Patient Discharge Support Co-ordinator: Visa Sponsorship Available

Discharge Support Co-ordinator Job Summary

The Discharge Support Co-ordinator will be responsible for providing efficient and high-quality clerical support to the Integrated Discharge Team. The Discharge Support Co-ordinator will be responsible for allocating, recording and processing referrals and confirming arrangements across a range of different teams and providers to facilitate discharges in a timely manner.

Through our dedicated integrated discharge team, with skilled coordination, patients are sign posted to receive the right care at the right time. We strive to ensure that patients do not need to remain in hospital for any longer than they need to.

We work together to provide a supporting environment where compassion, respect, trust, and personal accountability are at the centre of all our actions and interactions. By working in partnership with our patients, their families and health and social care services, we aim to prepare our patients for discharge by enabling and supporting them to return to their life in the community.

Previous experience with acute hospital discharge is required

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The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

Discharge Support Co-ordinator Main duties

The Discharge Support Co-ordinator will also include supporting bed management processes when required for St Pancras Rehabilitation Unit and deputising for the SPRU Patient Flow role including ordering routine equipment delegated by a clinician for all NCL discharges. This role will involve identifying referrals for screening, signposting to other most suitable units across NCL and facilitating discharges from the unit, in order to maintain patient flow. The role will at times involve working across various sites (such St Pancras Hospital, The Royal Free and UCLH) when required.

The Discharge Support Co-ordinator will play a prominent role in supporting efficient patient flow and prevent unnecessary delays in patient discharge pathways. This will be achieved through developing excellent relationships across the hospital acute wards, and working with patients, families and key stakeholders to ensure that transfer back to community life is seamless. The post holder will sit within the Integrated Discharge Team and link with various system partners to achieve a safe and timely discharge.