The closing date is 1st Oct 2025
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a D2A Co-ordinator to join our team at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust.
The D2A Hub, based at County Hall in Taunton, provide comprehensive co-ordination and administration for the Discharge to assess / Intermediate care county wide discharge service.
We have 1 permanent position available.
Main duties, tasks & skills required
You will join a team of 7 Coordinators who facilitate flow through the D2A service, ensuring, with support from clinical leads, maximum usage of capacity across the service.
You will help coordinate and run the daily Discharge to assess pathway HUB, recording activity on electronic and paper systems to monitor individual patient level information, and provide data analysis and reports in various formats as required.
You will also liaise with and coordinate D2A Keyworkers, providers, and referring organisations to coordinate the discharge of individual patients.
Please note it is shift working 8-8 Monday to Friday and 8-6 Saturday Sunday and bank holidays. Generally this is 1 weekend in 5 and it is 3 shifts a week, sometimes 4 if hours need to be made up across a month.
About us
As an organisation, Somerset NHS Foundation Trust offers employees a wide range of benefits including flexible working, NHS pension scheme, generous annual leave allowance and a commitment to career development.
You will be eligible for our Blue Light Card and a wide range of NHS exclusive shopping & leisure discounts.
We are proud of our skilled, diverse workforce and as an inclusive employer we welcome applications from all backgrounds.
Working in Somerset enables you to enjoy the idyllic countryside, areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines whilst still only being a stone's throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.
There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable.
Somerset offers the countryside and the cosmopolitan - there is truly something for everyone
Job description
For further information, please see attached full Job Description and person specification.
If you have any questions, please contact the line manager on the vacancy.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
GCSE English, Maths and a science
Able to use Microsoft packages, word and excel
Desirable
NVQ5 in Health and Social care, Leadership and Management or other relevant subject
Experience
Essential
Good IT skills
Knowledge of the wider effects of delayed discharges to our county services, our patients and our acute and community partners.
Desirable
Experience in teaching/supervising others
Knowledge of discharge processes and policies.
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.
For help with your application, contact:
Kate Smith
Pay scheme
Agenda for Change
Band
Band 4
Salary
£ to £ Yearly
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-Time
Reference number
184-OL-BL-3282
Job locations
County Hall
The Crescent
Taunton
Somerset
TA1 4DY
Ashford Court
Blackbrook Park Ave
Taunton
Somerset
TA1 2PX