Senior Discharge Planning Nurse - Colchester

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 31 March 2025

Job summary

Do you want to be part of our transformational journey in bringing together Health and Social care services?

The discharge team within East Suffolk and North East Essex Foundation Trust has undergone a large amount of changes over the last 18 months in order to adapt to changing demands and improve the discharge process for our patients.

We are passionate about ensuring the people of Colchester and Tendering are supported to maximise their health opportunities and promote a home first ethos within the trust.

We are looking for a Band 6 Senior Discharge Planning Nurse to join our developing team working within the acute and community hospitals providing a seven day a week service.

Main duties of the job

The senior discharge planning Nurse role is responsible for supporting ward staff and Case Managers with complex patients and advising on the appropriate discharge pathways.

You will be required to have knowledge of the NHS Continuing Healthcare process and completion of appropriate assessment, playing a key role in promoting the discharge to assess pathways.

Senior Discharge Planning Nurses within the discharge team are pivotal in contributing to the trust objective of reducing the length of stay, reducing readmission rates and number of delayed discharges.

We are looking for experienced staff who are organised, and have experience of effective multi-agency working and ability to manage a small team deputising for Discharge leads as required.

About us

One of the largest Trusts in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients' own homes. You will be joining a team of almost 12,000 amazing colleagues providing care to approximately a million people.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (if applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.

To support our employees to achieve their career aspirations you may be eligible to obtain a qualification via an apprenticeship. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a skills review to facilitate this. For full details please see the attached Apprenticeship Handbook.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.

Find out about living and working with us - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

Date posted

20 March 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

432-HR2407-24

Job locations

Colchester

Turner Road

Colchester

CO4 5JL

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

oProven experience as a Band 5 RGN/RMN
oRecent practice in Hospital Setting
oSupervising other staff

Qualifications

Essential

oRegistered Nurse First Level

Desirable

oCompletion of mental health capacity training in order to facilitate completion of mental health capacity assessments

Knowledge

Essential

oUnderstanding of the NMC code of professional conduct
oKnowledge of DOH Hospital Discharge Policy including discharge pathways and Criteria to reside

Desirable

oKnowledge of the National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS Funded Nursing Care
oNurse signatory for Interim Nursing Care payment

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

oProven experience as a Band 5 RGN/RMN
oRecent practice in Hospital Setting
oSupervising other staff

Qualifications

Essential

oRegistered Nurse First Level

Desirable

oCompletion of mental health capacity training in order to facilitate completion of mental health capacity assessments

Knowledge

Essential

oUnderstanding of the NMC code of professional conduct
oKnowledge of DOH Hospital Discharge Policy including discharge pathways and Criteria to reside

Desirable

oKnowledge of the National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS Funded Nursing Care
oNurse signatory for Interim Nursing Care payment

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.