Neonatal Discharge Planner

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

The Neonatal Discharge Planner role at Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust will establish and maintain an effective communication system to improve health and safeguarding for neonates who have stayed in the neonatal unit at Midland Metropolitan University Hospital.

You will work with a multi-disciplinary team to support families, promote family integrated care and facilitate safe, well-coordinated discharge plans, bridging hospital and community care for babies and their families.

Qualifications

• Registered nursing qualification with neonatal specialty.
• Post basic neonatal qualification and relevant training.

Responsibilities

• Participate in neonatal discharge planning and MDT communications.
• Lead the discharge planning process and coordinate with services.
• Educate and empower families to care for their baby at home.

Education

RN/ Child Branch/RSCN/RM

Degree/relevant experience any higher-level education

Current NMC registration

Neo Natal Life Support

Leadership qualification

Degree level qualification in health related subject

Teaching qualification

Job description

Here at Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust we’re committed to recruiting and supporting a diverse workforce and we welcome applications from all parts of the community. We are committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills, experiences and abilities whilst employing people to our organisation who meet our Trust values of ambition, respect and compassion. With the opening of our new hospital, Midland Metropolitan University Hospital, it’s the coming together of expertise from every corner of our organisation and a show of our commitment to provide better healthcare and create more jobs and so much more. We at the Trust actively encourage Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) and disabled applicants, as well as members of the armed forces community and value the positive impact that difference has on our teams. We are committed to equality and diversity within our workforce.

Job overview

The post holder will implement discharge planning within our unit. The post-holder will work directly with families, supporting them to become more involved in the care of their baby to support discharge, whilst collaboratively working with the Neonatal Community Outreach team, neonatal nursing, AHP and medical teams to achieve this aim.

The role will require significant knowledge and experience of family integrated care, developmental care and breastfeeding as well as supporting competencies with our families

We support the facilitation of early discharge of well preterm babies and the home nursing of babies requiring specialist nursing intervention e.g. special feeding requirements, home oxygen, congenital abnormalities and support with medication competency.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will act as a strong advocate embedding the ethos of ‘parents as partners in care’ – empowering families to learn about their babys care and support parents to be fully involved in provision of care and decision-making.

We work in conjunction with other members of the multi disciplinary team and initiate transfer of care to other services e.g. HV/CDC/social services/CCNT/AHP/NCOT to support complex discharges, supported with MDT meetings

We empower and educate families to learn new skills and become competent caring for their baby at home, ensuring they are confident and always supported by our team

Working for our organisation

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWB) serves Birmingham and the Black Country – one of the country’s most culturally diverse areas. It’s a friendly and welcoming place – a place where you can belong, and a place where you can grow.

We care for our patients, we care about our population, and we care about our people.

Our values – Ambition, Respect and Compassion – are at the heart of who we are. They guide us every step of the way; how we work with each other, and how we look after our patients and their families; how we respect and value the rich diversity of our team and our community.

Our Trust has always aspired to be more than a hospital, more than a healthcare provider. Our purpose is “Improve the Life Chances and Health Outcomes of our Population.” It is what inspires, drives, and unites us every day. It’s what makes us unique.

We want working at SWB to feel like more than just a job. We want our Trust to be a place where you can feel you belong. A place where you feel happy, safe, and rewarded. A place where you can develop your career in whatever way you choose.When we say we’re ‘with you all the way’ we want you to know that we mean it. Visit the SWB website to find out more about our ambitions and people plans.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Neonatal Discharge Planner role is to establish and maintain an effective system of communication to improve the health, well being and safeguarding of all neonates who have been inpatients on the neonatal unit at Midland Metropolitan University Hospital.

The post holder will be working as part of the multidisciplinary team working who will demonstrate expertise within the neonatal service, providing advise, education and support to parents/ carers of the neonates.

A key role will be the providing the continuing care between the hospital and community for neonates and their families.

• To participate in neonatal consultant ward rounds in the neonatal unit; assessing, planning and evaluating treatment and care, and making recommendations for changes.
• To take a lead role in the discharge planning of babies from the unit, liaising with the shift lead and matron along with other members of the multidisciplinary team.

Person specification

Qualifications

• RN/ Child Branch/RSCN/RM
• Degree/relevant experience any higher-level education
• Current NMC registration
• Relevant post basic qualification relevant to clinical speciality (Neo Natal Pathway)
• Neo Natal Life Support
• Leadership qualification or willingness to undertake
• Degree level qualification in health related subject or a willingness to undertake.
• Teaching qualification

Experience

• Experience in Audit / research
• Evidence of previous resource management
• Experience with complex discharges

The four partner Trusts of the Black Country Provider Collaborative (Dudley Group NHS FT, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust, and Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust) are actively working in partnership to deliver a collective vision focused on providing better, faster and safer care to the population of the Black Country and beyond.

To support this vision, we are (where appropriate and safe to do so) actively looking at new models of care which:

• Better protect elective / planned care service delivery across the system by organising on a 'hot and cold' arrangement
• Consider the optimal use of resources through consolidation and specialisation, and
• Seek to reduce unwarranted variance, level up / standardise care through a 'Networked Service Solution' approach across the four sites

Against this context, although this post is hosted by Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust, there may be an expectation to work flexibly acrossthefour partner Trusts to better meet patient and service needs.

As a major employer in the Black Country and West Birmingham region we are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance. We want the Black Country and West Birmingham region to be the best place to work and as such will consider all requests to work flexibly taking into account personal and individual circumstances alongside the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the Recruiting Manager as part of the on-boarding process.

Healthcare services have a significant impact on the environment. We are committed to embedding sustainable practices. We expect all colleagues to support the delivery of our Green Strategic Plan and to drive positive changes in their department by joining ourGreen Impact (opens in a new tab) programme.

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.