Discharge Co-Ordinator (Pathway Facilitator) | Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust
An exciting opportunity has become available for a Band 5 Registered Nurse to Co-ordinate Discharges at Priscilla Bacon Lodge - a Specialist Palliative Care Unit. This post will be 37.5 hours a week, working Monday - Friday.
If you are hardworking, compassionate and a great team player then we would like you to apply for this position to expand our valued team.
We welcome informal visits, please contact the Ward Manager, Lisa Moore at lisa.moore@nchc.nhs.uk to arrange.
The post holder will:
Co-ordinate discharges of patients admitted to the Specialist Palliative Care in-patient unit.
Liaise closely with Health and Social care professionals across localities to ensure smooth and timely transfers of care and discharges based on the patients needs and choice.
Work with the Multi-disciplinary team, identify the need for development in the present processes and proactively work toward improving flow of patients and preventing delay in discharge.
Priscilla Bacon Lodge aims to deliver high quality Specialist Palliative Care to patients. PBL has a 24 bed in-patient unit, which has a combination of 16 consultant-led specialist palliative care beds and 8 nurse-led Continuing Health Care Fast Track beds.
PBL’s Specialist patients have complex needs that require input from our specialist multidisciplinary team. Patient’s may require assessment and symptom control, treatment for acute reversible causes, psychological support or end of life care.Those patient’s on the continuing health care pathway are likely to come to us for end of life care in the last days of life.
Apply now to join an organisation that has been awarded an Outstanding rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the highest possible rating and the first stand-alone NHS community trust in the country to be awarded the title.
To facilitate the discharge of patients, ensuring high quality holistic individualised care to patients and their families.
To deliver a patient centred and clinically effective service.
To participate in developing joint action plans, protocols and pathways and influence the use of these.
To work in line with protocols and pathways with appropriate information which prioritise palliative care patients and address the particular needs of the patient.
Work closely with Healthcare professionals in continuing care to design appropriate packages of care.
To liaise with ward and pharmacy staff regarding organisation of TTOs.
To attend MDT handovers.
This advert closes on Sunday 10 Nov 2024