Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust

Discharge Facilitator - Band 6

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Job summary

The Community Discharge Assessment Team (CDAT) aims to prevent avoidable hospital admissions and works closely with the multi-disciplinary team, providing expertise in discharge planning and ensuring a seamless transition between hospital and community services. CDAT Discharge Facilitators are a mixture of Registered Nurses, Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists. The service aims to promote a good discharge experience for patients and their families/friends. Our main areas of work are the ED/SDEC (Same Day Emergency Care) and the acute assessment wards while working in collaboration with our community services. CDAT holistically assess patients and identify opportunities for timely discharge where the patient can be safely managed in the community and avoid unnecessary admission to hospital. The team works together with community and hospital colleagues, Adult Social Care and the third sector to deliver best outcomes for people.

Main duties of the job

Please note, it is a requirement of the role to be a registered Nurse, Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist and you are required to maintain and update your registration in line with the Trusts Professional Registration Body. Discharge Facilitators use their skills to assess patients needs and work in collaboration with our community colleagues to achieve positive outcomes for the patient. The service is constantly striving to enhance its offer to improve patient experience. The service operates a 7 days service, 365 days a year 08:00 20:00hrs Mon-Friday and 08:00 18:00 Sat Sun and Bank Holidays. Each morning the team has a huddle to allocate wards, ED and SDEC (Emergency Department / Same Day Emergency Care). The team will then establish which patients need to be assessed. They will then visit each patient and co-ordinate their discharge. CDAT is commissioned to assess patients who are 16yrs and over.

About us

Working for Leeds community Healthcare NHS Trust

Who are we?

Leeds Community Healthcare provides a range of community-based health services across the whole city. We treat people in their homes, local health centres and community hospitals, and work in partnership with other local Trusts, charities and Leeds City Council.

We have a strong culture based on deeply-held values, and our focus at all times is on delivering high quality care to the people of Leeds. In our most recent CQC evaluation, we were rated "Good", with our Adult Services rated "Outstanding" for caring.

Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust encourages and supports staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best lines of defence against Covid 19.

Perks of the job

Our benefits range from generous annual leave to access to NHS discount sites. Here are some of the most important ones:

  • 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays
  • Highly regarded NHS Pension Scheme
  • A supportive, structured preceptorship programme for all registered new starters
  • Professional development opportunities including coaching, training and education support
  • Salary sacrifice or lease car schemes
  • Health and wellbeing including gym membership, occupational health service and priority access to mental health services

Details

Date posted

11 January 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

C9833-SA-AS-18-24

Job locations

St. James's University Hospital

Beckett Street

Leeds

LS9 7TF


Job description

Job responsibilities

The service is flexible and there are great opportunities for both nurses and AHPs within the Community Discharge Assessment Team while we go through a period of change. The Discharge Facilitators have excellent links into Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust (LTHT), Community Teams, Adult Social Care and the Third Sector. Being part of Patient Flow enables you to be a part of a patients journey and contribute to their transfers of care from hospital and support them with the right outcome at the right time. The Community Discharge Assessment Team has recently started an Occupational Therapy pilot, this pilot means where available one OT will work out of Discharge Facilitator role and be available to support the remaining Discharge Facilitators with OT orientated tasks. The OT is available to carry out home/environmental visits and to start embedding the pull model at the front door to reduce the number of admissions into LTHT.

Key Responsibilities

1. Clinical

1.1. Demonstrates a detailed theoretical and practical knowledge of common aetiologies, pathologies, conditions and presentations involving a critical understanding of theories and principles

1.2. Demonstrates innovative and specialist skills to select methods and tools to holistically assess, plan, implement and evaluate in a complex and specialised field of work.

1.3. Demonstrates highly developed physical skills where dexterity and accuracy are important e.g. syringe pumps and infusions, manual treatments

1.4. Makes consistent judgements requiring complex fact analysis, interpretation and comparison of options and ensures clinical reasoning is reflected accurately in case records

1.5. Engages and actively involves the individual and, if appropriate, their family/carer, in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of programmes of treatment and/or care by using person-centred techniques to promote a culture of involvement and empowerment

1.6. Works to standards of proficiency identified by their professional and regulatory bodies performing clinical treatments/procedures to a competent standard

1.7. Prioritises their own workload, and that of the wider team, within agreed objectives deciding when to refer to others as appropriate.

1.8. Provides and receives complex, sensitive or contentious information where motivational, persuasive, empathetic, negotiating and reassurance skills are required whilst demonstrating an understanding of barriers to communication

1.9. Approaches each individual with care, compassion and sensitivity ensuring that these values are reflected in all areas of practice including the management of any complaints and compliments.

