of the Integrated Patient Flow Team for day to day support.
Kingfisher Court and the other inpatient services promote agile working and the Senior Discharge Care Co-Cordinator can base themselves in the various ‘hot desk’ facilities.
The Senior Discharge Care Co-coordinator, through the established links with the Integrated Patient Flow Team will be able to liaise with Discharge Co-coordinators and the Housing Worker in order to progress actions for service users from the community teams in Adult Acute and Urgent Care Services.
For an informal chat, please contact Agather on 01923 633809
You must hold a full valid driving licence and access to a car to use regularly for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will:
- be a registered mental health nurse with NMC, or registered social worker with Social Work England
- have relevant experience with mental health services
- attend inpatient bed flow meetings and work closely with the Discharge Co-ordinators in identifying barriers to discharge
- establish any potential delays to discharge
- liaise to establish anticipated outcome from admission with Care Co-ordinator and duty community teams
- be responsible for review of progress to discharge on a daily basis and co-ordinate clinically ready for discharge service users.
In return, we can offer you:
- leadership and management training opportunities
- 5% on top of basic salary high cost allowance supplement (subject to a maximum payment of £2,011 per annum)
- 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service) plus bank holidays (pro rata where applicable)
- One of the UK's best pension schemes
- Comprehensive health and wellbeing services
- Special leave for family and personal reasons
- NHS Car Lease Scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
If you are a registered social worker, this role also has a recruitment incentive of £3,500: £1,500 upon commencement and £2,000 after 12 months.
Working for our organisation
We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission
Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a more detailed Job and Person Specification please read the attached document before applying
We look forward to hearing from you!
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- An appropriate professional nursing / social work qualification
- Education to degree level
- Training in principles and application of outcomes focussed assessments and personalization
- Relevant post-qualifying training for Nursing /Social workers
- Registration with NMC /Social Work England
- Training and experience in Safeguarding
Desirable criteria
- Approved Mental Health Professional/Best Interests Assessment Training
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive post qualification experience
- Experience of undertaking assessments, focused as personalisation, choice and control, and care planning
- Understanding and experience of personal budgets and direct payments
- Experience of multidisciplinary working and ability to work collaboratively
- Experience of partnership working with service users and carers, demonstrating dignity and respect
- Knowledge of legislation, theory, and policy in relation to relevant care group
Desirable criteria
- Experience of work as Approved Mental Health Professional and/or Best Interests Assessor
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
Essential criteria
- Excellent ability to communication with a wide range of stakeholders including service users and carers, other professional colleagues, members of other organisations and local communities, verbally and in writing
- Ability to manage highly sensitive information
- Experience of using electronic recording systems and ability to produce accurate, appropriate and timely reports
ANALYTICAL SKILLS
Essential criteria
- Ability to analyse service user and carer information.
- Experience of undertaking small scale audits and surveys.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Agather Sifolongwane
- Job title
- Services Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01923 633809
- Additional information
Josephine Sibanda 07890-427545
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