Discharge Coordinator

SWLStG; Tooting; Remote; GBP 48,000 - 57,000; Part time

Job summary

South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust is seeking a part-time Discharge Coordinator (Band 6) to support the Acute and Urgent Care service line. The role focuses on proactive discharge planning, coordinating with wards, and addressing barriers to timely discharge, with coverage of Tolworth or Springfield Hospital.

You will work within internal and external partners to ensure timely access to services and promote smooth patient flow through discharge meetings and pathway

Qualifications

• Experience in discharge coordination or a similar administrative role.
• Ability to prioritise tasks to support timely discharge pathways.
• Strong communication and MDT collaboration across wards.

Responsibilities

• Admin and clerical duties for Band 6 Discharge Coordination.
• Cover Tolworth or Springfield Hospital wards as required.
• Prioritise activities to provide efficient, safe discharge pathways and escalate issues as needed.

Skills

Discharge planning

Pro-active assessment

Coordination

Administrative support

Job description

Site Springfield Hospital Town Tooting Salary £47,951 - £56,863 pro rata per annum inclusive of Inner London HCAs Salary period Yearly Closing 01/10/2026 23:59

South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We provide a full range of local mental health services to the Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth London boroughs, as well as specialist forensic mental health services, including specialised services such as national deaf adults and CAMHS inpatients and OCD.

We are committed to providing high quality integrated health and social care for local people with mental health problems in South West London and more specialist mental health services for people throughout the UK. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ however we aim to be ‘outstanding’.

Our Values

We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values; being consistent, compassionate, collaborative, respectful and open is at the heart of everything we do. Our mission is "making life better together".

When you join us, you’ll be part of something special – an innovative and rapidly growing organisation that is helping to redefine the Mental Health, education and social care landscape in the UK.

As a Trust, we are happy to talk flexible working.

Job overview

This is an exciting time to join one of the integral departments of the Acute and Urgent Care (AUC) Service Line at South West London & St George’s as we are looking at new ways to improve the quality of the care as we promote effective patient flow. The Discharge Coordination Team is a dynamic team that supports wards with:

• Promoting purposeful admissions by agreeing a plan on admission with an estimated discharge date
• Tackling barriers to discharge, preventing avoidable delayed discharge and transfer of care.
• Timely escalation of issues leading to increased length of stay to the service line, ICBs and Local Authorities.

Discharge Coordinators work in conjunction with internal and external partners in supporting proactive discharge planning and timely discharges in line with expected dates of discharge.

They focus efforts on behalf of individual patients at heightened risk of delayed transfer of care (DToC) from inpatient wards and provide accurate information/updates into the trusts daily discharge and pathway meetings.

Main duties of the job

This part time role is an admin and clerical band 6 role and we are looking for a highly motivated Nurse, OT, social worker or experienced non-clinician to be part of a team that will help the service line to provide the best care for our patients by ensuring timely access to relevant services through pro-active assessment of needs and barriers.

The post holder will cover either Tolworth or Springfield Hospital wards.You could be based in any of those 2 sites.

The post holder must be adept at prioritising the activities that will provide the most efficient, effective and safe discharge pathway and elevate any conditions that will prevent this from happening. They will be able to work closely alongside the ward consultant, ward manager and wider MDT