1.10. To comply with the organisations Infection Prevention and Control requirements, including bare below the elbows dress code for staff with a direct care delivery role

Job description

Job responsibilities

The service is flexible and there are great opportunities for both nurses and AHPs within the Community Discharge Assessment Team while we go through a period of change. The Discharge Facilitators have excellent links into Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust (LTHT), Community Teams, Adult Social Care and the Third Sector. Being part of Patient Flow enables you to be a part of a patients journey and contribute to their transfers of care from hospital and support them with the right outcome at the right time. The Community Discharge Assessment Team has recently started an Occupational Therapy pilot, this pilot means where available one OT will work out of Discharge Facilitator role and be available to support the remaining Discharge Facilitators with OT orientated tasks. The OT is available to carry out home/environmental visits and to start embedding the pull model at the front door to reduce the number of admissions into LTHT.

Key Responsibilities

1. Clinical

1.1. Demonstrates a detailed theoretical and practical knowledge of common aetiologies, pathologies, conditions and presentations involving a critical understanding of theories and principles

1.2. Demonstrates innovative and specialist skills to select methods and tools to holistically assess, plan, implement and evaluate in a complex and specialised field of work.

1.3. Demonstrates highly developed physical skills where dexterity and accuracy are important e.g. syringe pumps and infusions, manual treatments

1.4. Makes consistent judgements requiring complex fact analysis, interpretation and comparison of options and ensures clinical reasoning is reflected accurately in case records

1.5. Engages and actively involves the individual and, if appropriate, their family/carer, in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of programmes of treatment and/or care by using person-centred techniques to promote a culture of involvement and empowerment

1.6. Works to standards of proficiency identified by their professional and regulatory bodies performing clinical treatments/procedures to a competent standard

1.7. Prioritises their own workload, and that of the wider team, within agreed objectives deciding when to refer to others as appropriate.

1.8. Provides and receives complex, sensitive or contentious information where motivational, persuasive, empathetic, negotiating and reassurance skills are required whilst demonstrating an understanding of barriers to communication

1.9. Approaches each individual with care, compassion and sensitivity ensuring that these values are reflected in all areas of practice including the management of any complaints and compliments.

1.10. To comply with the organisations Infection Prevention and Control requirements, including bare below the elbows dress code for staff with a direct care delivery role

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • - Professional degree / registration
  • - Appropriate statutory professional body registration (NMC or HCPC)
  • - Must be willing to participate in any relevant training identified to develop skills required to carry out duties
  • - Maintains a portfolio of CPD in line with regulatory body standards

Desirable

  • - Post Graduate qualification in specialist field

Experience

Essential

  • - Experience in the clinical field or a closely related clinical area as part of a wider multidisciplinary team

Desirable

  • - Experience working in community or primary care based teams
  • - Experience of the discharge process

Skills and Attributes

Essential

  • - Complex analytical and creative problem solving skills in unpredictable situations
  • - Effective verbal, non-verbal and written communication skills including communicating complex or potentially distressing information to patients / carers and managing conflict when appropriate
  • - Able to work as part of a team, co-operating to work together and in conjunction with others and willing to help and assist wherever possible and appropriate appreciating the value of diversity in the workplace
  • - Able to work under pressure, dealing with peaks and troughs in workload managing unpredictable service demands
  • - Specialist assessment, planning and evaluation skills
  • - Performs test / procedures / diagnostics relevant to clinical role at a specialist level proficiently
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • - Professional degree / registration
  • - Appropriate statutory professional body registration (NMC or HCPC)
  • - Must be willing to participate in any relevant training identified to develop skills required to carry out duties
  • - Maintains a portfolio of CPD in line with regulatory body standards

Desirable

  • - Post Graduate qualification in specialist field

Experience

Essential

  • - Experience in the clinical field or a closely related clinical area as part of a wider multidisciplinary team

Desirable

  • - Experience working in community or primary care based teams
  • - Experience of the discharge process

Skills and Attributes

Essential

  • - Complex analytical and creative problem solving skills in unpredictable situations
  • - Effective verbal, non-verbal and written communication skills including communicating complex or potentially distressing information to patients / carers and managing conflict when appropriate
  • - Able to work as part of a team, co-operating to work together and in conjunction with others and willing to help and assist wherever possible and appropriate appreciating the value of diversity in the workplace
  • - Able to work under pressure, dealing with peaks and troughs in workload managing unpredictable service demands
  • - Specialist assessment, planning and evaluation skills
  • - Performs test / procedures / diagnostics relevant to clinical role at a specialist level proficiently

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.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

St. James's University Hospital

Beckett Street

Leeds

LS9 7TF


Employer's website

https://www.leedscommunityhealthcare.nhs.uk/join-our-team1/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

St. James's University Hospital

Beckett Street

Leeds

LS9 7TF


Employer's website

https://www.leedscommunityhealthcare.nhs.uk/join-our-team1/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Clinical Therapy Lead

Sophie MacNay

samuel.winterburn@nhs.net

07712216004

Details

Date posted

11 January 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

C9833-SA-AS-18-24

Job locations

St. James's University Hospital

Beckett Street

Leeds

LS9 7TF


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