Discharge Co-ordinator - Lincoln, United Kingdom - United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust

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Lincoln, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

As a Discharge Coordinator working with the Discharge Team at Lincoln County Hospital, you will be allocated to an area and will be responsible for assisting in the discharge planning for our complex patients.

This is a patient facing role.

You will liaise with the wider MDT, both internal and external, including adult care, community health, reablement services, therapists, and others, to plan a timely discharge.

The role can be extremely challenging and we are looking for persons who are enthusiastic, work smart to solve problems and are able to work independently as well as part of a team.

It is the Hub's responsibility to hold regular MDT's to ensure that there are mínimal delays built into our patients length of stay.

We provide a 7 day service and applicants must be aware of the need to work within a rota to cover, this service.

An understanding of health and social care provision in the community would be an advantage but is not essential as we will support education and training needed.

We are looking for team members who have a real desire to make a difference for patients and their families.

Good keyboard and IT skills, including knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel are also essential.

You will be expected to manage your own case load with the support of the Registered work force and discharge lead.

Full training will be given to the successful applicants, supported by the Discharge Team.

Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people.

We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £643 million (20/21) and we employ nearly 8,500 people.

Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement - "Outstanding Care Personally Delivered" - stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.

We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.

Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from 'Requires Improvement' to 'Good'. Our rating for caring remained as 'Good'.

This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.