Job overview
Discharge Navigator, part time available
Work within the environment to support the multi-disciplinary team, the patient and their carers in preparation for the patient to leave hospital. Working to support ward areas to ensure that the patient’s discharge is a smooth, safe transition from hospital to home or into community provision, in line with the Transfer of Care (discharges) from Acute and Community Settings policy. Supporting patient flow and contributing towards reducing the patient’s length of stay through the facilitation of effective integrated discharge planning.
Main duties of the job
The Transfer of Care Hub (ToCH) is a Service which has been developed to implement an expert complex multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary discharge team, working in a seamless and integrated way across partner organisations, both health and social care. The ToCH will proactively ‘pull’, and case manage the needs of a range of people with complex discharge needs on discharge pathways 1-3 and progress these people safely to transfer/discharge via an appropriate pathway
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants
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Disclosure and Barring Service:
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:
Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £6.50 = £28.00. Deducted from salary over following 4 months or one off payment.
Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost of £6.50 = £56.00. Deducted from salary over following 4 months or one off payment.
NCIC can offer successful future employees the following benefits:
27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
Flexible working Scheme
NHS Discounts*
Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*
Excellent opportunities for development*
Competitive NHS Pension scheme
Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems
*Subject to eligibility
Important Information
Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.
If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.
Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
- • Evidence of a good standard of general education/GCSE English and Maths or equivalent.
- • NVQ 4 in Care or equivalent experience or NVQ in Admin or equivalent experience
Desirable
- • Customer service skills
Other requirements
Essential
- • Alignment to Trust values and core behaviours
Desirable
- • Understanding of the Trust’s core business
Skills and Aptitudes
Essential
- • Good level of IT & keyboard skills including experience inputting data to systems
- • Ability to work autonomously as well as flexibly as a part of a Multi-disciplinart Team
- • Good communication skills
- • Ability to work under pressure
- • Ability to record data in an accurate and concise way
- • Ability to organise and prioritise own work.
- • Ability to demonstrate excellent time management and prioritisation skills
- • Ability to use initiative appropriately.
- • Ability to engage with individuals with differing levels of communication and understanding.
Desirable
- • Complaints handling
- • Ability to acquire more complex IT skills
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- • Evidence of knowledge of Hospital environment and pathways
- • Accepts responsibility for own workload
- • Seeks and uses support appropriately
- • Knowledge of medical terminology, anatomical and physiological terms; acquired through work-based training
- • Basic knowledge of Care Act 2014
Desirable
- • Recent work within a Hospital setting.
- • Knowledge of local health and social care services.
- • Knowledge of related legal frameworks relating to hospital discharge.
- • Knowledge of the Trust’s discharge process and community support provision.
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This advert is for Discharge Navigator with North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust in Carlisle, North East and Yorkshire, England. It is listed as a Band 4 Administrative and IT role. The advertised salary is £28,392 - £31,157 Per Annum Pro Rata. The contract type is Permanent: 30 hours. The application deadline is 28 Jul 2026.
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