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As the discharge coordinator you will be expected to work in the ward environment, alongside the multidisciplinary team to ensure that effective discharge planning and communication are managed in order to provide a smooth, timely discharge from hospital for all our patients.
We are looking for an individual who is self-motivated, content with working in a busy environment and who has good time management skills. You must have excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work autonomously and as part of a team. It is essential that you act professionally at all times, have excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to prioritise work load and recognising simple or complex needs, coordinating the discharge or transfer process together with the multi-disciplinary team.
This is an exciting opportunity for a Band 3 discharge coordinator to join a motivated team, that are dedicated to the development of skills and the delivery of high quality safe care. We pride ourselves on maintaining safe patient flow and providing an efficient and quality service, the discharge coordinator is an integral part of the team.
In addition to the below summary you need to familiarise yourself with full job description and person specification documents attached to this advert.
The successful candidate must have excellent communication skills as you will need to communicate with patients, families, the wider multidisciplinary team. Experience in the use of hospital I.T. systems would be desirable though not essential as full training and support would be given as you will be required to take responsibility for ensuring that all Trust IT systems (Medway /Nerve centre etc) are kept up to date in relation to bed states and discharge planning. To work alongside the bed managers to ensure patients are transferred/discharged at the earliest opportunity to ensure patient flow is maintained
Our team is both innovative and proactive in ensuring that high quality care is delivered to our patients. We are keen to encourage developments in line with Trust policy and working in new ways. We recognise responsibility to ensure that staff are developed and stimulated within their environment in order to achieve vision and deliver care that reflects the values and behaviours of the team.
With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jennifer Wallace Job title: Matron Email address: jennifer.wallace16@nhs.net Telephone number: 07812275511
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Joanna Peet - joanna.peet1@nhs.net 07812269970
Nicola King - nicola.king37@nhs.net
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