Discharge Coordinator - Inpatient Community Beds - Northampton
What's involved with this role:
Title: Temporary Discharge Coordinator - Inpatient Community BedsJob Ref: WNC (HQ) WNC19516
Pay Rate: £17.80 per hour PAYE
Hours per week: 37 Monday - Friday, normal working hours
Role Length: This opening assignment is for 3 months
City: NORTHAMPTON
The post holder will be working in an integrated multi professional patient flow team and will be involved facilitating a safe and timely discharge for all patients on the ward. The post holder will coordinate timely patient referrals to relevant community services and liaise directly both with patients and their relatives as required about discharge arrangements.
Reporting to the Patient Flow Lead or in their absence the Admission Flow Coordinator or the Senior nurse on shift out of hours.
Key Responsibilities:
Attending ward MDT meetingsAttending board rounds and co-ordinating all actions relating to the process
Completing discharge notifications for onward referrals to other discharge services
Completing all referrals to other services such as community nursing etc and checking that medication for discharge is availableEnsuring all transport arrangements are in place, arranging home assessment visits, progress meetings.
Be expected to communicate with patients who may have communication difficulties, families and other colleagues.
Ensure all patients documentation and pathway is documented electronically and that protocols are followed for data collection purposes.
Required to input all discharge and admission data to support KPI and monitoring.
Be involved in the induction of junior colleagues and provide support and guidance as necessary.
Support complex discharge home assessments if required
Qualifications:
Foundation degree in health-related subject and/or relevant experience working at this levelFunctional skills in literacy and numeracy to level 2 or equivalent
Knowledge:
Knowledge of looked after children and care leavers.Knowledge of the legislation relevant to looked after children and care leavers.
Experience:
Experience working within a Healthcare setting preferably the NHSExperience working in a rehabilitation setting preferably at an inpatient unit is - desirable
Skills & Abilities:
Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to utilise them to communicate effectively with patients and colleaguesExcellent time management and organisational skills
Excellent IT skills with ability to use different electronic systems
Ability to work without direct supervision
Ability to work in a flexible way
Ability to work in a fast paced and challenging environment.
Able to deal with interruptions/queries from
Excellent attention to detail
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If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension, you will be working at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than umbrella pay terms.We do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion.We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles.
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Job Ref: WNC (HQ) WNC19516
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