Job summary
Are you passionate about revolutionizing healthcare delivery and making a real difference in people's lives? Do you thrive in a dynamic and forward-thinking environment? If so, then we want YOU to be a part of our extraordinary team in Intermediate Care.
Intermediate Care is not just another healthcare service - we are committed to reshaping the landscape of patient care. Our innovative approach promotes a 'Home First' philosophy, where patients receive the highest quality care and rehabilitation in the comfort of their own homes and communities.
Position Summary:
As a Complex Discharge Specialist Nurse, you will take a lead role in ensuring safe, timely, and efficient discharge for patients who require complex assessments for on-going care in their own homes and care settings. Your focus will be on facilitating the discharge process to community services while aiming for discharge before 12 noon. Working autonomously, you will ensure patients are discharged at the earliest opportunity, promoting the use of family transport to reduce dependency on services.
You will be responsible for demonstrating expert knowledge of discharge options and services, providing support to patients, their families, and care workers in managing discharge plans, and addressing any concerns that may arise. Your leadership and collaboration at multidisciplinary team meetings will ensure patient needs and preferences are addressed, helping to achieve a timely discharge.
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities:
- Identify Complex Discharges: Lead the identification of patients requiring complex discharge planning and facilitate assessments for community services, ensuring safe discharge from acute care.
- Autonomous Discharge Planning: Ensure patients are discharged as early as possible, utilizing family transport where appropriate to reduce reliance on services.
- Expert Knowledge & Support: Provide expert knowledge on available services, supporting patients, families, carers, and care workers in the discharge process, addressing any concerns and managing expectations.
- Multidisciplinary Collaboration: Lead and contribute to multidisciplinary team meetings, advocating for patients' wishes and promoting advanced care planning to avoid unnecessary hospital admissions.
- Support Ward Staff: Assist ward staff in developing their discharge planning skills and ensure documentation is in line with trust policy.
- Involvement in Projects: Engage with internal projects focused on improving, updating, and revolutionizing how we approach patient discharge, contributing your insights and expertise to enhance practices.
- Creative Problem Solving: Use your initiative to develop tailored, creative solutions to complex social challenges, ensuring patients are supported in their unique circumstances
About us
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust (HDFT) cares for the population in Harrogate and the local area, as well as across North Yorkshire, Leeds and parts of the North East.
At HDFT we provide outstanding care to both our patients and our staff and we value Kindness, Integrity, Teamwork and Equality. If you're looking for an interesting and rewarding career in the NHS, where you can make a real difference to patients' lives, HDFT could be the place for you!
We offer colleagues:
- A supportive culture so colleagues can bring their whole selves to work.
- Staff Recognition - as well as regular appraisals, we recognise achievements with our Making a Difference & Team of the Month Awards, along with annual Colleague Recognition Awards.
- Employee Support and wellbeing - we offer a wide range of staff benefits including an Employee Assistance Programme, counselling service and a fast-track Physiotherapy service.
Please note:
- Due to high levels of interest, posts may close early if we reach a sufficient number of applications
- Visa sponsorship is only available for certain roles. Please ensure the role you are interested in meets the criteria for a visa before submitting your application.
- Please also be aware that the Trust does not offer relocation packages for Agenda for Change roles.
- All job offers are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Discription and person specification,
For more information about the vacancy contact -
Karla Butterworth
Intermediate Care Clinical Team Lead
karla.butterworth2@nhs.net
07584145901
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Discription and person specification,
For more information about the vacancy contact -
Karla Butterworth
Intermediate Care Clinical Team Lead
karla.butterworth2@nhs.net
07584145901
Person Specification
Shortlisting Criteria
Essential
- Registered Nurse, Allied Health Professional, Registered Social Worker or Registered Mental Health Practitioner or NVQ Level 5 Lead in Adult Care or be working to in relation to Management or Health and Social Care
- Minimum of three years relevant post registration experience including working with Primary and secondary care and adult service
- Some experience in complex discharge planning from the acute hospital setting.
Desirable
- Working with patients'/service users living with frailty
- Car driver in order to meet service needs
- Experience of discharge planning meetings and resolving contentious issues.
- Specialist knowledge of the discharge to assess model and discharge pathways
- Knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act, Safeguarding Adults and Deprivation of Liberty
Longlisting Criteria
Essential
- Registered Nurse, Allied Health Professional, Registered Social Worker or Registered Mental Health Practitioner or NVQ Level 5 Lead in Adult Care or be working to in relation to Management or Health and Social Care
- Minimum of three years relevant post registration experience including working with Primary and secondary care and adult services
- Recent and significant experience of working with patients / carers/ MDT in preparing for discharge from hospital.
Desirable
- Specialist knowledge of the discharge to assess model and discharge pathways.
- Knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act, Safeguarding Adults and Deprivation of Liberty
- Evidence to implement and facilitate change at departmental and organisational level.
- Car driver in order to meet service needs
- Working with patients'/service users living with frailty
Person Specification
Shortlisting Criteria
Essential
- Registered Nurse, Allied Health Professional, Registered Social Worker or Registered Mental Health Practitioner or NVQ Level 5 Lead in Adult Care or be working to in relation to Management or Health and Social Care
- Minimum of three years relevant post registration experience including working with Primary and secondary care and adult service
- Some experience in complex discharge planning from the acute hospital setting.
Desirable
- Working with patients'/service users living with frailty
- Car driver in order to meet service needs
- Experience of discharge planning meetings and resolving contentious issues.
- Specialist knowledge of the discharge to assess model and discharge pathways
- Knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act, Safeguarding Adults and Deprivation of Liberty
Longlisting Criteria
Essential
- Registered Nurse, Allied Health Professional, Registered Social Worker or Registered Mental Health Practitioner or NVQ Level 5 Lead in Adult Care or be working to in relation to Management or Health and Social Care
- Minimum of three years relevant post registration experience including working with Primary and secondary care and adult services
- Recent and significant experience of working with patients / carers/ MDT in preparing for discharge from hospital.
Desirable
- Specialist knowledge of the discharge to assess model and discharge pathways.
- Knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act, Safeguarding Adults and Deprivation of Liberty
- Evidence to implement and facilitate change at departmental and organisational level.
- Car driver in order to meet service needs
- Working with patients'/service users living with frailty
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
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).
