Discharge Co-ordinator Heathlands - Bracknell, United Kingdom - Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

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Bracknell, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Do you want to be part of a new, forward-thinking Unit supporting patients and families in the Bracknell/BHFT area to rehabilitate and return to their preferred place of care?

If so, we have an exciting new opportunity for you to join us as a discharge coordinator in our friendly, supportive and award-winning team at Heathlands

All relevant training will be provided, and there are ongoing opportunities for professional development which you will be supported to access.

Data input and data entry including tracking referrals and data submission to both local and national reporting streams
Data entry
Gathering of clinical information via EPIC
Providing updates to key partners
Contacting health and social care colleagues for updates about patients and their discharge planning
To communicate effectively with both internal and external staff to ensure a multidisciplinary approach to patient care
Facilitate communication between inpatient and community settings
Build and maintain positive working relationships with colleagues in health and social care as well as the voluntary sector across the ICS footprint
Within specific guidelines and following training, to be responsible and accountable for your caseload, including accurate and timely documentation
To seek advice from senior staff within the team when necessary
To escalate concerns where required
To prioritise workload and be able to be flexible in the role as the need arises
To work as part of a wider team, supporting other services as appropriate where needed
Develop skills and knowledge to share information with members of the MDT to facilitate patient discharges
Ensure timely and effective communication with other members of the MDT, the bed managers and partner agencies on all professional matters
To ensure Trust policies and guidelines are adhered to
To take part in clinical audits as required
To assist in audit and review complex patient discharge plans

There's never been a more exciting time to build your career at Frimley Health, one of the country's largest and most respected trusts

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement.

We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site.

The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.

We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients.

Our new EPR - Epic - went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.

Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other.

If you have a passion for clinical excellence, patient care and your own career development, you'll feel at home at Frimley Health.

Dimensions of job:

Day to day coordination of discharges at Heathlands Intermediate Care Unit
Partnership working with health and social care partners both within the acute hospital and community settings, particularly in relation to patient discharges
Data entry
Work as part of an MDT covering Mon-Fri
Use of EPIC for documentation and referrals

Key working relationships:

Internal:
clinical staff including nurses and therapists, Discharge Team, Community Services, Administrators, Unit Staff, doctors, pharmacists

External:
Adult Services, GPs, Transport, partner health organisations including but not limited to BHFT, provider agencies such as care homes and domiciliary care agencies

Purpose of job:

To facilitate the most appropriate discharge pathway for patients leaving hospital
To support cross organisation working and information sharing
To act as a single point of access to community services for patients who have been admitted and/or are needing support on discharge
To share information and signpost people to the most appropriate service
To facilitate appropriate information sharing in relation to supporting patient discharges
To complete referrals to external agencies
To facilitate patient case discussions to inform discharge
To use the EPIC system to track patients, pull reports, complete referrals and document interventions.