IDT Nurse Assessor

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an IDT Nurse Assessor to join the Integrated Discharge Team at Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford. You will assess patients for safe discharge, plan holistic care, and coordinate referrals to community services to ensure smooth transitions from hospital to home.

The role focuses on timely, patient-centred discharge planning, collaboration with families and multi-agency partners, and optimizing patient flow within the acute hospital.

Qualifications

• NMC Registration with current pin.
• Evidence of proactive and continuous personal and professional development.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients medically optimised for discharge and coordinate timely referrals.
• Develop and coordinate holistic discharge plans with patients, families and multi-agency colleagues.
• Act as liaison between hospital and community services to ensure safe transfers of care.
• Identify ongoing care needs and remove barriers to discharge to maintain patient flow.
• Support patients with complex healthcare needs and high risk of unplanned hospital admission.

Skills

Leadership skills

Discharge planning experience

Acute trust experience

Education

NMC Registration

Job description

Go back Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

IDT Nurse Assessor

The closing date is 28 September 2026

Join Our Integrated Discharge Team - Make a Real Difference Every Day

We're looking for a bright, motivated and hardworking nurse to join our energetic and supportive Integrated Discharge Team at Broomfield Hospital.

In this rewarding role, you'll be central to helping patients move safely and smoothly from hospital to home or onward care. You'll assess patients who are medically optimised for discharge, identify their ongoing care needs, and coordinate timely referrals to community and system partners–ensuring every discharge is safe, effective and patient-centred.

Strong communication is at the heart of what we do. You'll work closely with patients, families, multidisciplinary teams and wider system partners, using your clinical judgement and interpersonal skills to remove barriers to discharge and maintain effective patient flow across the hospital.

If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, enjoy collaborative working, and want to make a tangible impact on patient experience and hospital flow, this is a fantastic opportunity to develop your skills while contributing to a vital service.

Main duties of the job

Work with patients and their families who have complex needs and conditions to support timely, safe and effective discharge into the community.

Provide professional guidance and support to patients and carers throughout the discharge planning process.

Develop and coordinate holistic discharge plans in partnership with patients, families and multi-agency colleagues.

Ensure discharge interventions are appropriate, coordinated and not duplicated across services.

Support patients with complex healthcare needs, including those requiring long-term health and social care planning or short-term intervention following acute illness or deterioration.

Anticipate, coordinate and integrate health and social care needs for patients at high risk of unplanned hospital admissions.

Work at the centre of integrated care planning within Broomfield Hospital, alongside Social Care, voluntary organisations and other external partners.

Act as a key point of contact for liaison and communication between the hospital and community services, including informal and formal carers.

Facilitate smooth, safe and effective transfers of care from hospital to home and between community and acute settings.

Contribute to improved quality of care and patient satisfaction through effective discharge coordination.

About us

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust

Qualifications

• NMC Registration
• Evidence of proactive and continuous personal and professional development

Knowledge and Experience

• Demonstrable post registration, which must include a strong experience in an acute trust
• Previous experience within a discharge team
• Demonstrate leadership 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.

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

£39,959 a yearPer Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)