263139 - (LC) Home First Lead Practitioner

NHS National Services Scotland; Livingston; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Lothian is recruiting to the post of Lead Practitioner at St Johns Hospital in Livingston. We are seeking an inspirational leader who is caring, compassionate and motivated to join our strong nursing family.

The Home First discharge planning approach aims to improve admission avoidance and timely patient flow, coordinating multi-disciplinary teams to deliver high-quality care at the interface of primary and secondary services.

Responsibilities

• Operational management of the daily tracker patient cohort and collaborative working to influence service developments and innovation.
• Expert knowledge in admission avoidance and discharge planning within a multi-disciplinary/multi-agency team.
• Coordinate and lead discharge planning discussions incorporating clinician, patient and family input.

Job description

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

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The job purpose is

• Responsible for operational management of the daily tracker patient cohort and collaborative working that will influence service developments and innovation. This will require maintaining robust oversight of all West Lothian HSCP patients requiring formal support to facilitate discharge from the acute hospital site.
• To provide expert knowledge in relation to admission avoidance and discharge of patients as part of a multi-disciplinary/multi agency team and have responsibility for expert assessment of care needs and the development, implementation, and evaluation of care ensuring the delivery of high-quality admission assessment/discharge planning of all patients and their carers, particularly those with highly complex needs. The postholder will coordinate and lead discharge planning discussion considering the views of clinicians, patients and families.
• To promote the Home First concept of discharge planning and facilitate the prevention of admission and early supported discharge of people in West Lothian, in line with local and national objectives and the strategic aims of the HSCP working alongside acute and community partners across health and social policy services to deliver comprehensive and seamless models of care at the interface of primary and secondary care.

To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service. Further information on what NHS Scotland Boards are required to check this as well as what your responsibilities include can be found in the further information for this vacancy.

We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post.

If after reading this information you have any questions, please contact Paula Biggar at 07368536654.

We are recruiting to the post of Lead Practitioner.

NHS Lothian is excited to be recruiting to a Home First Lead Practitioner at St Johns Hospital.

We are looking for an inspirational leader who is caring, compassionate and motivated to join our strong, empowered and highly skilled nursing family.

Our Nursing and Midwifery Strategic Plan sets out our Vision, Ambitions and Values that enable excellent care for our patients and service users. It also demonstrates what you can expect from our organisation and what you can aspire to in your own career development. A collaborative, person focused approach is at the very centre of everything we aspire to achieve, and necessary to deliver care that is high quality, compassionate, safe and effective. We continue to work towards having a diverse and inclusive culture for people who work for us and use our services. We want everyone to realise their full potential and make a positive contribution. We encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and communities. We are committed to supporting the development of a nursing and midwifery workforce that is made up of diverse skills and experiences. We are interested in your passion for developing with us as a leader as well as demonstrating alignment with the values and ambitions set out in our Strategic Plan. We are committed to providing the strong foundations of clinical education with our Clinical Education and Training team, our education co-ordinators, robust induction programmes and preceptorship as well as working with you to build on your leadership strengths.

Recruitment process

We use a values and competency-based recruitment process that is linked to the ambitions set out in our Strategic Plan. Within NHS Lothian, Nursing & Midwifery interviews are linked to our Nursing & Midwifery Strategic Plan. We aim to offer an equitable experience and are sharing interview questions in advance. A selection of the interview questions can be found on our Careers site: