# Integrated Discharge Team Lead > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/integrated-discharge-team-lead/1a456e46-dd22-4b11-b228-ccc428f1e6c7 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/integrated-discharge-team-lead/1a456e46-dd22-4b11-b228-ccc428f1e6c7.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust - **Location:** St Mary's Hospital (The Bays) - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Team leader - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £58,133 - £65,261 pa inclusive - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-16T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-02T09:40:59.995Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8338727 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8338727?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.imperial.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Integrated Discharge at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has as an exciting opportunity within the Charing Cross Integrated Discharge Team. We are looking for an experienced, self -motivated, passionate and dedicated individual to join our Hospital Discharge team within the acute setting. The post holder will be embedded within the hospital flow structure and will play a pivotal role in efficiently managing and overseeing discharges across inpatient wards. Within this role, you will work alongside the existing discharge team lead, to manage the team day to day, manage your own complex case load and be an expert point of contact for complex discharge issues As well as being a critical and highly valued member of Team Charing Cross, you will also be a part of the wider trust’s Integrated Discharge Leadership Team where you will work towards making trust-wide improvements to hospital discharge and flow with lots of opportunity to contribute to or lead on Quality Improvement projects and support colleagues on other sites. Our aim is to improve hospital flow, prevent delays, improve patient experience of hospital discharge and work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders. ### Main duties of the job - To lead and manage the complex discharge team on a day-to-day basis, as part of the Integrated Discharge Leadership team, providing clinical leadership, support and guidance. - To take day-to-day responsibility for the leadership, delivery and management of the complex discharge service. - Plan and organise this efficiently and effectively with regard to patient management and use of time. - To ensure that all staff within the team have appropriate support for their practice and continuing professional development through team meetings, review, supervision, appraisal, training and development. - To review and update the documentation relating to discharge planning to improve the quality accuracy and consistency of information recorded and to undertake annual documentation audits. - To provide education to clinical and nursing staff regarding the remit of the Discharge team. - The post holder is required to work out of hours (specific rota details held locally within departments). ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews, please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Be able to demonstrate situations where effective leadership and management skills have been used - In depth knowledge of National Discharge Guidelines - Experience in complex discharge planning working with clinical, operational and external partners - Significant operational experience working as a senior nurse or equivalent within an acute hospital, intermediate care or community **Desirable** - Experience in developing and managing high quality strategic direction and delivery ### Education/ qualifications **Essential** - Degree or equivalent level of ability gained through NHS experience in a management setting - NMC Registration - Hold and NMC approved mentorship qualification - Evidence of ongoing professional development **Desirable** - Relevant post graduate qualification or equivalent experience - Leadership development ### Skills/knowledge/ abilities **Essential** - Excellent verbal and written communication skills to negotiate sensitive, complex or contentious multi-agency issues with patients, families and external partners - Ability to form positive working relationships across sectors - Ability to adapt to change - Ability to prioritise own workload, self-motivate and able to motivate and support others - Strong analytical skills to resolve placement disputes, unblock delayed discharges and implement practical solutions - Demonstrate passion for improving patient flow and outcomes for patient care - Support high clinical standards - Emotional intelligence and resilience **Desirable** - Competent in IT systems, electronic patient records and interpreting data - Working knowledge of HR/Clinical Governance policies e.g. managing attendance, capability, risks , complaints ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 415.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10662657) - [our strategy 2023-25 (pdf, 230.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=427) - [functional requirement form (doc, 901.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10662658) ## 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.