Registered Nurse or AHP - Flow Team

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust; Leicester Forest East; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust is seeking a motivated adult trained Registered Nurse, Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist to join the Flow Team within the discharge hub. You will coordinate transfers, support ward-based discharge planning and work across multiple sites to ensure patients are in the right place at the right time.

The role involves data collection, negotiation with teams, and sometimes autonomous work, with opportunities to educate ward staff.

Qualifications

• Registration with the appropriate professional body (NMC for nurses, HCPC for physiotherapists/OTs).
• Experience in discharge planning, transfer of care or capacity/flow management is desirable.
• Good IT and data collection skills with a holistic, patient-centered approach.

Responsibilities

• Allocate patients to LPT wards from external services and liaise with acute and other hospitals.
• Support safe and timely discharges and manage complex discharge cases.
• Collate and submit daily/weekly data to monitor local and national standards.

Skills

Nurse (adult trained)

Physiotherapist

Occupational Therapist

Job description

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 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 candidate will need a moderate level of IT skills, basic data collection abilities, excellent negotiating skills, a holistic approach and a passion for discharge and transfer of care.

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

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

We currently have an agile working environment and divide 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.

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.

If you would like to discuss this post please call Esther Hyde, Flow and Capacity Lead on 07342066502

Main duties of the job

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

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 can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.

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.

Person Specification

Disclosure & 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.

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Evington Centre,Leicester