# Senior Discharge Planning Coordinator - Peterborough/Huntingdon > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-discharge-planning-coordinator-peterboroughhuntingdon/6dbf735d-f9ac-49f8-9a07-14471699befb - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-discharge-planning-coordinator-peterboroughhuntingdon/6dbf735d-f9ac-49f8-9a07-14471699befb.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Peterborough - **Region:** East of England - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Administrative and IT - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** £28,392 - £31,157 per annum - **Contract type:** 12 months (fixed term/secondment) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (weekend working and cross site) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-09T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-26T11:22:15.980Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cambridgeshire/Huntingdon/North_West_Anglia_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Discharge_Planning/Discharge_Planning-v8036126 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8036126?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. ## Job Details 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. ## Job Description 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. ## Responsibilities Please see attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification for more information regarding this role. ## 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** - NVQ III Business and Administration ### 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 administrative/secretarial experience - Experience of using MS Office, Word, Excel, and outlook **Desirable** - Demonstrate an understanding of customer care - Experience of working in the NHS, use of NHS systems and understanding of medical terminology - Experience of working with Multi-Disciplinary Teams and/or attending meetings ## Documents - [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) - [jd band 4 senior discharge coordinator (pdf, 336.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10324168) - [ps band 4 senior discharge coordinator (pdf, 344.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10324169) ## 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.