Neonatal Discharge Coordinator | St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 23 August 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £54,320 - £60,981 per annum inc HCAS (pro-rata) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 September 2024 |
| Location: | London, SW17 0QT |
| Company: | st georges nhs trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6560462/200-6560462-GO-AA |
Summary
The Neonatal discharge coordinator is responsible for ensuring that each patient has an expected date of discharge (EDD) and that the ward bed status is real time. The Neonatal discharge coordinator is responsible for reviewing all patients on the unit, in terms of ongoing care, management plans and coordinating with the local hospital regarding repatriation. Post holder will attend daily safety huddles with the members of the multidisciplinary team to discuss discharge plans of complex cases and well babies
The Unit is one of three lead centres within South London Neonatal Network and a tertiary referral centre for neonatal surgery. It has a large establishment of 150 nurses and support staff, ranging from Neonatal Assistants to Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioners. The unit has a capacity of 40 cots, 12 of which are intensive care, 12 high dependency, and 16 special care. The unit also provides a neonatal community follow-up service.
We are looking for skilled neonatal trained nurse with excellent communication skills and proven evidence of leading and supporting a team of nurses to implement nurse-led discharge, achieving and maintaining appropriate, planned, safe and timely discharge for patient. To coordinate complex discharges and facilitate nurse-led discharge for straightforward patients by engaging the multi-disciplinary team and senior nurses.
You will be expected to work both in Neonatal intensive care and Special Care Baby Unit. Working hours generally are Monday to Friday, however occasional long shifts, weekend and bank holidays might be required.
You must be NMC registered, in possession of a neonatal and equivalent of assessor qualification and have a minimum of 2 years recent experience as a Band 6 or 7.
This is a an exciting opportunity to join the band 7 team in St. George's on a permanent basis.
For more details please download the Job Description attached to this post.
With nearly 9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.
Their main site, St George’s Hospital in Tooting – one of the country’s principal teaching hospitals – is shared with St George’s, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George’s Hospital also hosts the St George’s, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.
As well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010.
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.
The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.
To provide effective nursing leadership, expertise, advice and support to the NNU team and
ensure the provision of high-quality care. To act as a role model and expert practitioner and to
provide teaching and learning opportunities for junior staff in the care of complex babies examples
include but are not limited to; babies with tracheostomies, on long term ventilation, with stomas,
going home on oxygen or with nasogastric tubes and for discharge on PN.
This advert closes on Tuesday 10 Sep 2024
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