Discharge Nurse | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London seeks a Discharge Nurse to oversee the discharge process for complex patients. You will coordinate assessments and ensure patient needs are met while fostering effective communication among multidisciplinary teams. Strong autonomy, clinical judgment, and experience in hospital settings are required. This role contributes directly to patient care and optimizing discharge processes.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing complex patient discharges.
• Strong clinical judgment and ability to act autonomously.
• Ability to facilitate multidisciplinary discharge planning.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate assessments and discharge plans for complex patients.
• Provide advice and support for effective discharge management.
• Track and ensure timely progress on patient referrals.

Job description

Overview

The Discharge Nurse will be responsible for facilitating safe and effective discharges of complex patients from hospital to a community setting through a multidisciplinary approach. They will coordinate assessments of patients and support the discharge plan. They will manage a caseload of the most complex clients, completing and coordinating assessments and discharge plans for this group and ensuring all parties are updated at all times. This group includes but is not exclusive to: homeless patients (ensuring correct pathway and awareness of changes to legislation or process); complex patients requiring specialist rehabilitation or placement (ensuring correct pathway and funding streams); overseas patients with no access to public funds requiring Home Office intervention or repatriation.

The postholder will provide specialist advice and support to wards and MDTs in managing effective discharge, lead Family and Professionals meetings, and provide guidance to professional colleagues and patients/families. Active input and support to MDTs for each ward and ensure feedback on actions assigned. Facilitate effective multidisciplinary discharge planning as an integral part of care management across divisions. Demonstrate high level clinical judgement and act autonomously; assist in tracking and completion of referrals for all patients referred, ensuring timely progress along the pathway. Ensure that patients transferring to another provider have the right information, consumables and equipment.

About NMUH

North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust (NMUH) is one of London’s busiest healthcare providers, serving Enfield, Haringey and beyond. Our specialist services include HIV, cardiology, blood disorders, diabetes, fertility, sickle cell and thalassemia, cancer diagnosis and treatment, and the Helen Rollason Cancer Support Centre. We also provide community services and a 0-19 service for children and young people in Enfield, including health visitors and school nurses delivering the Healthy Child Programme.

Responsibilities

• To participate in the operational implementation of policy and service development within the team and ensure trust policies and procedures are adhered to.
• Contribute to the development of trust policies as required.
• To have budgetary awareness for the service and the cost implications of bank and agency use; minimize non-pay expenditure while maintaining high standards of patient care.
• To act as a role model, be accountable for own professional actions, educate others, and keep up to date with professional developments.
• Disseminate information regarding new or updated clinical practices, guidelines and policies to nursing staff; participate in training needs analysis for own area.

This advert closes on Tuesday 30 Sep 2025.