Discharge Coordinator - Integrated Discharge Team

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Job Title: Discharge Liaison Sister/ Senior Therapist Band 6

Job Grade: AFC Band 6 Permanent

2 posts (37.5 hours and 22.5 hours)

Department: Discharge Liaison Team/Integrated Discharge Team

Directorate: Out of Hospital Care, Care Group 1 Healthy Lives

Location: University Hospital of North Tees & Hartlepool

Job Purpose

The post holder is a member of the Discharge Liaison Team that aims to facilitate effective, efficient and timely discharge of patients from hospital. Particular emphasis is placed upon complex multi disciplinary assessments and case conferences including patients with complex needs, palliative care and rehabilitation needs. The role involves working across professional boundaries with multi agencies including local health and social care staff. Working with minimal supervision the post holder will maintain positive communication links between community and secondary care staff, social services and allied health professions to promote collaborative working.

We are excited to offer an opportunity within the Integrated Discharge Team based at UNHT. You will work closely with local partners including social care and voluntary agencies to support care transitions and complex discharges from Hospital to the community.

We require a qualified professional who has excellent communication skills and who is confident working across professional boundaries. You will need to be flexible, adaptable and a good team player with the ability to work as part of a team as well as independently provide a whole person approach to the care and management for patients within this setting.

This is an exciting and opportunity to work across health and social care and will include devising and implementing care support plans with the support of the Integrated Discharge Team.

Working for our organisation

At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust our main priority is, and always be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones.

We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.

We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition – a note of thanks, Managers Awards, Shining Stars and Service Awards.

We actively encourage staff involvement with staff networking events and staff survey

“Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool”

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Melissa Waugh Job title: Clinical Care Coordinator Email address: melissawaugh@nhs.net Telephone number: 07788925574

Melissa Waugh Clinical Care Coordinator 07788925574

Victoria Cardona Senior Clinical Professional 07940596511