Discharge Coordinator

Job overview

We are looking for a Discharge Coordinator to join our Rapid Transfer Team based at QEQM in Margate.

You will work as a key member of the Rapid Transfer Service, whose aim is to ensure the timely, effective, appropriate and safe discharge of patients requiring supportive discharge, from the acute into a community setting. The role involves liaising with hospital, community, GP’s and private facilities, in order to promote safe and robust discharge/transfer of care.

A clinical background for this post is essential

Main duties of the job

You will assist the multi-professional team, giving support and advice, and acting as a resource for all aspects of complex discharge planning, including NHS funded continuing healthcare.

You will work at the interface between hospital and the community, providing expert advice on discharge planning for patients and facilitating, through holistic assessments, appropriate discharge into  the community with the support of the patients GP, Community Hospitals, Integrated Care Centres, Health and Social Care Village Facilities, Hospice, care Homes, Community Matrons, Specialist Nurses, Intermediate Care or Specialist Community Services. Also facilitating discharge for individuals who live outside of East Kent.

Promote collaborative working with all other organisations and individuals to ensure effective support for patients, according to their social and clinical needs. The post holder will actively promote and support the principle of Home First.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

As a community Trust many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. As such you will be asked to confirm you have a full UK driving licence where driving is a requirement of the role to be able to proceed with your application.  We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment, if you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via [email protected] quoting the vacancy reference number so we can support you further.

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.

Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.

We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.

At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.

Find out more about the community difference here.

Good luck! We can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.