NHS
Job title:
Discharge Planning Nurse
Company
NHS
Job description
We are recruiting for a Discharge Planning Nurse who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.You will be expected to plan, provide and maintain effective Discharge Planning care to patients and their relatives. You also continuously develop and enhance knowledge and skills that will directly influence consistent standards of Discharge Planning practice.At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.Main duties of the jobSupport Ward staff and Multidisciplinary team (MDT) to develop robust and effective discharge plans which are Patient focused.Act as a resource to ward staff/patients/relatives offering advice and help on all aspects of discharge planning.Facilitate referrals in conjunction with the ward staff to outside agencies to ensure continuity of care.Assess individuals needs and completing NHS Continuing Healthcare assessments.Manage own caseload of patients and ensure any barriers to safe, effective and timely discharges are escalated appropriately.Liaise with community teams concerning patient discharges.Identify and manage potential problems that may prevent timely discharge. Escalate as appropriateAssist in the facilitation of training required for staff, patients and carers to meet any training needs identified to affect the discharge of individual patients.Negotiate and agree care plans with Community agencies, patients and their families.Ensure, with other MDT members, that patients and their relatives are involved and informed of discharge arrangements and discharge planning is documented.Act as patient advocate at all times.Ensure contemporaneous records are kept in the patient medical records and on the Trust electronic system.About usAt East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.We run the following hospitals:
- The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
- New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
- Hertford County, Hertford
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.Date posted20 March 2025Pay schemeAgenda for changeBandBand 6Salary£37,338 to £44,962 a year Per annumContractPermanentWorking patternFull-timeReference number361-7034622Job locationsLister HospitalCoreys Mill LaneStevenageSG1 4ABJob descriptionJob responsibilitiesPlease see the attached Job Description and Person Specification information pack for further detailed information regarding this role. Job descriptionJob responsibilitiesPlease see the attached Job Description and Person Specification information pack for further detailed information regarding this role.Person SpecificationQualificationsEssential
- NMC Nursing Registration
- Evidence of ongoing personal development
- Ability to produce personal portfolio
Desirable
- Teaching qualification/experience
- Education to degree level
Previous ExperienceEssential
- Extensive experience in discharge planning
- Experience of a wide range of acute and community pathways and processes in relation to patient needs and discharge process
Desirable
- Evidence of innovation in practice
- Experience of liaison between acute hospital and community services
- Experience of mentoring, assessing, coaching
- Experience in bed management
- Experience in participating/undertaking audit
- Experience of devising, implementing and evaluating change programmes
SkillsEssential
- Assessment skills and the ability to recognise signs of a deteriorating patient who may be approaching end of life
- Appropriate application of the NHS CHC Framework particularly relating to fast track discharge planning.
- Good proven leadership and motivational skills
- Evidence of good communication skills both written and verbal
- Advanced problem solving and decision making skills
- Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines
- Report writing and presentation skills
- Assertiveness and influencing skills
- Ability to plan, prioritise and work independently and manage own workload
- Ability to work in a multi-professional arena, developing relationships and effective partnerships across agencies
- Ability to analyse and assess information to develop a service
- Ability to analyse data and maintain relevant databases
- Ability to implement changes in practice
- Excellent standard of verbal and written communication
- Ability to promote good working partnerships with other agencies both internal and external
- Self-motivated
KnowledgeEssential
- Current knowledge of issues affecting the provision of health services in the changing health care market
- Working knowledge of delayed transfer of care act
- Working knowledge of MCA/DOLS policies and guidance
- Computer literate
- The various agencies and their role relating to discharge planning
- Current knowledge of issues affecting the provision of health services in the changing health care market
- Working knowledge of barriers to discharge planning
- Working knowledge of wider health and social/community care policies and impact on role
Other RequriementsEssential
- Experience and evidence of engagement around the equality, diversity and inclusion agenda. Able to actively support the development of a culture that recognises and promotes equality, values diversity, and actively leads by example in deploying these qualities. Understands the impact on equality, diversity and inclusion issues in all aspects of service delivery and planning
- Role model our Trust values every day
Person SpecificationQualificationsEssential
- NMC Nursing Registration
- Evidence of ongoing personal development
- Ability to produce personal portfolio
Desirable
- Teaching qualification/experience
- Education to degree level
Previous ExperienceEssential
- Extensive experience in discharge planning
- Experience of a wide range of acute and community pathways and processes in relation to patient needs and discharge process
Desirable
- Evidence of innovation in practice
- Experience of liaison between acute hospital and community services
- Experience of mentoring, assessing, coaching
- Experience in bed management
- Experience in participating/undertaking audit
- Experience of devising, implementing and evaluating change programmes
SkillsEssential
- Assessment skills and the ability to recognise signs of a deteriorating patient who may be approaching end of life
- Appropriate application of the NHS CHC Framework particularly relating to fast track discharge planning.
- Good proven leadership and motivational skills
- Evidence of good communication skills both written and verbal
- Advanced problem solving and decision making skills
- Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines
- Report writing and presentation skills
- Assertiveness and influencing skills
- Ability to plan, prioritise and work independently and manage own workload
- Ability to work in a multi-professional arena, developing relationships and effective partnerships across agencies
- Ability to analyse and assess information to develop a service
- Ability to analyse data and maintain relevant databases
- Ability to implement changes in practice
- Excellent standard of verbal and written communication
- Ability to promote good working partnerships with other agencies both internal and external
- Self-motivated
KnowledgeEssential
- Current knowledge of issues affecting the provision of health services in the changing health care market
- Working knowledge of delayed transfer of care act
- Working knowledge of MCA/DOLS policies and guidance
- Computer literate
- The various agencies and their role relating to discharge planning
- Current knowledge of issues affecting the provision of health services in the changing health care market
- Working knowledge of barriers to discharge planning
- Working knowledge of wider health and social/community care policies and impact on role
Other RequriementsEssential
- Experience and evidence of engagement around the equality, diversity and inclusion agenda. Able to actively support the development of a culture that recognises and promotes equality, values diversity, and actively leads by example in deploying these qualities. Understands the impact on equality, diversity and inclusion issues in all aspects of service delivery and planning
- Role model our Trust values every day
Expected salary
£37338 – 44962 per year
Location
Stevenage, Hertfordshire
Job date
Sat, 22 Mar 2025 08:24:34 GMT
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