Job Summary
This Patient Care Co-ordinator post is an essential development for the delivery of a fully integrated discharge service. The ‘Integrated Discharge Patient Care Co-ordinator’ undertakes highly skilled and specialised support work to support qualified therapists in assessing and treating patients, to facilitate complex discharges and improve clinical flow throughout the trust to improve access to acute services.
The ‘Integrated Discharge Patient Care Co-ordinator’ will carry out therapeutic interventions as requested by Therapists and will have access to a qualified Therapist for advice and direction. This may include gathering information for assessments, implementing therapeutic assessment and treatment plans as requested, making recommendations and ordering of equipment and minor adaptations.
The work will take place in a variety of settings including hospital sites, care homes and patient homes. This will include working in the community as a lone worker, in line with the organisational lone working policy.
The post holder will need to be flexible and work across all sites of the trust, including the whole geographical area that East Lancashire Hospitals Trust serves within community. The post holder may be required to work a pattern in line with extended service operating hours, over seven days a week to deliver the ‘Discharge to Assess’ model of care.
Main duties of the job
1. Organise and deliver a complete episode of therapeutic intervention as screened and delegated by a qualified therapist.
2. Contribute to the setting of appropriate treatment goals in liaison with the therapist and patient, for when referring onto other services.
3. Undertake assessment tasks that have been specifically delegated by Therapists.
4. Deliver part or all of an assessment / treatment plan as indicated by a qualified Therapist.
5. Give both verbal and written feedback about the progress of a patient’s assessment and treatment, this will include the typing of comprehensive documentation from visits and clinical input.
6. Clearly document each intervention in the patient’s case notes, and typed reports as outlined in organisational policy and procedures.
7. Use technical and therapeutic skills to promote independence, and provide advice, support and educate patients, carers and other heath professionals.
About us
Established in 2003 East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (ELHT) is a large integrated health care organisation providing high quality acute secondary healthcare for the people of East Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen.
Our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 700,000 patients a year from the most serious of emergencies to planned operations and procedures. We employ over 8,000 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work and achievements.
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. Organise and deliver a complete episode of therapeutic intervention as screened and delegated by a qualified therapist.
2. Contribute to the setting of appropriate treatment goals in liaison with the therapist and patient, for when referring onto other services.
3. Undertake assessment tasks that have been specifically delegated by Therapists.
4. Deliver part or all of an assessment / treatment plan as indicated by a qualified Therapist.
5. Give both verbal and written feedback about the progress of a patients assessment and treatment, this will include the typing of comprehensive documentation from visits and clinical input.
6. Clearly document each intervention in the patients case notes, and typed reports as outlined in organisational policy and procedures.
7. Use technical and therapeutic skills to promote independence, and provide advice, support and educate patients, carers and other heath professionals.
8. General Administration duties e.g. collating information, production of clinical reports, ordering of equipment, updating databases etc.
9. Carry out appropriate assessment of patients needs in collaboration with carers and other professionals.
10. Prescribe equipment / assistive technology and adaptations to facilitate independence within agreed guidelines.
11. Advise, instruct, and educate patients, carers and other health professionals in the use of standard and specialist assistive technology, and environmental adaptation where appropriate.
12. Undertake risk assessment, manage and document risk in order to provide appropriate recommendations.
13. Work across agencies and have a working knowledge and understanding of the pathways and systems across health and social care, in order to facilitate the recommendation of appropriate discharge pathway, and access to correct equipment and services.
14. Undertake delegated tasks to contribute to safe and smooth running of the Integrated Discharge Service Therapy Team.
15. Assist with the day to day running of the service.
16. Record patient referrals and contact statistics on the correct systems in a timely manner.
17. Maintain and check equipment prescribed and used to ensure appropriate standard in accordance with health and safety, infection control and other relevant guidance.
18. Gain valid informed consent from the patients for any individual intervention that is carried out.
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- Good standard of education to include English and Maths, 4-9 level
- NVQ level 3, BTEC or foundation degree relevant to role or equivalent experience
- European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) or equivalent level IT Skills
- Worked within Health and Social Care Setting and have experience of carrying out assessments and/or therapeutic interventions
- Understanding of the impact of disability or illness on function
- Knowledge of therapy assessments and interventions
- Car Driver
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
