(*) Integrated Discharge Team Facilitator

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust; Billericay; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

VerseOne Group is seeking a Facilitator for our Integrated Discharge Team across community hospital sites including Brentwood, Halstead, Billericay and Thurrock. You will work to ensure safe and effective patient discharge, collaborating with IDT nurses, carers, and external partners, while supporting care planning and information gathering.

A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle are essential as the role operates across multiple sites with a 7-day pattern, including bank holidays.

Qualifications

• Must hold a full UK driving licence and have access to a vehicle.
• Patient-focused with a commitment to quality improvement and collaborative care.
• Able to support and train healthcare assistants within the IDT.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality, clinically effective holistic care in daily practice.
• Coordinate with multidisciplinary colleagues and assist with discharge planning.
• Support IDT Assessors and educate patients and carers on discharge plans.
• Gather core information for discharge plans, including EDDs and MFD dates.

Job description

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. This role works across a 7 day period including Bank holidays.

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.

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.