Discharge coordinator | London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 14 May 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £31,081 - £33,665 Per annum inclusive HCAS |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 June 2025 |
| Location: | Southall, UB1 3HW |
| Company: | London North West Healthcare NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7177161/337-NP-8779MM |
Summary
Band 4 Discharge Coordinator
Acute Medicine/ 9North
We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual to work closely with our Matrons, Clinical Nurse Manager and Charge nurses to facilitate the timely, effective and appropriate discharge of patients from the acute setting to the community, liaising with hospital, community, social and health service colleagues in order to promote a recovery focused discharge/transfer.
The post holder will also play a key role in the development of an innovative service providing excellent discharge practices within the ward environment. The post holder will ensure best practice in planning safe and timely patient discharges in order to achieve best outcomes for patients as well as to optimise hospital bed utilisation and reduce length of stay
You will need to have excellent communication skills, organisation skills and have the ability to work under pressure.
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.
This advert closes on Wednesday 28 May 2025