Job summary
Join Our Team as a Discharge Coordinator!
Are you passionate about patient care and ensuring a smooth transition for individuals leaving the hospital? We have an exciting opportunity for a Discharge Coordinator to join our team on a fixed-term maternity cover contract at Savernake Hospital, Marlborough, working 30 hours per week.
In this vital role, you'll play a key part in supporting hospital discharges, working closely with patients, carers, internal teams, and external partners. Your guidance and expertise will help create a proactive, timely, and safe discharge process, ensuring patients transition to the right destination with confidence and care.
Be the driving force behind maintaining patient flow, improving healthcare experiences, and making a real impact in our community wards. If you're a strong communicator with a passion for collaboration and compassionate care, we want to hear from you!
Apply now and be part of a team that makes a difference every day!
For further information contact Annette White -Annette.White@hcrgcaregroup.com
Main duties of the job
This post is responsible for
Ensure a consistent presence on the wards enabling involvement and opportune interactions
Promote continuity of care for patients moving between services
Support a patient focussed approach to care, promoting respect and dignity
Proactively seek to support reductions in average length of stay
Attend MDTs to support ward teams to maintain focus and progress on discharge planning, supporting
in decision making process
Participate in reviews and meetings where critical decisions are made in relation discharge planning
Work with ward staff to embed Red2Green processes.
Work with ward staff to ensure that patients at risk of delay are referred as necessary for specific
support services
Have a clear understanding of Mental Capacity Act and the impact this may have when planning
discharge
Hold an awareness of potential safeguarding concerns and the correct route to escalate these
Support those patients who are self funding to source appropriate care on discharge
Have an understanding of Continuing Health Care funding and the process for assessment
Please see the attached Job Description for the full list of responsibilities.
About us
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesn't happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date we've shown here. If you're keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2
Job description
Job responsibilities
As a Discharge Coordinator, you'll be part of our valued team at Savernake Hospital
You will feel valued as a Care Coordinator within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
A salary of £26,250 (pro rata to hours worked) with group pension
Free tea and coffee at your base location
Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life's emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
An open, just culture where you're encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission
The Ideal Candidate
Experience of working within health and / or social care
Discharge planning experience
Experience of working across organisational boundaries within health and social care
Awareness of current legislation in key areas including Information Governance, Care Act, Mental
Capacity Act.
Awareness of National Hospital Discharge policies and guidance
Knowledge of safeguarding policies and procedures
IT competence in using multiple systems
Ability to organise workload, changing priority as necessary
Problem solving skills
Demonstrate accuracy and attention to detail
High standard of emotional intelligence with excellent communication skills
Ability to maintain emotional resilience in often difficult situations
Adaptability when working with multiple teams
This post will require onsite presence on each of HCRG Community Hospital sites throughout the week
Willing to work in other areas of HCRG as and when required to do so
A valid UK driving licence and a vehicle that can be used for business purposes is required with business insurance for the used vehicle.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As a Discharge Coordinator, you'll be part of our valued team at Savernake Hospital
You will feel valued as a Care Coordinator within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
A salary of £26,250 (pro rata to hours worked) with group pension
Free tea and coffee at your base location
Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life's emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
An open, just culture where you're encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission
The Ideal Candidate
Experience of working within health and / or social care
Discharge planning experience
Experience of working across organisational boundaries within health and social care
Awareness of current legislation in key areas including Information Governance, Care Act, Mental
Capacity Act.
Awareness of National Hospital Discharge policies and guidance
Knowledge of safeguarding policies and procedures
IT competence in using multiple systems
Ability to organise workload, changing priority as necessary
Problem solving skills
Demonstrate accuracy and attention to detail
High standard of emotional intelligence with excellent communication skills
Ability to maintain emotional resilience in often difficult situations
Adaptability when working with multiple teams
This post will require onsite presence on each of HCRG Community Hospital sites throughout the week
Willing to work in other areas of HCRG as and when required to do so
A valid UK driving licence and a vehicle that can be used for business purposes is required with business insurance for the used vehicle.
Person Specification
General Requirements
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Desirable
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Person Specification
General Requirements
Essential
- Click Apply for this job above to view the Job Description on our career site
Desirable
- Click Apply for this job above to view the Job Description on our career site
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.
