<div><p>An exciting opportunity to join a wonderful, dynamic and patient focused team providing high quality services to the Walsall community.</p><p>Whether it be supporting a team member with new skills or attending to a patient and advising their family, your role as a <b>ICS Discharge liaison Nurse</b> provides you with the opportunity to deliver a high standard of care to patients in their homes (pathway 1), and patients that require comprehensive holistic clinical assessment and monitoring in the <b>ICS pathway 2 and 3 beds</b>, alongside developing your leadership skills supporting your team.</p><p>To provide a case management approach to care for an identified number of patients working closely with Acute Hospital colleagues and other Statutory and Voluntary agencies for patients on the <b>ICS pathway 1-3</b>.</p><p>To provide clinical advice, information and education to patients and carers with the aim of enabling patients to promote maximum independence, health and well being. To enable patients living with long term physical health challenges to live well within their communities, with a focus on not only their physical health needs but also their wider holistic needs, e.g. mental health, learning disabilities, psychological needs, social needs and spiritual needs.</p><h3>Main duties of the job</h3><p>To work within the multi-disciplinary team to provide senior nurse advice and expertise in relation to complex discharge planning. To complete comprehensive, holistic assessments and care plans to facilitate safe and timely discharge for Walsall residents in the Walsall area and in the Out of Borough Hospitals. Actively promote early and timely discharge planning within the Trust. Support junior members of the team to promote quality and embed the ethos of Intermediate Care Services.</p><p>To follow patients up in community and complete further assessments to support exit from ISC pathways, this includes Trusted assessments, Continuing Health care checklists and Decision support tool assessments.</p><h3>Job responsibilities</h3><p>To work within the Intermediate Care Services team at a senior nurse level to monitor high standards of care and to facilitate evidence based appropriate/timely discharge underpinned by quality of care.</p><p>To promote the Intermediate Care Ethos of Home First.</p><p>To work within a multi-agency integrated team at a senior nurse level, adopting a no blame culture and act as a role model to junior staff.</p><p>To assess Patients for Funded Nursing Care (FNC) determinations and Continuing Health Care (CHC), Decision support tool assessments (DSTs), CHC Fast Track Tools and oversee / advise on assessments completed by junior nursing staff.</p><p>To work closely and build rapport with the Intermediate Care Team and other community-based services to support a seamless transition and prevent further admission to acute care.</p><p>To support and supervise junior members of the team.</p><p>To complete follow up assessments post discharge as part of a multi-agency team.</p><p>To assess patients within the Trust for equipment needs and pressure relief equipment before their discharge home.</p><h3>Person Specification</h3><h3>Qualifications</h3><ul><li>Adult registered Nurse, Diploma/Degree</li><li>V300 or working towards</li></ul><h3>Knowledge and Experience</h3><ul><li>Demonstrate experience at Band 5.</li><li>Experience of/within primary and community</li><li>Evidence of post basic training.</li><li>Experience of multi-agency working.</li><li>Working Knowledge of Legislation relating to care in the community.</li><li>Working Knowledge of disposition of discharge pathways when discharge planning.</li><li>Working knowledge of whole systems working.</li><li>Working Knowledge of FNCC and CHC assessment processes.</li></ul><h3>Skills and Aptitudes</h3><ul><li>Understanding of audit and standard setting processes.</li><li>Ability to work using own initiative.</li><li>Effective written and verbal communication skills.</li><li>To be able to utilise Microsoft Excel.</li></ul><h3>Flexibility</h3><ul><li>Ability to adopt a flexible and creative approach to work to meet the needs of the service.</li></ul><h3>Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3><p>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.</p></div>