Admissions and Discharge Coordinator

Job summary

There has never been a more important time to provide high quality, specialist

end-of-life care to support patients and their families.

About us

Duchess of Kent is a Sue Ryder Hospice based in Reading .We provides expert palliative and end of life care, in a beautiful setting, for thousands of local people each year. We are part of a large charity but have a close relationship within the local community and offer a large range of specialist services to support patients, their families and friends.

About the role

We have an exciting new vacancy for an Admissions and Discharge Coordinator to support the IPU. This role would be perfect for a Registered Healthcare Professional interested in coordinating referrals and admissions and setting up a robust discharge process to enable timely discharges of our patients.

You will be the first point of contact for the hospice referrals and able to carry out initial clinical triage. Responsible for actively leading, directing, supporting and facilitating the identification of EOL care for patients wishing to return home as their preferred place of care. Coordinate all discharges to patients own home or care home as appropriate. The post holder must work in accordance with their registering bodies' code of professional conduct and Sue Ryder policies and procedures. You will also participate in the senior nurse on call rota.

Main duties of the job

About you:

You will be an Registered Healthcare Professional and will have:

Experience in working with the admission and discharge processes of patients within an inpatient setting

Palliative care experience and knowledge

Knowledge of continuing healthcare (CHC)

Excellent and effective communication and interpersonal skills including having difficult conservations with a wide range of patients, relatives and other professionals

A prompt response to problems, including identifying and implementing solutions

An ability to actively support or participate in a multi-disciplinary team

Ability to work on own initiative

Awareness of relevant legislation including the Mental Capacity Act and Safeguarding

Computer literate

Evidence of continuing professional development

Willing and able to have a flexible approach to working patterns

About us

Benefits

Company pension scheme

27 days holiday - rising to 33 with length of service plus bank holidays

Option to buy and sell up to five days holiday

Competitive enhanced pay for nights, weekends and public holidays

Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

For more of our employee benefits visit https://www.sueryder.org/jobs/why-work-for-sue-ryder

If you want more than just a job, We want you.

Join the team and be there when it matters.

Sue Ryder is here to make sure everyone approaching the end of their life or living with grief can access the support they need. There is no one size fits all when it comes to how we cope and the help we need, but with our support, no one has to face dying or grief alone. We are there when it matters.