Onward Care Team Nurse

NHS; Worcester; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A health trust in the UK is looking for highly motivated and proactive Nurses to join the Onward Care Team. This role involves working closely with patients and a multidisciplinary medical team to ensure safe and timely patient discharges. The position offers flexible working (full or part-time) and requires effective communication skills, the ability to work under pressure, and experience in discharge planning. Candidates must have a current UK professional registration.

Benefits

27 days leave plus bank holidays

Generous NHS pension

Flexible working opportunities

Qualifications

• Significant post-registration experience in a variety of settings.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats.
• Evidence of on-going continuing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively within Acute Hospitals to identify patients needing onward care.
• Take the lead in discharge arrangements for individual patients.
• Act as a resource for patients and families regarding discharge processes.

Skills

Ability to challenge poor behaviour

Good communication skill written and verbal

IT Skills

Ability to work independently and set own priorities

Good negotiation skills

Education

Degree/diploma in a relevant health related subject

Registered Nurse (RN1)

Mentor award

Job description

Job Summary

We are looking for highly motivated and pro‑active Nurses to join our Onward Care Team at Worcestershire Royal Hospital / Alexandra Hospital Redditch to ensure patients get the care that they need, when they are ready to leave hospital, ideally at home first.

The role will involve working closely with patients, families and the acute hospitals nursing, therapy and medical teams and social care colleagues in a multi‑disciplinary, inter‑disciplinary way to ensure a safe and timely transfer with our community discharged to assess providers.

You will be expected to be organised, with excellent communication and IT skills. You will need to be able to work under pressure, prioritising your workload against constantly changing demands. If you can think innovatively and use your own initiative and judgement to resolve complex issues, this is the opportunity for you.

You will be a key part of our developing team that strives to ensure all patients achieve a safe discharge at the right time, to the right place, first time.

The hours will be worked over 7 days, to include weekends and Bank holidays. Can offer full or part-time working.

We provide a 7‑day service across two sites at Alexandra Hospital and Worcester Royal Hospital. You will be expected to be able to travel to meet the needs of the service as this role may require cross‑site working.

Main Duties of the Job

Work collaboratively within the Acute Hospitals which includes the Emergency Departments, assessment units and all wards to proactively identify patients who will need Onward care on discharge/transfer and to support the multi‑disciplinary team with facilitating complex discharged aiming for home first.

Take the lead in discharge arrangements for individual patients where appropriate liaising with all members of the multi‑disciplinary teams in the acute setting and providers in the community.

Act as a resource for patients, relatives and carers requiring information on discharge processes, services available and all other issues relating to discharge and admission avoidance in accordance with current legislation.

Adopt a Home first approach, enabling patients to return safely home earlier from hospital.

Assess patients for suitable and safe transfer to community hospitals, community nursing teams and community provider services, both in and out of county.

About Us

At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.

We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work‑life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.

What We Offer

• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
• Wide range of supportive staff networks
• Health and wellbeing opportunities

Person Specification

Skills & Abilities (Essential)

• Ability to challenge poor behaviour
• Role modelling good behaviour
• A positive attitude and able to act on feedback
• Ability to praise and be supportive to others
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats
• Ability to analyse professional and ethical issues
• Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance
• Ability to cope under pressure
• Good communication skill written and verbal
• Ability to communicate at various levels with empathy
• Able to recognise limits
• Ability to work independently and set own priorities
• Good negotiation skills and able to use initiative
• IT Skills

Knowledge (Essential)

• Significant post‑registration experience in a variety of settings
• Priority setting
• Discharge Planning
• MDT working
• Working with internal and external stakeholders/agencies

Desirable

• Broad range of clinical experience
• Previous acute/community/specialist experience
• Continuing healthcare/funded nursing care assessment

Qualifications (Essential)

• Registered Nurse (RN1)
• Degree/diploma in a relevant health related subject
• Mentor award
• Evidence of on‑going continuing professional development

Experience (Essential)

• Significant post‑registration experience in a variety of settings
• Priority setting
• Discharge planning
• MDT working
• Working with internal and external stakeholders/agencies

Additional Criteria (Essential)

• Team Worker
• Adaptable/flexible working to the needs of the service
• Able to meet any travel requirements of the post
• DBS check satisfactory to the organisation.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

Contract and Working Pattern

Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full‑time, Part‑time, Flexible working

Job Locations

2 Kings Court
Charles Hastings Way
Worcester
Worcestershire
WR5 1JR

Employer Details

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
2 Kings Court
Charles Hastings Way
Worcester
Worcestershire
WR5 1JR

Contact

For further information, please visit the employer website: https://www.hacw.nhs.uk/careers