# IDT Nurse Assessor > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/idt-nurse-assessor/dddca96e-8ac9-4490-8774-d103dc6f0eec - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/idt-nurse-assessor/dddca96e-8ac9-4490-8774-d103dc6f0eec.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Southend University Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children) - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39959.00 - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 10 months (maternity leave cover - to end 08/08/2027) - **Employment type:** Part time - 30 hours per week (The role covers 7 days a week (inc bank holidays)) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-27T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-13T11:50:12.665Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8347505 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8347505?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.southend.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Join Our Integrated Discharge Team – Make a Real Difference Every Day We’re looking for a bright, motivated and hardworking nurse to join our energetic and supportive Integrated Discharge Team at Broomfield Hospital for a maternity leave cover until August 2027. In this rewarding role, you’ll be central to helping patients move safely and smoothly from hospital to home or onward care. You’ll assess patients who are medically optimised for discharge, identify their ongoing care needs, and coordinate timely referrals to community and system partners—ensuring every discharge is safe, effective and patient‑centred. Strong communication is at the heart of what we do. You’ll work closely with patients, families, multidisciplinary teams and wider system partners, using your clinical judgement and interpersonal skills to remove barriers to discharge and maintain effective patient flow across the hospital. If you thrive in a fast‑paced environment, enjoy collaborative working, and want to make a tangible impact on patient experience and hospital flow, this is a fantastic opportunity to develop your skills while contributing to a vital service. ### Main duties of the job Work with patients and their families who have complex needs and conditions to support timely, safe and effective discharge into the community. Provide professional guidance and support to patients and carers throughout the discharge planning process. Develop and coordinate holistic discharge plans in partnership with patients, families and multi‑agency colleagues. Ensure discharge interventions are appropriate, coordinated and not duplicated across services. Support patients with complex healthcare needs, including those requiring long‑term health and social care planning or short‑term intervention following acute illness or deterioration. Anticipate, coordinate and integrate health and social care needs for patients at high risk of unplanned hospital admissions. Work at the centre of integrated care planning within Broomfield Hospital, alongside Social Care, voluntary organisations and other external partners. Act as a key point of contact for liaison and communication between the hospital and community services, including informal and formal carers. Facilitate smooth, safe and effective transfers of care from hospital to home and between community and acute settings. Contribute to improved quality of care and patient satisfaction through effective discharge coordination. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Are you looking for an exciting IDT Nurse Assessor role using your unique qualities? Then we want to hear from you. For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description. We look forward to your application. Please be aware that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a suitable number of applications. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Qualifications **Essential** - NMC Registration - Evidence of proactive and continuous personal and professional development **Desirable** - Mentorship course ### Knowledge and Experience **Essential** - Demonstrable post registration, which must include a strong experience in an acute trust **Desirable** - Previous experience within a discharge team - Demonstrate leadership skills ## Documents - [jd (pdf, 344.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10672491) - [privacy policy (pdf, 441.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2077) - [afc pay poster 26/27 (pdf, 44.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2504) - [trust 10 year strategy (pdf, 2.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2947) - [general statements afc - v5.2 (pdf, 592.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2979) - [leadership and management framework (pdf, 120.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2880) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.