Discharge Coordinator - Barts Health - ref. d91366723
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time.It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.
Job overview
The role of Discharge coordinator is an integral part of the MDT providing support and specialist advice to the clinical nursing team, AHPs, medical teams and extended MDT including social care and at times outside agencies. You will be expected to provide the highest level of support and advice to enable the timely discharge of vulnerable and graduate premature infants to home and to the care of their family/carers and evaluating our services.
The post holder will use their experience and knowledge to support transition from hospital to home, working closely with community partners ensuring a safe and supportive environment is achieved with ongoing and continued support is available where necessary.
You will also be expected to actively contribute to multi professional and multi agency meetings being able to give reports, information and updates to the relevant parties including safeguarding meetings for which there is a link role between the safeguarding team and the neonatal unit.Safeguarding updates and pathways already in place within the trust will need to be imbedded in daily practice with focus on pathways particular to the neonatal ward to be strengthened. The post holder will be key for leading on quality and safety initiatives which will include the setting and monitoring of standards with the direction and support of the Matron.
Main duties of the job
We have an opportunity for a Band 7 Neonatal Discharge Coordinator at 0.5 WTE which has become available in Neonatal ICU , Royal London Hospital to join our dynamic and friendly team. We are looking for a motivated , ambitious, and experienced Neonatal Nurse who will support and work closely with the Neonatal team , working in partnership with families in the unit to ensure seamless transition of care from hospital to community by liaising with the Neonatal Community outreach team , pertinent agencies within and outside agencies within and outside the organisation.
Working for our organisation
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time.It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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 documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- Registered Nurse, Children’s Nurse/ Adult Nurse
- Mentorship and assessment in public services.
- Neonatal course (all modules)
- BLS for parents - Train the trainer
- NLS
Experience
Essential criteria- Proven managerial and professional experience at band 6 level with good experience of discharge planning for babies.
- Neonatal experience at staff nurse level in intensive care or local neonatal unit.
- Proven professional competence.
- Awareness of research and audit
- Evidence of continuing education in relevant field of practice.
- Counselling skills/courses
Knowledge
Essential criteria- Up to date knowledge of professional development
- Knowledge of NMC working codes for medications, documentation, conduct and professionalism.
- Good knowledge of childrens safeguarding processes and pathways.
- Knowledge of complaints procedure and data protection.
- Experience of working with social services, social workers, and various disability and community support services.
Skills
Essential criteria- Ability to prioritise well with good problem solving skills.
- Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
- Good level of skill in computer usage – able to use NHS data bases, input data and retrieve information.
- Awareness of current issues and reforms in the NHS and neonatal services.
- Awareness of the Toolkit for high quality neonatal services
- Excellent understanding of safeguarding issues.
- Proven skills at working at senior nurse level within a level 3 neonatal unit.
- Shows desire to implement new ideas and improvements.
We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.
As an Equal Opportunities Employer we actively support applications from individuals’ who apply under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme and will process your application as appropriate.
We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications has been received and we regret that we are unable to provide notification if your application is unsuccessful.
After applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into our preferred Third party recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs.
By applying for this post you are agreeing to Barts Heath NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
Barts Health is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and to child protection. The Trust aims to ensure as far as is possible that anyone, paid or unpaid, who seeks to work in our organisation and who gains access to children, is safe to do so.As such, you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Check as part of the recruitment process if appointed to a post with direct access to children or vulnerable adults.
Barts Health promotes active travel as part of its goal to reach Net Zero. Each site is accessible by public transport and the Trust has a cycle to work scheme and some sites have Brompton Hire Pods.