HTT Inreach Discharge Coordinators (Staines/Guildford)

Job summary

We are looking for 2 x Band 7 Clinical Team Leaders to work as In Reach Discharge Coordinators facilitators . Each of the coordinators will be aligned to one of the teams in Guildford and Staines.

Service

Base and team

SW HTT 1 x Band 7

Farnham Road Hospital

NWSHTT 1 x Band 7

Bramdean

The CRHTT Discharge Facilitator will support the Trusts Home Treatment Teams in managing patient flow from acute inpatient wards into the community by facilitating early discharge from the inpatient units. Ensure all bed capacity across the Trust is utilised whilst ensuring patients experience safe, high quality care throughout their patient journey.

You will work with system partners and colleagues to expedite safe transfers and provide safe alternative pathways for patients. You will work collaboratively with external stakeholders and partner organisations to address urgent care local pressure, system surges and escalation ensuring capacity is fully utilised and patient flow is maximised.

Main duties of the job

This job makes better lives by providing a robust in-reach service into inpatient wards by attending ward rounds/ boards rounds to discuss those who have reached their expected criteria for discharge {ECD}.

You will confirm and challenge purpose and goals of admissions and where these are met will be looking to support in community. Where purpose and goals of admission are not met will be asking for immediate review of treatment.

You will also identify opportunities for early discharge as soon as someone is admitted and if there are any barriers to their discharge. You will proactively prepare people for early discharge by reassessing their needs, mental state and risks and feeding back to the MDT to discuss their identified needs should they be discharged early from hospital.

You will communicate with field HTT and community colleagues once you have undertaken the initial assessment of those ready for discharge. You will also confirm and challenge where they are identified delays beyond expected date of discharge.

About us

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.

We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.

Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.

For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Employer details

Employer name

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Bramdean Clinic, Staines, TW18 1ED and

Farnham Road Hospital, Guildford, GU2 7LX.

Staines and Guildford.

TW18 1ED

Employer's website

https://www.sabp.nhs.uk/working-for-us (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Bramdean Clinic, Staines, TW18 1ED and

Farnham Road Hospital, Guildford, GU2 7LX.

Staines and Guildford.

TW18 1ED

Employer's website

https://www.sabp.nhs.uk/working-for-us (Opens in a new tab)

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