Discharge Coordinator - Camberley, United Kingdom - Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

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Camberley, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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We are looking for a pro-active, highly motivated individual to join the Orthopaedic team at Frimley Park Hospital in the role of a Discharge Co Ordinator.

You will be able to work both autonomously and as part of the Orthopaedic team. The applicant will be expected to be enthusiastic, organised, able multitask and have excellent communication, IT skills.

You will be supporting in complex discharge planning for patients with complex health and social care needs, across Orthopaedic wards at Frimley Park Hospital.

You will be required to work with members of the multidisciplinary team to guide patients andfamiliesthrough discharge to assess pathways.

You will have excellent communication and problem solving skills and the ability to work well under pressure. You will need to have the ability to work independently but also as part of a wide multidisciplinary team.

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.

We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.

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, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.

We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties

This role is based on Orthopaedic wards closely working with trust Discharge Team in partnership with social services and external stake holders, patients and their carers to proactively support and facilitate timely and safe discharge from hospital to home or onward care settings.

To provide a single point of contact on the ward for patients, families, carers and associated people and co-ordinate/contribute to the safe and timely hospital discharge in partnership with other multi-disciplinary colleagues.

Maintain momentum of discharge planning throughout the entire process; supporting and working in partnership with other members of the MDT; doctors, nurses, occupational therapists, physiotherapists and other Hospital Assessment and Discharge Team members.

To screen all patients on admission and identify those who will require further social care assessment and input; complete the appropriate referral documentation and/or input directly to the relevant IT system to activate a referral or re-referral.