Registered Nurse or AHP - Flow Team

Leicestershire Partnership; Leicester; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Job summary

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust is seeking highly motivated registered professionals (adult trained nurse, physiotherapist or occupational therapist) to work in the Flow Team of the LLR discharge hub. You will support 13 community hospital wards with allocation, safe transfer and discharge, contributing to effective discharge planning and care flow.

The role involves some autonomous work, opportunities to educate ward teams, and agile working across 8 sites.

Qualifications

• Adult trained professional with an interest in discharge planning.
• Moderate IT skills and basic data collection abilities.
• Excellent negotiating skills with a holistic approach to discharge and transfer of care.

Responsibilities

• Allocating patients to LPT wards from external services and liaising with hospitals.
• Liaising with system partners to provide integrated care.
• Supporting wards in safe and timely discharges, including complex cases.
• Collating and submitting data daily and weekly to maintain standards.
• Triaging patients referred into the hub.
• Working with buddy ward to enable timely discharge and flow.

Skills

Adult-trained nurse

Physiotherapist

Occupational Therapist

IT skills

Data collection

Discharge planning

Job description

Job Overview

ARE YOU THE PERSON WE ARE LOOKING FOR?

We are seeking a highly motivated and confident adult trained Registered Nurse, Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist to work within our Flow Team as part of the LLR discharge hub. You will be supporting 13 community hospital wards in the allocation, safe transfer and discharge of all patients coming into and leaving the wards. We are looking for people who have a keen interest in transfer of care, capacity, flow and discharge planning. The right candidates will need to have a moderate level of IT skills, basic data collection abilities, excellent negotiating skills and show a holistic approach and a passion for discharge and transfer of care.

You will work as part of our team but there will be times when you will be working autonomously. You will also have the opportunity to provide support and education to our ward teams.

If this is something that appeals to you, then we should talk. You can make a real difference to patients on our wards, supporting them to be in the right place at the right time to meet their needs.

We currently have an agile working environment but also divide our working time between the 8 sites within Community Health Services, so the ability to drive and access to a vehicle that can be used for work purposes is essential.

The Trust encourages a healthy work life balance and flexible working opportunities are available.

Important note for candidates - unfortunately we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role. If you require sponsorship please do not apply as we will be unable to shortlist you.

Job Description Summary (Main duties and responsibilities)

• Allocating patients to LPT wards from external services, liaising with acute and out of area hospitals and LPT Community Hospital (CoHo) wards.
• Liaising with system partners and building relationships to provide successful integrated care systems.
• Supporting LPT CoHo wards in the facilitation of safe and timely discharges, often supporting in complex cases, working with teams closely to provide resolutions and support in difficult and complex discharge situations.
• To collate and submit data daily and weekly as part of the team to ensure that local and national standards are maintained and improvements are made where needed.
• Triaging patients that are referred into the hub.
• Working with your buddy ward to enable timely discharge and flow.

For more details, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

About Us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information including AI in our recruitment process can be found in the Information for Applicants document attached.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.