# Senior Discharge Planning Coordinator - Cross site

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Peterborough City Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Coordinator (discipline unspecified)
- **Grade:** Band 4
- **Salary:** £28,392 - £31,157 per annum pro rata
- **Contract type:** 6 months (fixed term/secondment)
- **Employment type:** Part time - 30 hours per week (weekend working and cross site)
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-15T07:00:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-09-01T12:05:05.753Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cambridgeshire/Peterborough/North_West_Anglia_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Discharge_Planning/Discharge_Planning-v8265285
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8265285?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.nwangliaft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

- To provide a responsive patient discharge support service completing and tracking referrals from receipt to patient discharge.
- To support the wards on the safe and timely discharge of patients from the acute settings, including attending whiteboards.
- To record patient level data regarding Discharge Ready patients
- To oversee the completion and compliance with Red2Green and Criteria to Reside initiatives from a ward perspective.
- To update the sit rep report for reporting to national database, ensuring that it is accurate and in real time.
- Liaise with ward staff regarding changes in patient’s clinical status affecting discharge and data recording.
- To support the Head of Site operations, Capacity and Discharge Planning, to perform all allocated administrative tasks required to meet the needs of the service.
- To undergo training as necessary to meet the needs of new developments within the service.

### Main duties of the job

- Contribute to the department, ensuring that it operates to the highest standards, for discharge planning.
- Be responsible for ensuring that all duties are carried out in accordance with the correct procedures and policies.
- Ensure that E-Track information is correct and accurate.
- Support workloads within the department and cover for colleagues in their absence.
- Act as a key to external organisations regarding queries related to discharge planning and specific patient enquiries.
- Deal sensitively and effectively with telephone enquiries from colleagues, ensuring confidentiality is always maintained.
- Actively take part in team meetings to ensure the department is flexible in its approach to changing workloads.
- Act as a named link for the discharge team to ensure that the appropriate level of knowledge is acquired to support the administrative processes required.
- To liaise with Social Services, health providers and organisations providing streamlined patient discharges as required.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification for more information regarding this role.

### 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

### Skills

**Essential**

- A self-motivated, innovative, and a pro-active problem solver
- Able to meet tight deadlines, prioritise workload, and work under pressure
- Flexible in approach to meet the challenges of a trust wide post
- Demonstrate good standards of written and verbal communication
- Ability to communicate at all levels
- Ability to work independently or as part of a team

### Education

**Essential**

- GCSE English language level 4-9 (or equivalent)

**Desirable**

- Care Certificate

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- Demonstrate understanding of GDPR and working with sensitive and confidential information

**Desirable**

- Red2 Green/ Criteria to Reside / SAFER initiatives
- Local Discharge Planning processes

### Experience

**Essential**

- Previous health care experience experience
- Experience of using MS Office, Word, Excel, and outlook
- Experience of working with Multi-Disciplinary Teams and/or attending meetings

**Desirable**

- Demonstrate an understanding of discharge planning
- Experience of working in the NHS, use of NHS systems and understanding of medical terminology

## Documents

- [band 4 jd (pdf, 327.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10579601)
- [band 4 ps (pdf, 329.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10579602)
- [staff benefits (pdf, 576.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2886)
- [living our values (pdf, 260.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1865)
- [we are team nwangliaft (pdf, 8.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2745)
- [information for candidates (pdf, 5.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2788)

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