Patient Discharge Facilitator

Job overview

The Patient Discharge Facilitator will provide an essential support service to the efficient running of The Patient Flow Team.

They must have the ability to work as part of a team as well as being able to work on their own initiative.

The post holder must have excellent communication skills, IT competent, be able to work well under pressure and prioritise their work load. They will assist in the safe and timely discharge of patients from both Southport and Ormskirk Hospitals.

This post is for 22.5 hours per week over 3 days, however there could potentially be opportunity to increase to 30hrs in September.

Main duties of the job

• Work closely with clinicians, social work teams and multidisciplinary teams to deliver a high quality patient focused service.
• Liaise with multi-disciplinary teams to facilitate accurate assessments of patient’s needs.
• Ensure that patients, relatives and carers are provided with information about discharge planning and that the information and timescales of the discharge are provided and understood.
• Liaise with pharmacy to ensure TTO’s are ready for the patients discharge
• Liaise with ambulance control when ambulance transport is required for the patients discharge.
• Liaise with care/nursing homes to ensure timely assessments and completion of required documentation to facilitate discharge.
• Attend the regular discharge planning meetings and raise any relevant issues with the multi-disciplinary team to ensure resolution prior to discharge.
• Ensure that all relevant discharge information is recorded accurately, processed on time and is communicated to the multi-disciplinary team.
• Ensure awareness of the hospital discharge policies are communicated to all relevant parties.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information please see the attached Job Description.

Advertising Date:15th May 2026

Closing Date:  29th May 2026

Shortlisting Date: 1st June 2026

Interview Date:  16th June 2026