Job summary
Are you someone who is passionate about delivering compassionate & individualised care, driving quality improvement and able to provide clinical leadership to managing patient discharges ?
At Wedgwood House, we have exciting opportunities for an existing or aspiring band 6 nurse to join the Bed Management team. If you have the qualities described above then we want you to think about coming to be part of our Wedgwood family and join us.
Main duties of the job
As part of our ongoing strive for excellence we are developing a 'care team' approach patient centred care. The Discharge Co-ordinator will be responsible for supporting patient discharges for all of our acute wards. The successful applicant will work closely with hospital clinicians, social work teams, personal care services, Julian support staff and multi-disciplinary team members to deliver a high quality, patient focussed service.
About us
Wedgwood House is a purpose-built mental health unit comprising 2 acute adult mental health inpatient wards, an older person's inpatient ward, as well as crisis, home treatment and psychiatric liaison services.
The role is an excellent opportunity to support our service users journey, whilst developing key skills and relationships across the acute and community services.
We welcome informal discussions and would love you to get in touch to talk about the opportunities available and come and visit to see what we are all about.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Benefits
Benefits included with this role are:
- NHS pension
- a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
- career progression
- starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
- staff physio service
- NHS discounts and many more.
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing their experiences and learning from each other.
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
Interviews are to be confirmed, candidates may only be given a minimum of 3 days notice, please note this date is provisional and may be subject to change. You will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.
Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs
Job description
Job responsibilities
Benefits
Benefits included with this role are:
- NHS pension
- a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
- career progression
- starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
- staff physio service
- NHS discounts and many more.
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing their experiences and learning from each other.
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
Interviews are to be confirmed, candidates may only be given a minimum of 3 days notice, please note this date is provisional and may be subject to change. You will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.
Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience working in a mental health setting
Desirable
- Worked on an inpatient ward or within the Crisis Pathway
Leadership skills
Essential
- Evidence in supporting information demonstrates leadership skills / knowledge
Desirable
- Additional training / experience in leadership roles
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC or equivalent registration
Desirable
- additional nursing / skills based qualifications
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience working in a mental health setting
Desirable
- Worked on an inpatient ward or within the Crisis Pathway
Leadership skills
Essential
- Evidence in supporting information demonstrates leadership skills / knowledge
Desirable
- Additional training / experience in leadership roles
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC or equivalent registration
Desirable
- additional nursing / skills based qualifications
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
