Band 4 Admission and Discharge Coordinator - Lowestoft, United Kingdom - Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

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Lowestoft, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We are delighted to announce an exciting opportunity to work within the Dragonfly Unit team as a Discharge Facilitator.

The purpose of the role is to maintain momentum in discharge planning throughout the entire process (starting from the time of admission), supporting and working in partnership with patients, their relatives, team colleagues, and other professional agencies to ensure a safe and timely discharge from hospital.

We aim to keep a person's time in hospital to a minimum, constructively challenging decisions, to prevent avoidable delays to discharge so that access to acute care remains available.

This position would act as first point of contact for both internal and external enquiries relating to admission and discharge, facilitating effective communication between those involved in a patient's journey through their discharge and ensuring appropriate community care and follow-up support is arranged for them to remain discharged.

Some duties and responsibilities include:

Acting as the key liaison between the hospital and other agencies in preparation for discharges
Delivering personcentred support and discharge planning
Working within the local area to support patients with their assessments in the community for a safe and effective discharge to the most suitable destination
Liaising with external organisations as required promoting partnership working to ensure holistic care and support
Arranging, attending, and contributing to meetings
Making referrals to relevant community services and other agencies as appropriate
Completing daily reports and contributing towards other reporting requirements
Ability to work independently on own initiative to meet the needs and preferences of patients
Ensuring that patient needs, preferences, and progress are accurately reflected in health record documentation including risk assessments and care plans
Assisting patients and their carers to access information, or to signpost as required
Constructively challenging a patient's readiness for discharge within a multiDisciplinary environment
To have an understanding of Social Care requirements and legislation including the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, and Care Act

Benefits included with this role are:

Free car parking
NHS pension

- a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
- career progression
- starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
- staff physiotherapy service
- gym membership

NHS discounts and many more.

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly, and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing their experiences and learning from each other.

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference, click APPLY

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY

Please don't miss this opportunity

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly, and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing their experiences and learning from each other and are looking forward to welcoming you