Complex Discharge Nurse | Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 25 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £37,338 - £44,962 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 25 July 2025 |
| Location: | Liverpool, L9 7AL |
| Company: | Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7129582/287-AMED-129-25 |
Summary
The Liverpool University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic nurse to join our dynamic Complex Discharge Team. This position is well suited to an individual that is looking to advance and change their career path while gaining hands on experience in discharge planning and clinical utilization in a supportive workplace.
You will be working closely with the multi-disciplinary team and community partners to proactively plan and arrange the discharge of a diverse group of patients. You will be able to enhance your own clinical knowledge as well as provide expert knowledge to your peers.
The Liverpool University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust use a Clinical Utilization and Bed Management system to aid with flow and identify any potential barriers to discharge. This is overseen by the Complex Discharge Team as experts in the patient journey and will be key to ensuring that a quality service is given to our patients as well as being patient centred.
Responsible for ensuring patients have a timely and appropriate discharge
Plan, with support will act upon any delays quickly to promote a safe
and effective discharge.
To ensure that patients and relatives have a named individual to assist
them to be involved in decisions about their care and how they will
be affected.
To Act as a support for ward staff, facilitating the patients discharge
from hospital, working alongside hospital
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
• You must have at least 2+ years post registration experience within an acute setting working as a Registered Nurse.
• Knowledge of Discharge Planning and Pathways is desirable.
• To review all allocated patients regarding the necessity to stay in hospital against criteria to reside on a daily basis.
• Identify barriers or gaps for delays to treatment or discharge.
• Demonstrate a knowledge of NICE, Map of medicine guidelines specific to the speciality the patient is assigned to.
• Identify delays in diagnostics or treatment.
• Use utilisation management system software package to record patient information, compliance with treatment and any variances to that plan.
• To analyse data and information to produce reports of patient flow
• Make presentations as necessary on relevant topic areas.
• Work closely with Consultants, nurses, AHPs’ around management plans to consider alternative methods and venues for completing interventions out of hospital where this would be clinically appropriate whilst also minimising length of stay.
• Resolve issues that are preventing patients who do not clinically require to be in an acute hospital bed.
• To work with the ward staff, ward managers and Matrons to support them in their role of discharge planning and reducing length of stay.
This advert closes on Wednesday 9 Jul 2025