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

Sue Ryder St John's Hospice is in Moggerhanger in Bedfordshire, and we provide CQC Outstanding expert care for life-limiting conditions. Were here to help with everything from pain and symptom management to emotional and practical help.

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

Enhanced pay for unsociable hours

Company pension scheme

Continuation of NHS pension (T&Cs apply)

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

NHS annual leave honoured (T&Cs apply)

Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

Enhanced sick pay

Employee Networks - LGBTQ+, Ethnic Diversity and Equality, People with Disabilities, and Women and Non-Binary Individuals

Staff discount of 10% on new goods online at shop.sueryder.org

Structured induction programme and learning and development opportunities.

For more of our employee benefits please visit our website.

https://www.sueryder.org/jobs/why-work-for-sue-ryder

We actively encourage applications from people from all backgrounds to help us to provide the best possible experience for the people who use our services and continue to make Sue Ryder a great place to work, and attract and recruit the best, most diverse workforce possible. We are particularly interested in increasing applications from the global majority, LGTBQIA+ and people with disabilities as they are currently underrepresented in our organisation.

Please let us know if you have any feedback to make our recruitment processes more accessible and inclusive or if you require any adjustments made to your application or interview process by emailing recruitment@sueryder.org

https://www.sueryder.org/jobs/equity-diversity-inclusion

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