Band 6 Complex Discharge Nurse Specialist

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 27 January 2025

Job summary

This is a fantastic opportunity to join the energetic, innovative Complex Discharge Team at Good Hope Hospital. It is an exciting time for Complex Discharge with many new pathways and initiatives being introduced and partnerships with external agencies being forged by the complex team.You will provide clinical expertise to support safe, effective and timely discharge working directly with internal and external multidisciplinary teams as required.

This post will offer you the opportunity to develop and flourish whilst learning about the operational management of the Trust. You will be part of a developing team that strives to ensure all patients are given equal opportunity to return home.

You'll need to be enthusiastic and have a strong sense of purpose and good diplomatic skills in engaging staff. However you'll also need to be tenacious, confident, calm and persuasive.

If you would like to make a difference to the discharge experience of our patients and the patient flow within the Trust, we would like to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

Act as key-worker to co-ordinate individual complex discharges

Act as Trust experts in discharge planning, assisting and supporting the MDT to drive and co-ordinate discharges, ensuring effective, timely intervention from all disciplines

Assist wards and teams with understanding and using the 'Discharge to Assess' model

Complete Health Needs Assessments to facilitate discharge

Complete Fast Track Assessments for palliative patients

Provide education in discharge planning to members of the MDT or other professional groups requiring this teaching

Support transfers to NHS funded community venues/services

Monitor performance associated with discharge, identifying gaps in service provision that may have a detrimental effect on length of stay, delayed transfers of care or patient experience

Work with multi-agency representatives to reduce length of stay and delayed transfers of care, to achieve performance targets related to discharge

Essential skills

Evidence of knowledge of the Hospital Discharge and Community policy

Evidence of knowledge of Discharge to Assess and the hospital discharge pathways.

Ability to demonstrate the importance of, and commitment to integrated working

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Nurse

Desirable

Degree or equivalent

Experience

Essential

Proven post registration experience at ward level

Success in working collaboratively across professions and services

Acute/complex care experience

Working in a hospital environment

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Date posted

09 January 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

304-9005492

Job locations

Good Hope Hospital

Rectory Rd

Sutton Coldfield

West Midlands

B75 7RR

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please note for a specific detailed job description for this vacancy please see attached job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please note for a specific detailed job description for this vacancy please see attached job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

* Registered Nurse on the NMC register.
* Maintained relevant continuing professional development in the past 3 years which supports revalidation.
* Evidence of knowledge of the Hospital Discharge and Community policy
* Evidence of knowledge of Discharge to Assess and the hospital discharge pathways.
* Ability to demonstrate the importance of, and commitment to integrated working

Experience

Essential

* Ability to act on own initiative with evidence of sound decision making abilities
* Ability to demonstrate up to date experience and depth of knowledge and clinical competence.
* Experience of MDT working
* Experience in an acute hospital/community setting.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

* Registered Nurse on the NMC register.
* Maintained relevant continuing professional development in the past 3 years which supports revalidation.
* Evidence of knowledge of the Hospital Discharge and Community policy
* Evidence of knowledge of Discharge to Assess and the hospital discharge pathways.
* Ability to demonstrate the importance of, and commitment to integrated working

Experience

Essential

* Ability to act on own initiative with evidence of sound decision making abilities
* Ability to demonstrate up to date experience and depth of knowledge and clinical competence.
* Experience of MDT working
* Experience in an acute hospital/community setting.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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