Discharge Facilitator

Job Overview

Are you an Registered Nurse (RN) who is patient focused and want to have a role in better outcomes for patients on discharge from hospital?

Want to be part of a dynamic, supportive and multi-disciplinary team?

We are offering permanent roles, but we are open to consider secondments from local NHS health systems in Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire or Leicestershire.

We are in currently developing our integrated hub, with our system partners in line with Discharge to Assess guidance. This is a fantastic opportunity to come and help shape our future processes and work alongside our system partners. We are working with our ward teams to support in discharge plans and complex case management.

If you are looking for the next step and a rewarding career, then come and join the team.

We are looking for passionate individuals who enjoy working with a range of diverse teams, as we work across our hospital and our community partners. You need to be patient-centred and able to work with compassion with our patients and their families as they make their transition out of hospital. There is an element of case managing our most complex ‘supported’ patients through the journey of leaving hospital to ensure a safe and timely discharge.

You will be a great communicator and enjoy working with the wider MDT and system partners as part of the integrated hub. You will be driven to support colleagues and advising on discharge plans across QMC and City campus.

You will need to prioritise patients to support leaving hospital in a timely way in line with medical stability.

Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) was established in 2006 and we are one of the biggest and busiest NHS Trusts in the country and provide services to over 2.5 million residents of Nottingham.

NUH are, by any measure, a large, complex, person-centred organisation. With over 20,000 employees from a wide range of professional backgrounds, they are one of the region’s largest employers.

• Access to the Staff Wellbeing programme including our 24hour staff advice and emotional support service, financial advice service, a staff physiotherapy service and staff support networks, NHS Discount.

Come and join us as we shape our new wave of expansion and transformation within our Integrated Discharge Team at Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust. This is a truly exciting opportunity to work with a great team, build on our success and help us develop to achieve more.

For further details / informal visits contact:
Name:
Laura Cameron

Job title:

IDT Team Manager Email address:

Laura Cameron Team Manager-   ext: 89486

or

Helen Harrison Team Manager -   Ext 89486