Home First Facilitator

Job overview

This is an exciting and new opportunity to work as part of the Integrated Discharge Team, supporting the teams to implement the Hospital Discharge policy with the 'Home First' ethos.

This role involves working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to ensure patients are discharged from acute care in a timely manner, reducing delays and supporting people to return to their own home or familiar place whenever possible.

Main duties of the job

We are seeking an energetic, dynamic, and enthusiastic individual with strong organisational skills for the role of Home First Facilitator for Fairfield Hospital. You will be working in the Hospital Discharge Team.

You will support the safe and timely discharge/transfer of patients, working with the clinical team to establish patient needs, monitor pathways, plan and help deliver a safe discharge.

You will communicate effectively with Patients, Families and the wider MDT and assist with completion of timely referrals.

You will provide a vital safety role in co-ordination.

You will maintain information of expected discharge dates and discharge criteria pathways, whilst developing knowledge of discharge planning and having experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team.

Working for our organisation

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

For the latest information around our values and behaviours, please visit our careers website https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/

Person specification

Skills & Abilities

• Positive approach to work
• Ability to work with colleagues at all levels
• Open minded, treats colleagues and the general public with dignity and respect
• Compassionate and caring
• Ability to take part in reflective practice and clinical supervision activities
• Ability to organise and prioritise own delegated workload
• Ability to deal with non- routine and unpredictable nature of workload and individual patient contact
• Ability to communicate effectively (written, verbal and non-verbal communication) with patients/relatives

Qualifications

• Good General Education with GCSE English and Mathematics / New GCSE Grade 4-9 in Maths and English Language OR Functional Skills Level 2 in Maths and English or Equivalent
• NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care or equivalent

• Specific knowledge of patient flow, discharge pathways and processes and the importance of the Home First approach

The NCA is proud to serve a diverse population and is committed to delivering inclusive, accessible care. We value individuality and aim to build a workforce that reflects the communities we serve. Applications are welcomed from individuals of all backgrounds, identities, and beliefs.

As a Disability Confident Employer, guaranteed interviews are also available to disabled applicants when essential role requirements have been met.

If you require any reasonable adjustments to the application process, please contact [email protected]

Vacancies may close early if sufficient applications are received, or if an internal redeployee has been identified.

For fixed-term roles, current NHS staff will be considered for secondments, while fixed-term contracts will be offered to external (non-NHS) applicants.

The NCA does not accept unsolicited CVs from agencies. Read more about this here.