Early Discharge Coordinator | Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 12 March 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £37,338 - £44,962 PA, pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 April 2025 |
| Location: | Stockport, SK2 7JE |
| Company: | Pennine Care NHS FT |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7075197/311-S624-25-A |
Summary
Due to expansion within the Stockport Home Treatment Team an exciting opportunity for 2 full time Early Discharge Coordinators
Your main base will be at Stepping Hill Hospital.
This post is open to Nurses, Occupational Therapists or Social Workers.
The Stockport Home Treatment Team is a large multi-disciplinary team, consisting of a Consultant Psychiatrist and junior doctors, Team Manager, Deputy Manager, Psychologist, NMPs, Lead Nurses, Occupational Therapist, Social Workers, Support Workers, Pharmacy Technician and Administration staff.
We are in an exciting innovative position of piloting this new role within the team, which means enhancing our support offer on the acute wards, supporting early discharge to the Home Treatment Team.
The postholder will work closely with both the Home Treatment Team and the acute wards at Stockport, enabling a smooth discharge from hospital.
This well-established, multi-disciplinary team offers a high quality assessment and home treatment service where possible as an alternative to hospital admission, to individuals experiencing acute mental health crisis.
We are currently working to enhance our team in line with the Fidelity model for Crisis services in conjunction with all HTTs .
You will work within the service specifically as part of the MDT and have close links with the consultants on the wards and the Psychiatrist and Psychologist from the Home Treatment Team.
You will participate in Ward rounds for patients on the ward, coordinating patient discharge. Additionally, you will work with other colleagues across assessment services to enhance care provision.
We are looking for an individual who shows compassion and genuine warmth, someone who is engaging and focussed on person centred care and satisfaction.
You will be able to keep our commitments, demonstrate respect and dignity, work well under pressure and have very good communication skills, you will be working in a fast paced workplace where diversity is a focus.
You will have experience as a qualified practitioner within mental health and have strong leadership skills.
We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.
Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We’re really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we’re a great place to work.
All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.
If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:
• Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
• Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance
• Access to Continued Professional Development
• Involvement in improvement and research activities
• Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service
• Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel
Main Duties and Responsibilities
• Support the admission and delayed discharge activities within acute inpatient services. Attend weekly delayed discharge meetings, ensure s117 processes are followed, identify patients who requires accommodation in the community, make
referrals to the relevant providers and support completion of funding applications to the ICB and Local Council.
• Minimise incidence of bed crises, using knowledge of impending discharges and extended periods of leave and placements breaking down in the community.
• Actively be involved in the delayed discharge process and assist the MDT to facilitate timely discharge and escalate cases as appropriate.
• Promote and foster supportive relationships with key stakeholders such as ICB, Accommodation Providers, Local Authority and Pennine Care
• Develop and maintain processes for effective discharge which may include accessing funding and placement for securing non-NHS beds.
• Proactive in ascertaining the Trust’s position regarding bed management resources.
• Liaison with appropriate teams and services in the management of interface issues.
• Ensure accurate and timely recording of information.
• Attend MDT meeting, risk panel meetings, complex case meeting and liaise with ICBs around placements and support the coordination of multi-disciplinary team reviews for complex delayed discharges.
• Maintain and demonstrate up to date knowledge, ensuring any gaps in clinical competency are addressed whilst also staying compliant with all business policies and procedures.
• Be a resource to junior members of staff, providing training, supervision and advice
• Ensure recommendations from national policy and guidance are communicated, understood and implemented.
• Support people on home leave from acute wards and whilst transitioning to the Home Treatment Team or borough crisis accommodation. This job description is not exhaustive but is intended to give an overall picture of the role. Other duties within the general scope of the post may be required from time to time. The duties of the post and job description can be reviewed through the agreed process.
This advert closes on Wednesday 26 Mar 2025