Care Continuity Coordinator – Prison Healthcare

Practice Plus Group; Lewes; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

Practice Plus Group’s Health in Justice team in Lewes is seeking a Transfer and Discharge Coordinator to support the Substance Misuse service within HMP Lewes, a category B male prison.

This fixed-term 12-month contract offers Monday to Friday 08:00-16:00 and a £29,000 annual salary. You’ll help coordinate safe patient transfers, reduce delays, and work with community teams to ensure continuity of care.

Qualifications

• Experience with patients within the Criminal Justice System
• Knowledge of local and national policies e.g. NICE guidance
• Knowledge of audit and its relationship to outcomes
• Knowledge of safeguarding adults and children requirements
• Willingness to learn and develop new skills on the job
• Excellent communication skills and clarity in interactions
• Non-judgmental, patient-centred approach

Responsibilities

• Reducing unnecessary and confusing handoffs between healthcare services and inconsistency in service transfer between healthcare providers by initiating early discharge planning or transfer to alternative settings.
• Ensuring safe transfers between establishments which offer continuity of care and ongoing support.
• Ensuring patients goals and needs are considered when care planning prior to transfer, with actions for complex healthcare needs.
• Removing delays for patients accessing and receiving the healthcare and medication they need during the transfer process.
• Working with the recovery team to promote and improve continuity of patient care.
• Meeting with patients to review recovery needs.
• Making links with community drug & alcohol team.
• Ensuring receiving team can meet patient needs (OST prescriptions, appointments)

Skills

CJ System

Policy implementation

Audit knowledge

Safeguarding knowledge

Continuous learning

Communication skills

Patient-centred care

Job description

Practice Plus Group’s Health in Justice team in Lewes is seeking a Transfer and Discharge Coordinator to support the Substance Misuse service within HMP Lewes, a category B male prison.

This fixed-term 12-month contract offers Monday to Friday 08:00-16:00 and a £29,000 annual salary. You’ll help coordinate safe patient transfers, reduce delays, and work with community teams to ensure continuity of care.