Discharge Facilitator - Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom - University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust

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    Job summary

    Discharge Facilitator - Band 3 Ward 225An exciting opportunity has arisen for enthusiastic, highly motivated individual to join our discharge facilitator teams on our Trauma wards at Royal Stoke University Hospital.

    Main duties of the job

    You will assist the qualified nurses to plan and facilitate timely discharge processes for patients from point of admission to the ward environment to the discharge of patients to their own home or alternative care post holder will have excellent communication skills and have the ability, drive and enthusiasm to work within a motivated team to provide high quality patient care the post holder will ideally have experience as a Discharge facilitator or Skills

    About us

    University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

    All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

    UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

    At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

    Job description

    Job responsibilities

    For more information on working for the Trust, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

    For more details on the post, please see contact information details

    Person Specification

    Training Qualification

    Essential

  • NVQ 2
  • Knowledge

    Essential

  • Knowledge of community services and discharge processes