IDT Nurse Assessor | Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Southend University Hospital NHS Trust; Southend-on-Sea; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare institution in the UK is seeking a bright, hardworking nurse to join their Integrated Discharge team. This role involves assessing patients optimised for discharge and ensuring effective communication with families and healthcare partners for safe transitions. The successful candidate will work across a 7-day period, focusing on complex care needs and planning for both immediate and long-term healthcare interventions. The position is temporary, covering maternity leave until August 2026.

Qualifications

• Responsible for assessment of patients medically optimised for discharge.
• Excellent communication with patients, relatives, and multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience with complex healthcare needs and social care planning.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate safe and effective discharge from the acute trust.
• Coordinate health and social care needs for high-risk patients.
• Liaise between hospital and community services.

Job description

We are currently looking for a bright, hardworking nurse to join our Integrated Discharge team at Southend Hospital to cover maternity leave until 16/08/2026.

The successful post holder will be responsible for the assessment of patients that are medically optimised for discharge to ascertain their care needs and make referrals for ongoing patient care in the community, to facilitate a safe and effective discharge from the acute trust in a timely manner.

Excellent communication with patients, relatives, the MDT and with the wider system partners is key to facilitating safe discharges from the acute trust and aiding to maintain good patient flow throughout the acute trust.

This role works across a 7‑day period including bank holidays.

The Integrated Discharge Team works with patients and families with complex needs and conditions, supporting them in the discharge process in order for a smooth transition into the community.

The Integrated Discharge Team provides guidance and professional support to the patient and the patient’s families, and works with them in partnership to make sure the patient gets the most appropriate plan in place for discharge, whilst ensuring that interventions are not duplicated. This process improves the quality of care as well as improving patient satisfaction.

The Integrated Discharge Team supports patients with complex healthcare needs, who may require long‑term health and social care planning or a short‑term intervention following a change of condition or acute illness.

We aim to anticipate, co‑ordinate and join up health and social care needs for patients at a high risk of unplanned admissions to hospital.

You will be at the centre of holistic care planning working within Southend Hospital alongside other organisations such as Social Care and the voluntary sector.

You will be responsible for liaison and communication between hospital and all appropriate community services (informal and formal carers) in order to facilitate a smooth, safe and effective transfer from hospital to home and vice versa.

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.

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.

This advert closes on Friday 12 Dec 2025.