Job summary
The Urgent and Intermediate Care team have an opening for a dynamic and experienced individual to join our Discharge Specialist Team. The team support in both community and secondary care settings to facilitate timely hospital discharges and enhance the quality and safety of the service given to individuals at home with an aim to optimise recovery and resilience.
The Discharge Specialist Team is an adaptable team with a variety of functions to support and advocate the patient in the interface between services and organisations, identifying the appropriate pathway for the patient, ensuring 'what matters to them' is at the forefront of decisions in the process.
The service aims to deliver support for discharge to recover and assess at home working in conjunction with our community multidisciplinary team and in-reaching into our hospitals.
Main duties of the job
We seek a Registered Nurse with a proven interest in the discharge process. The post holder will be based mainly in Withybush General Hospital, South Pembrokeshire Hospital and Tenby Cottage Hospital and will be responsible for assessing and coordinating the discharge of patients identified as having complex needs.
This post will require you to have a high degree of autonomy and manage your own day-to-day activity, possess excellent communication and assessment skills and ideally have experience and good knowledge of working with adult social care and community services within primary or secondary care.
The post holder will work in a fast paced, evolving environment and is expected to undertake the holistic assessments of patients using a person centred approach and co-ordinate the discharge process across both health and social care to facilitate the timely discharge of patients from the hospitals.
If you are passionate and want to make a difference to patient safety and experience this is the ideal environment to make such a positive contribution.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Interviews to be held on 15/12/2025
About us
Hywel Dda University Health Board plans and provides NHS healthcare services for people living in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, and bordering counties.
We have over 13,000 staff and together we provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services.
We work in partnership with the three local authorities, as well as public, private and third sector colleagues, including our valued team of volunteers.
Our services are provided in:
- Four main hospitals: Bronglais Hospital in Aberystwyth; Glangwili Hospital in Carmarthen; Prince Philip Hospital in Llanelli; and Withybush Hospital in Haverfordwest
- Five community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery hospitals in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron Hospital in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire hospitals in Pembrokeshire
- Two integrated care centres: Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion, and several other community settings
- 47 general practices (six of which are health board managed practices); dental practices (including four orthodontic); 97 community pharmacies; 43 general ophthalmic practices; and 8 ophthalmic domiciliary providers
- Numerous mental health and learning disabilities services
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full job description and person specification attached within the supporting documents.
The Health Board is committed to supporting its staff to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing patient and service user experiences. In our commitment to increase the number of staff who are able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we welcome applications from Welsh speakers.
The ability to communicate in Welsh is desirable for this post. If you do not meet the Welsh Language requirements specified, the Health Board offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal desirable requirements during the course of your employment with us.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full job description and person specification attached within the supporting documents.
The Health Board is committed to supporting its staff to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing patient and service user experiences. In our commitment to increase the number of staff who are able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we welcome applications from Welsh speakers.
The ability to communicate in Welsh is desirable for this post. If you do not meet the Welsh Language requirements specified, the Health Board offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal desirable requirements during the course of your employment with us.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Significant post registration experience in an acute or community setting
- Experience of working with older persons
- Experience of complicated assessment and clinical decision making skills
Desirable
- Supervisory management experience
- Experience of rehabilitation and onward care planning
- Experience in research and audit programmes
- Experience of teaching
Qualifications & Knowledge
Essential
- Level 1 Registered Nurse (Adult)
- Current NMC Registration
- Relevant post registration diploma qualification or equivalent experience
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Knowledge of issues relating to older persons
- Knowledge of NMC Codes of Practice
- Knowledge of Continuing Health Care and NHS Funded Nursing Care
- Knowledge of Mental Capacity Act, Protection of Vulnerable Adults, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, Independent Mental Capacity Advocate
Desirable
- Teaching qualification
- Understanding of Human Rights, Mental Capacity Legislation and Continuing Health Care Policy
- Awareness of clinical governance
- Awareness of topical issues in health and social care
- ECDL
Language skills
Desirable
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Significant post registration experience in an acute or community setting
- Experience of working with older persons
- Experience of complicated assessment and clinical decision making skills
Desirable
- Supervisory management experience
- Experience of rehabilitation and onward care planning
- Experience in research and audit programmes
- Experience of teaching
Qualifications & Knowledge
Essential
- Level 1 Registered Nurse (Adult)
- Current NMC Registration
- Relevant post registration diploma qualification or equivalent experience
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Knowledge of issues relating to older persons
- Knowledge of NMC Codes of Practice
- Knowledge of Continuing Health Care and NHS Funded Nursing Care
- Knowledge of Mental Capacity Act, Protection of Vulnerable Adults, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, Independent Mental Capacity Advocate
Desirable
- Teaching qualification
- Understanding of Human Rights, Mental Capacity Legislation and Continuing Health Care Policy
- Awareness of clinical governance
- Awareness of topical issues in health and social care
- ECDL
Language skills
Desirable
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).
