Discharge Facilitator (XR06)

NHS; Leeds; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking skilled professionals to manage patient caseloads and provide high-quality care and assessment. The position requires strong organisational skills and a commitment to patient dignity and confidentiality. Candidates must be a Registered Nurse, Physiotherapist, or Occupational Therapist with significant experience. This role plays a key role in training junior staff and ensuring effective patient discharge planning.

Qualifications

• Significant post registration experience at Band 5 or equivalent.
• Understanding of the local and national nursing agenda.
• Knowledge of current initiatives to manage patient flow and improve discharge planning.

Responsibilities

• Fulfil the requirements as directed by the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
• Provide a clinical lead and role model to clinical staff.
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care and treatments.

Skills

Organisational skills

Team Player

Education

Registered Nurse, Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist

Excellent written and verbal skills

Job description

TheJobholder is responsible for the management of a defined caseload and carries out continuing responsibility for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care and the setting of standards of care.

Thejobholder will provide specialist assessment care and advice to a specific patient group and will contribute to the development of the speciality service and will ensure cost effective use of resources.

Current services comprise providing specialist advice, support and training to ensure high quality discharge planning is undertaken by ward staff.

Main duties of the job

Fulfil the requirements as directed by the Nursing and Midwifery Council or HealthCare Professions Council to maintain and revalidate registration.

Provide a clinical lead and role model to clinical staff by delivering high quality care.

• Undertakes clinical procedures where dexterity and accuracy are required.
• Maintain a safe working environment
• Acts in such a way that safeguards the health and wellbeing of children and vulnerable adults at all times. Is familiar with and adheres to the LTHT safeguarding policies.
• Undertakes duties on other wards or departments as and when required by service demands or patient need.

Support patients and their families, communicating sensitive condition related information and ensuring they receive required information to enable them to participate in their care delivery.

• Liaise with Community Services (as appropriate) to ensure seamless provision of care delivery.

Education and Training:

• Provide training and education of learners and other junior staff.
• Participates in own and others' appraisals.
• Provide education and training to patients and their carers.
• Keep up to date with developments, advances within the specialty.
• Undertake mandatory and priority training within the required time scales.

About us

The Leeds Way Values

Our values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:

• Accountable
• Empowered

All our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values.

Additionally, the following are core values which relate specifically to this post:

Respect the contribution of all members within the team and the importance of working together to provide quality and safe patient care.

Commitment to contributing to a quality service in an efficient and effective manner.

Commitment to ensuring each person is entitled to respect, dignity, equality and human rights.

Recognises the importance of confidentiality.

Commitment to support, uphold and demonstrate the core values and behaviours of LTHT.

Job responsibilities

Fulfil the requirements as directed by the Nursing and Midwifery Council or HealthCare Professions Council to maintain and revalidate registration.

Provide a clinical lead and role model to clinical staff by delivering high quality care.

• Undertakes clinical procedures where dexterity and accuracy are required.
• Maintain a safe working environment
• Acts in such a way that safeguards the health and wellbeing of children and vulnerable adults at all times. Is familiar with and adheres to the LTHT safeguarding policies.
• Undertakes duties on other wards or departments as and when required by service demands or patient need.
• Organises own clinical workload.

Assesses, plans, implements and evaluates care and treatments using specialist clinical knowledge and skills.

Receives supervision of clinical care and outcomes from Matron - Refer patients as appropriate to other members of the multi-disciplinary team.

Make clinical assessments within clearly defined policies and protocols.

Provide education and training of learners and other junior staff.

Participates in own and others' appraisals.

Provide education and training to patients and their carers.

Keep up to date with developments, advances within the specialty.

Undertake mandatory and priority training within the required time scales.

Person Specification

Experience

• Significant post registration experience at Band 5 or equivalent
• Current issues and initiatives in health and social care
• Understanding of the local and national nursing agenda
• Understanding of organisational structures
• Knowledge of current initiatives to manage patient flow and improve discharge planning

Skills and Behaviours

• Organisational skills
• Team Player

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse, Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist
• Excellent written and verbal skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.