Band 6 Admissions & Discharges Coordinator Nurse

Job overview

• To admit patients and ensuring that all patients are assessed on the ward preoperatively.
• To establish and maintain robust multi-disciplinary discharge planning arrangements in order to discharge patients safely and reduce length of stay, delayed transfers of care and re-admissions.
• To proactively co-ordinate, review and case manage complex discharges and to facilitate simple discharges by engaging the multi-disciplinary ward team.
• To ensure the discharge planning process is responsive to the needs of patients and their carers by means of joint working with the relevant acute, community and allied support staff.
• Vascular experience is essential

Main duties of the job

• Undertake assessment of patients’ to be admitted on the ward preoperatively and pre-procedure and assessing their discharge needs in appointed area of responsibility without supervision.
• Co-ordinate and refer to appropriate therapy team if rehabilitation required.
• Arrange and Chair Multidisciplinary team meetings for individual patients with very complex discharge needs.
• Refer and liaise with Social Service Department and other local agencies e.g., ICT as appropriate.
• Work clinically on the ward and other areas where appropriate and as required, supporting the ward teams.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role

If you have applied for this role in that 3 months please do not reapply - your application will not be reviewed

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.