Pathway Coordinator
| Posting date: | 23 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £46,148.00 to £52,809.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £46148.00 - £52809.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 07 July 2025 |
| Location: | Rochford, SS4 1RB |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9364-25-0674 |
Summary
This exciting role places you at the heart of patient care in Mid and South Essex, acting as a vital link between Community Teams and inpatient services. Your mission will be to facilitate safe and effective discharges, ensuring that individuals transition smoothly back to their local communities, whether locally or from out of area. You will work flexibly alongside multidisciplinary teams, conducting thorough reviews of care plans and identifying community resources that will enhance the discharge process. Importantly, you will play a key role in passing care over to long-term care coordinators where needed, ensuring continuity and ongoing support for individuals. Your expertise in The Care Act, Section 117 aftercare, and relevant legislation will empower you to navigate complex discharge barriers and implement solutions, all while fostering a patient-centred approach. In this position, you will play a pivotal role in creating personalised care plans that reflect the unique needs of each individual, engaging families and carers in the care planning process to ensure their voices are heard. Effective communication will be key as you establish strong pathways for collaboration among all stakeholders. You will also be responsible for promoting equality, diversity, and rights in accordance with best practices and legislation, alongside identifying training needs to enhance the quality of evidence-based care within the team. This is a rewarding opportunity for someone passionate about making a meaningful impact in the lives of individuals, ensuring their safe and appropriate discharge, and contributing to the overall improvement of community mental health services. Will be based within the Mid and South Essex locality, acting as the link between Community teams and inpatient services , linking in as part of the process of safe discharge. Local and out of area. Work flexibly with Community Teams across Mid and South Essex reviewing care plans and identifying community resources which will support and augment the discharge process back to the locality. Will work with the MDT identifying barriers to discharge, and how these can be resolved, ensuring the safe discharge of the individual. Will be completing Care Act and commissioning experience with the local authority and ICB. Knowledge of Section 117 aftercare needs and being part of this process in discharge planning in partnership with the inpatient teams. Will be responsible for supporting the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of interventions within agreed parameters, to ensure meaningful admission and safe, appropriate discharge. Acknowledge that part of the move away from CPA that care plans will be personalised and individualised to meet the needs of the individual in the local community setting. Involved family and carers as part of the care planning/discharge process acknowledging their views. Working knowledge of local, national policies and legislation, which govern current service provision and audit e.g. Care Act 2014, The Mental Health Act 1983/2007, Mental Capacity Act 2006/2007 and our responsibilities within such legislation. Tribunal report writing with an understanding of the Mental health Act. Will be responsible for ensuring effective communication pathways exist. Will be responsible for ensuring the promotion of equality diversity and rights in accordance with good practice and legislation. Will be responsible for identifying and contributing to the training needs necessary in providing quality evidence based care as appropriate. Providing CMHT staff with guidance and advice regarding processes. To provide professional advice and support to other agencies and members of the multidisciplinary team, and act up for the Team Manager in their absence as appropriate. To act as a role model and supervise less experienced staff.