Job Overview
We are looking for an enthusiastic and hardworking individual to join the Integrated Discharge Team. The successful candidate will be responsible for optimising hospital bed utilisation by managing the Ealing Bridging process and pathway, helping to reduce the length of stay by ensuring timely, safe transfer and discharge of patients to the most appropriate and agreed environment.
Key Responsibilities
* Optimise hospital bed utilisation by managing the Ealing Bridging process and pathway to reduce length of stay.
* Take lead in troubleshooting, communicating and assisting the Integrated Discharge Team (IDT), Ward Discharge Practitioners and Ward Managers/Matrons/MDT to ensure electronic communications relating to length of stay and discharge are updated daily.
* Instigate and coordinate daily meetings with ward discharge co‑practitioners, nurses in charge and IDT to understand and act upon required treatment plans and escalations; attend all routine and emergency bed meetings, giving and receiving feedback on escalations.
* Work in close partnership with all hospital colleagues, including all members of the multidisciplinary team across health and social care.
* Operate independently and proactively to ensure safe and timely discharges and serve as the single point of communication to manage patients under the bridging pathway.
About London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
LNWH cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond. Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serves a diverse population of almost one million people.
Major Acute Services
* Northwick Park Hospital – home to one of the busiest emergency departments in the country, the nation’s top‑rated hyper‑acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper‑acute rehabilitation units in the UK.
* St Mark’s Hospital – internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease.
* Ealing Hospital – busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, a 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, plus specialist care at Meadow House Hospice.
* Central Middlesex Hospital – planned care site hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
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