IDT Nurse Assessor

VerseOne Group; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 48,000; Part time

Job summary

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust in Chelmsford is seeking an experienced IDT Nurse Assessor (Band 6) for maternity leave cover until August 2027. The role focuses on discharging patients safely from hospital to home or onward care, coordinating assessments and referrals with community partners.

You'll work across multidisciplinary teams, supporting patients with complex needs, ensuring timely, person-centred discharge planning and smooth transfers of care within Broomfield Hospital.

Qualifications

• NMC Registration is required.
• Evidence of proactive and continuous personal and professional development.

Responsibilities

• Work with patients and families with complex needs to support timely, safe discharge.
• Provide professional guidance to patients and carers throughout discharge planning.
• Develop and coordinate holistic discharge plans with multi-agency colleagues.
• Ensure discharge interventions are coordinated and not duplicated.
• Support patients with complex healthcare needs including long-term planning.
• Anticipate and coordinate health and social care needs for high-risk patients.
• Work with professionals across hospital and community services to plan care transitions.
• Act as liaison between hospital and community services, including carers.
• Facilitate smooth transfers of care from hospital to home and community settings.
• Contribute to improved patient experience and discharge coordination.

Skills

NMC Registration

Discharge planning

Leadership

Job description

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is one of the biggest trusts in the country, following the merger of Mid Essex, Basildon and Southend hospitals in April 2020.

Main area Integrated Discharge Team Grade Band 6 Contract Fixed term: 10 months (maternity leave cover - to end 08/08/2027) Hours Part time - 30 hours per week (The role covers 7 days a week (inc bank holidays)) Job ref 390-NM-COR-BR-5834

Site Broomfield Town Chelmsford Salary £39,959 Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time) Salary period Yearly Closing 27/10/2026 23:59

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is the onlyacute hospital provider in the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS), which is a system of health and care partners working together for our local population.

Within Mid and South Essex there are 149 GP practices, operating from over 200 sites, forming 27 Primary Care Networks and one Ambulance Trust. There are also three main community and mental health service providers who work together through a community collaborative.

We collaborate with other valuable partners, including three Healthwatch organisations, nine voluntary and community sector organisations and three top tier local authorities, with seven district, borough and city councils, as well as our local universities.

Job overview

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 for a maternity leave cover until August 2027.

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.

Working for our organisation

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

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Are you looking for an exciting IDT Nurse Assessor role using your unique qualities? Then we want to hear from you.

For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.

We look forward to your application.

Please be aware that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a suitable number of applications.

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

Please be aware as per the new Immigration guidelines we cannot sponsor candidates with a salary (full time or pro Rata) under the current minimum threshold.

Please note, the selection processes at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn’t accurately reflect their skills, and you will be required to declare on your application if AI has been used before submitting your application.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.