Integrated Discharge Case Manager

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Join the Integrated Discharge Service (IDS) at North Bristol NHS Trust and play a key clinical leadership role in supporting safe, timely and person‑centred discharges for patients with complex needs. As a Band 6 Case Manager
, you will use your professional expertise to guide multidisciplinary teams, support complex decision‑making and ensure patients leave hospital safely, in the right way and at the right time. You will be a registered health or social care professional bringing strong assessment skills, sound clinical judgement and a passion for improving patient experience. You’ll work closely with ward teams, the Transfer of Care Hub and partners across BNSSG, offering expert advice on discharge processes and supporting colleagues through real‑time coaching, supervision and leadership.

If you thrive in a fast‑paced environment, enjoy solving complex challenges and want to make a meaningful impact for patients with multifaceted needs, this senior role offers both autonomy and development within a supportive team.

• Lead and influence high‑quality board rounds, providing expert clinical guidance, coaching ward teams and driving timely discharge decision‑making.
• Coordinate and manage complex discharges, including patients with homelessness, NRPF, mental health needs, CHC/Fast Track cases and out‑of‑area placements.
• Champion ‘Home First’ principles, promoting safe, appropriate and timely discharges and reducing avoidable delays.
• Support and supervise IDS Coordinators, providing clinical oversight, coaching and guidance within your cluster team.
• Use expert communication and problem‑solving skills to navigate complex situations, resolve barriers and support patients and families through challenging conversations.
• Build effective partnerships with community services, social care, voluntary sector organisations and the Transfer of Care Hub to ensure joined‑up discharge planning.

Applicants should bring strong clinical assessment skills, confidence managing complex and emotive situations, and the ability to lead others in a dynamic hospital environment.

NBT Cares. It’s a very simple statement; one which epitomises how everybody across our organisation goes the extra mile to ensure our patients get the best possible care. NBT Cares is also an acronym, standing for caring, ambitious, respectful and supportive – our organisational values. And our NBT Cares values are underpinned by our positive behaviours framework – a framework that provides clear guidance on how colleagues can work with one another in a constructive and supportive way.

As a senior clinician within IDS, you will:

• Lead daily board rounds on allocated wards, coaching MDT colleagues and acting as the expert point of escalation for complex discharge queries.
• Support early discharge conversations with patients and families, ensuring clear, person‑centred planning.
• Lead post‑board…