Palliative Care Discharge Facilitator
| Posting date: | 30 April 2025 |
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| Salary: | £37,338.00 to £44,962.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £37338.00 - £44962.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 28 May 2025 |
| Location: | Darlington, DL3 6HX |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9439-2526-0064 |
Summary
The successful candidate will be part of the Specalist Palliative Care team that provides consistent high quality specialist palliative care service for patients and families Working with the ward medical and nursing teams, rehabilitation, discharge management and community based services to facilitate the discharge, increasing the numbers of palliative care patients able to die in their preferred place of care. Identify patients who are reaching the end of their lives who wish to be discharged or transferred to their preferred place of care to die. Provide a specialist/expert service for patients, acting as an autonomous practitioner offering advice to primary/secondary care staff regarding the care of patients in this specialist group. Undertake home visits when required. Work collaboratively as part of a team to guide colleagues within multi-disciplinary teams with the discharge process, in order to ensure safe, effective and timely transfer, as well as influencing best use of resources