Job summary
- Main area
- patient flow
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week (or 30 hours per week)
- Job ref
- 359-6803290-T3
- Employer
- Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Tunbridge Wells
- Town
- Pembury
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/12/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 23/12/2024
Employer heading
Discharge Liasion Nurse
Band 6
Job overview
Do you have a passion for patient-centered care and planning patient discharges? Are you looking for a new challenge within a friendly supportive team?
We are looking for a new member of staff to join us at Tunbridge Wells Hospital, as a Discharge Liaison Nurse within the Transfer Care Hub.
The Transfer of Care Hub is an integrated multi-disciplinary team who work together to ensure timely and safe discharge linking hospital and community services to ensure the best outcome for people leaving hospital whether that be to home, a discharge to assess community bed or long-term placement.
You should have some knowledge of the discharge processes and pathways; have an understanding of how to complete Fast Track documentation, Ready to transfer forms, the Discharge to Assess process etc.
Main duties of the job
At Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust we believe that our staffs are our biggest asset and we nurture excellence and professionalism. We are committed to equality of opportunity and providing a healthy working environment.
The department works closely with all members of the Multi-Disciplinary Team in the acute setting and Community. The Discharge team work to ensure we achieve the best outcomes for our patients and their relatives in facilitating a timely, efficient but safe discharge.
Please feel free to contact the department for an informal chat if you would like a better understanding of what the role entails
A Discharge liaison Nurse should be able to support the wards in organizing discharges, gaining relevant information from patients and relatives. Liaising with the MDT and completing necessary paperwork to make referrals to appropriate teams; including referrals made online. Computer literacy and an excellent telephone manor are required, also the ability to deal with confrontation in a sensitive manor. A sense of empathy and understanding of the qualities required to with patients including confidentiality and respect are also required.
Working for our organisation
MTW is a large acute hospital trust in the south-east of England.
We provide a full range of general hospital services and some aspects of specialist and complex care to around 600,000 people living in west Kent and East Sussex. We have a team of over 8,000 full and part-time staff. We also provide specialist cancer services to around 2 million people across Kent and East Sussex via the Kent Oncology Centre.
In the 2024 NHS staff survey, our employees ranked MTW among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide and the second-best Trust to work for in the South East.
Would you like to work flexibly? In 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, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Once your pre-employment checks have been completed you will be contacted by Recruitment to arrange your start date which will be in line with one of our Corporate Inductions.
Following your Corporate Induction you will be expected to attend the Trust’s 2-week Induction Programme for RNs, NAs, RMs, ODPs and Paramedics. The programme is full-time (please email [email protected] if this is problematic) and will involve travel to both Trust sites. The programme includes supernumerary shifts in the clinical area, classroom-based sessions and e-learning.
Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service Check at Enhanced Level. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children)
At MTW, we seek to develop a culture where everyone can reach their full potential with opportunities to grow and develop their career. We recognise and value the unique contributions that each of our staff bring, delivering the best quality care and service to our patients. We are committed to being a diverse employer and strive to reflect everyone in our local communities. We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences and celebrate the diversity of thought, viewpoints and ideas that will make our Trust the best place to work.
We support our staff with disabilities to ensure they have the adjustments they need to be the best they can be in the workplace. Collaborating with Access to Work means that our staff are assessed by experts in the workplace and we ensure that their recommendations are implemented as quickly as possible. You can find out more here: Access to Work: get support if you have a disability or health condition: What Access to Work is - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Interview Date: To be confirmed
Please note that this role may often attract a high level of applications. Please note this role may close earlier than the original closing date so please ensure you submit your application as soon as possible
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Current and relevant professional qualification e.g. nursing, OT or physiotherapy – HCP/NMC
- Degree or equivalent or working towards
- Evidence of continuous personal and professional development
Desirable criteria
- Master level qualification
- Management qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Knowledge and understanding of nursing/therapy operational and professional issues in an acute Trust
- Post-registration/qualification experience
- Knowledge of national discharge related policies and standards, including parliamentary acts
- Working collaboratively across professions and services
- Evidence of leading, motivating and supporting a team
- Experience of providing education/training
- Knowledge and experience of the Mental Capacity Act and completing Mental Capacity Assessments
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of local adult social services, intermediate care teams. e.g. Primary Care trusts
- Experience of Trust IT systems e.g. EDN
- Experience of working with local social services, Safeguardings, Primary Care Trusts and intermediate care teams
- Multi discipline leadership experience
Skills
Essential criteria
- Able to demonstrate use of assertiveness skills
- Possess listening / counselling skills
- Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills across a range of situations across healthcare boundaries
- Commitment to self-development
- Ability to motivate self and others
- Influencing and negotiating skills
- Evidence of decision making skills – clinical and non-clinical
- Ability to use MS Word and MS Excel to compile comprehensive reports and spreadsheets
- Flexibility/Adaptability to prioritise workload and cope under pressure in order to meet deadlines
Desirable criteria
- Use of Teletracking, Sunrise computer programmes
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Rebecca Cobb
- Job title
- Senior Discharge Liaison Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01892 632990
- Additional information
For further information or to arrange an informal visit then please contact:
Rebecca Cobb 01892 632990
Coralle Baillie 01892 632990
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