Discharge Lead (Nurse/OT) | 12-Month Secondment

Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Bournemouth, Poole; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Multi Professional Lead for Discharge to join the UHD Integrated Discharge Team for a 12 month fixed term contract or secondment.

The post holder will lead discharge practice for complex cases, act as an autonomous discharge expert within the ward team, and promote Home First and Discharge to Assess principles to achieve safe, timely patient discharges.

Responsibilities

• To work with the Integrated discharge team as a professional discharge lead to achieve effective discharge practice in the management of complex cases
• Works as a Discharge expert as an autonomous practitioner supporting the multi-disciplinary team to facilitate safe, effective patient discharge as an integral part of the ward team/discharge co-ordination team on the ward
• To support a culture of “Home First” and Discharge to Assess principles for discharge in line with agreed Dorset Home First strategy are in practiced to avoid significant delays or unrealistic expectations of patients/ relatives.
• To provide the timely discharge of hospital patients who do not meet the clinical criteria to reside,
• To be a skilled and knowledgeable advisor for patients, family/carers and staff, articulating an understanding of the National Hospital Discharge Service Requirement Policy, Discharge Planning: Standard Operational Procedures (SOP) and discharge planning processes for simple and complex discharges.
• To provide expert discharge advice and support the clinical areas in effective recording of patient discharge information on Health of the Ward/ena systems that delivers accurate real time patient tracking/ discharge information and data

Job description

Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Multi Professional Lead for Discharge to join the UHD Integrated Discharge Team for a 12 month fixed term contract or secondment.

The post holder will lead discharge practice for complex cases, act as an autonomous discharge expert within the ward team, and promote Home First and Discharge to Assess principles to achieve safe, timely patient discharges.