Discharge Nurse Specialist | Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Sutton-in-Ashfield; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in England is seeking a dedicated Discharge Specialist Nurse to enhance discharge coordination. The role involves providing specialist nursing advice, implementing policies for effective discharge processes, and ensuring timely patient transitions from hospital. The ideal candidate will have relevant nursing experience and a commitment to patient-centered care. This position offers an outstanding opportunity within an award-winning healthcare organization.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in providing specialist nursing advice.
• Ability to develop and implement discharge management policies.
• Experience in conducting Reason to Reside checks.

Responsibilities

• Ensure provision of specialist nursing advice.
• Develop policies to manage discharge process.
• Ensure clear discharge plans for patients with long lengths of stay.
• Conduct Reason to Reside checks for all patients.
• Participate in LOS report weekly meetings.

Job description

Overview

Sherwood Forest Hospitals are seeking a dedicated and proactive Discharge Specialist Nurse to join our team, focusing on discharge coordination. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in ensuring the timely and effective discharge of patients across the Trust.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the provision of specialist nursing advice.
• Develop and implement policies to manage the discharge process.
• Ensure all patients with long lengths of stay over 14 days have clear discharge plans.
• Conduct Reason to Reside checks for all patients.
• Participate in the Length of Stay (LOS) report weekly meetings and other relevant meetings.

About us

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

Visa and sponsorship

Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:

Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - GOV.UK

Home Office guidance has changed as of 9th April. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.

Application details

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

This advert closes on Wednesday 19 Nov 2025.