Discharge Case Manager | East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 22 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £25,147 - £27,596 Starting salary from £25,147 |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 May 2024 |
| Location: | Colchester, CO4 5JL |
| Company: | Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6249976/432-HR141-24 |
Summary
The Essex and Suffolk Elective Orthopaedic Centre at Colchester Hospital will be one of the largest centres of its kind in Europe. Delivering high volume and low complexity cases locally for the people we serve across our region.
You will be required to carry out a wide range of duties to support the elective Orthopaedic team in the delivery of a high quality care and effective discharge planning. The emphasis for the role is to manage and direct under supervision of a registered nurse the gathering of accurate and detailed information to support discharge plans over a seven day period. You will need to communicate with patients about discharge plans as well as the ward/MDT staff.
The Dame Clare Marx Building that will house our elective orthopaedic centre (ESEOC) opens in 2024 with a focus on elective orthopaedic surgery and day cases. The centre will have eight laminar flow theatres, three wards, recovery facilities, and support services including radiology and EBME.
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• To maintain up-to-date knowledge of elective Orthopaedic discharge pathways including the DOH Hospital Discharge policy and to be a point of reference within the department for other members of the MDT regarding discharge.
• To be an advocate for the patient and their family in order to promote a safe and timely discharge , empowering patients to make decisions about their own care and encourage them to exercise their rights and choices, signposting them to relevant community support and escalating any risks to registered clinicians
• To manage and prioritise own case load to ensure patients discharge is appropriate to needs and is completed in a timely manner
• To work as part of the integrated discharge team to support discharge planning and system flow within a seven-day service-optimising patient’s independence
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
This advert closes on Monday 6 May 2024