# Patient Discharge Facilitator > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/patient-discharge-facilitator/9b4cd541-600a-4e7d-b85f-1782f48b6d40 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/patient-discharge-facilitator/9b4cd541-600a-4e7d-b85f-1782f48b6d40.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust - **Location:** Southport and Formby District General Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Facilitator - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** £28,392 - £31,157 per annum, pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** 30 hours per week (Part time) - **Closing date:** 2026-09-10T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-02T23:01:51.363Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Merseyside/Southport/Mersey_West_Lancashire_Teaching_Hospitals_NHS_Trust/Discharge_Planning_Patient_Flow/Discharge_Planning_Patient_Flow-v8202122 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8202122?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.sthk.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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 30 hours per week over 4 days. 8am-4pm with 1 Saturday every 6-8 weeks. ### 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 Please find attached job description and person specification for main responsibilities and requirements. ### Applicant requirements 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 ### Other **Essential** - Work pattern may be unpredictable and involves shift patterns - The post may have some distressing circumstances when dealing with terminally ill, chronically sick, disabled patients, patient death. - The post requires frequent exposure to unpleasant condition’s, bodily fluids & smells. ### Skills **Essential** - Ability to communicate both verbal and written - Excellent numeracy and literacy skills - Excellent interpersonal skills - Ability to work both autonomously and as part of a team - Ability to care for patient workload and manage their needs with supervision from registered discharge co-ordinator - Ability to undertake nursing assessments and document clearly - Flexible approach to the workplace - Good knowledge of IT systems such as patient databases and Microsoft office suite - Ability to handle sensitive or complex situations and resolve conflict - Excellent negotiation and influencing skills ### Qualifications **Essential** - NVQ level 4 or above in Health and Social care or Similar qualification or relevant experience. **Desirable** - NVQ assessors’ certificate ### Knowledge and Experience **Essential** - Experience in an acute/community setting - Experience in an urgent care setting - Knowledge of nursing assessments and how to perform **Desirable** - Clear knowledge of the discharge process - Awareness of key national and local policies and their impact on practice - Understanding and support of the benefits of clinical supervision and reflective practice ## Documents - [oh risk id (pdf, 853.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10508203) - [job description (pdf, 480.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10508201) - [staff benefits at mwl (pdf, 5.6mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2916) - [person specification (pdf, 512.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10508202) - [mwl recruitment journey (pdf, 884.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2902) - [helpful tips to complete your application form (pdf, 1.2mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2901) ## 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.