Clinical Lead for Integrated Discharge | Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

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We have an exciting new role with the Integrated Discharge Service for an expert practitioner in complex discharges with sound clinical acumen around the assessment, case management and planning of complex discharges. This is an integrated service across Imperial College Healthcare and Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust.

The post holder will provisionally be based on the St Mary's site but will be needed to support and cover the other sites as the service requires.

Responsible for the operations of the discharge team, including the discharge hub function and the discharge lounge, this is a fantastic high profile opportunity for anyone with a passion for integrated care and service development. An opportunity not to miss for anyone interested in developing their leadership and strategic thinking skills and looking to become a Health and Social Care leader of the future!

In summary, the Clinical Lead will:
  • Provide clinical leadership and responsibility for a caseload of patients.
  • Provide clinical supervision to discharge team leads.
  • Provide operational management of the discharge team and discharge lounge ensuring robust service delivery.
  • Deputise for the discharge leadership team.
  • Lead on operational relationships with community partners and local authority adult social care teams.
  • Use operational and performance data to feed into oversight calls and implement the North West London escalation framework.
  • Foster strong relationships with the general and acute adult inpatient multi-disciplinary teams in order to promote acute flow and the reduction of discharge delays.

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

This advert closes on Friday 18 Oct 2024

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