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North Bristol NHS Trust seeks a dedicated professional for the Band 6 Discharge Services role. This position focuses on enhancing patient experiences during hospital discharge by managing complex discharge processes and collaborating with health professionals. The successful candidate will play a vital role in ensuring bed availability, championing the Home First approach, and leading discharge-related initiatives.
This post is only open to internal applicants.
Main area Discharge Services Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours
Site Brunel Building, Southmead Hospital Town Bristol Salary £37,338 - £44,962 per annum (pro rata for part time roles) Salary period Yearly Closing 29/05/2025 08:00
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This is an exciting opportunity to join the Integrated Discharge Service(IDS) based at North Bristol NHS Trust and be a pivotal role in supporting the development of the Transfer of Care Hub.
The post holder will be either a Registered Nurse, Therapist, Paramedic or Social worker and will focus on enhancing the patient, carer, and family experience around being discharged from hospital. You will play a crucial role in ensuring that there are enough beds for patients that need them, and that the flow of bed availability is maintained.
This post will require you to work with a wide range of professionals from the health and social care system so you will need to be a confident communicator and bring with you a sound knowledge of complex discharge processes, although you will be supported to increase this knowledge to the level required for this post. You will have had experience of supervising and supporting team members (or the skills to do so if you haven’t previously had the opportunity) and you will have been involved in or have led change within a pressurised environment
The post requires an individual with the ability to work in the area of managing of complex discharge processes and a commitment to the further development of this essential service.
You will be a lead in:
Applicants will need to be able to demonstrate effective communication skills with an ability to ‘think laterally’ and problem solve complex situations, focusing on how best to meet the needs of the individual.
You will be a role model for the Integrated Discharge Service and Transfer of Care Hub both within the organisation and the wider system
NBT Cares. It’s a very simple statement; one which epitomises how everybody across our organisation goes the extra mile to ensure our patients get the best possible care.
NBT Cares is also an acronym, standing for caring, ambitious, respectful and supportive – our organisational values.
And our NBT Cares values are underpinned by our positive behaviours framework – a framework that provides clear guidance on how colleagues can work with one another in a constructive and supportive way.
Communication and Information:
If you apply for this vacancy and have not received a communication from North Bristol NHS Trust within three weeks of the closing date, please assume that on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.
Please note that North Bristol NHS Trust does not reimburse travel expenses relating to interview attendance.
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North Bristol NHS Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
The successful applicant(s) will normally commence at the minimum of the scale unless they have previous NHS service at the same band. Progression through the scale is by annual increments.
At North Bristol Trust (NBT), we know diverse and inclusive environments lead to happier and healthier teams and improved patient care and outcomes. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are currently underrepresented in NBT’s workforce at Band 8a and above. These include people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people and LGBTQIA+ people.
Please note that stringent pre-employment checks are undertaken on all successful applicants prior to commencement in post.
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.