(**) Integrated Discharge Team Facilitator

VerseOne Group; Basildon; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an Integrated Discharge Team Facilitator to work across Brentwood Community Hospital and other sites in Basildon. The role is full-time, 37.5 hours, with a pattern covering seven days.

You will support discharge planning, collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, and help implement care plans while ensuring adherence to care act and regulatory requirements. A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle are required.

Qualifications

• Previous Administrative Experience
• Experience coordinating discharges or complex patient pathways
• Previous NHS experience
• GCSE qualifications at minimum
• Knowledge of hospital discharge process

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality, clinically effective and holistic care through collaboration with multidisciplinary colleagues
• Assume accountability and responsibility for own decisions
• Support and training to healthcare assistants with IDT Nurse Assessors
• Contribute to continuous improvement of standards of care
• Develop care plans for patients referred to the Integrated Discharge Team
• Provide advice and instruction to patients and carers to promote understanding of discharge plans
• Prioritise own caseload and facilitate IDT Assessors
• Educate patients and carers to participate effectively in discharge planning

Skills

Administrative experience

Discharge coordination

NHS experience

Education

GCSE qualifications

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.

Band 4

Main area Integrated Discharge Team Grade Band 4 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Shift pattern covering 7 day working) Job ref 390-NR-COR-BA-5809

Site Brentwood Community Hospital Town Basildon Salary £28,392 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 05/11/2026 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

Inviting applications to join our Integrated Discharge Team as a Facilitator at our Community Hospitals (locations including Brentwood, Halstead, Billericay & Thurrock)

We are looking for a new member to the team who is patient focused and is keen to be involved in a dynamic environment where there is a constant drive for quality improvement to positively impact the outcomes of our patients.

As this role evolves, the opportunities to increase knowledge of discharge to assess and MSE working - whilst supporting the safe and effective discharge for patients from our acute trusts.

As this post is across different sites, all applicants must have a full UK Driving Licence and access to a vehicle.

Main duties of the job

You will ensure the delivery of high quality, clinically effective and holistic care, through effective collaboration with multidisciplinary colleagues in every day practice.

Assume accountability and responsibility for own decisions.

In conjunction with the IDT Nurse Assessors, providing support and training to healthcare assistants as appropriate to their experience.

Presenting a positive role model; striving to continuously improve standards of care whilst keeping up to date with innovations and change.

To contribute to the basic assessment and development of care plans for patients referred to the Integrated Discharge Team

To provide planned advice, support and instruction to patients, external partners including care homes, care agencies and equipment services and where relevant their carers and other professionals, to promote understanding of the aims of their discharge plans to ensure a consistent approach to care and discharge.

Prioritise own case load and provide facilitation to IDT Assessors when and as needed.

Educate and promote patients and carers to participate effectively in discharge Planning where appropriate.

To gather core information to contribute to discharge plans for patients, including EDD's and MFD dates and feedback to the team. To be competent in completing Assessment and Discharge Notification's in line with the Care Act.

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

Please note we are unable to provide sponsorship for this role.

Experience

• Previous Administrative Experience
• Experience coordinating discharges or complex patient pathways
• Previous experience within care industry
• Previous NHS experience

Knowledge

• GCSE qualifications at minimum
• Knowledge of hospital discharge process

Communication

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

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.