Discharge Coordinator

Job overview

Liaise internally with multidisciplinary team, senior members of staff,

ward staff and Allied Health Professionals. Liaise externally with

Social Services, Primary Care Services, General Practitioners,

Housing, Homeless Persons Unit, Department of Health, Borders

Agency and Office of the Public Guardian

Main duties of the job

Promote a smooth discharge process by concentrating on tasks which directly support and assist the multidisciplinary team with regards to safe and timely discharge of patients. This will include completing discharge planning documentation, communicating with external agencies such as Social Services, patient’s families and carers, arranging appropriate transport and liaising with all members of the Multidisciplinary Team including occupational therapy, physiotherapy, Speech and Language Therapist, Dietitian, Clinical Psychologist and Doctor.

Where appropriate provide access to patient homes to outside agencies, accompany patients to their own homes, or accompany patients to appointments with outside agencies.

Monitor and chase multidisciplinary team members and external agencies to promote timely and safe discharge to provide optimum and appropriate bed usage and reduce length of stay, and in addition manage more complex discharge issues.

Take responsibility for the issue of Discharge Notifications to Social Services to ensure reimbursement guidelines are observed

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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