Discharge Co-ordinator: Older Peoples Services | Barts Health NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 28 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £33,094 - £36,195 Per annum inc |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 27 August 2025 |
| Location: | London, E1 1FR |
| Company: | Barts Health NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7379523/259-7379523LRH |
Summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a dedicated Discharge Coordinator to join our Older People’s Services Unit at The Royal London Hospital. This pivotal role involves supporting ward teams in the effective planning and facilitation of patient discharges, ensuring a smooth transition for patients returning home or to alternative care settings.
As a Discharge Coordinator, you will collaborate closely with patients, their families, ward staff, and our Complex Discharge Team to enable timely discharges once patients are medically fit. Our wards prioritize multidisciplinary teamwork, so you will work alongside clinicians, therapists, Specialist Older Persons Teams, social workers, and other key partners to coordinate care effectively.
You will champion the use of our internal patient record system by maintaining real-time discharge updates and documenting outcomes of critical patient meetings throughout the day.
The ideal candidate will have a thorough understanding of Criteria to Reside, Continuing Health Care pathways, and hospital discharge processes.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for the position of Discharge Coordinator within the Older Peoples Services Unit. The successful candidate will be based at The Royal London Hospital site and will be required to support ward staff in facilitating and planning discharge.
The successful applicant will engage and work with the patient and their next of kin to empower them to actively participate and prepare for their discharge from the ward.
The Wards are focused on multidisciplinary working and staff are expected to work very closely with Clinicians, therapists, Specialist Older Persons Teams, social workers, and the Complex Discharge team.
The post holder will champion the use of our internal patient record system, recording live updates in relation to discharge throughout the day and following key patient meetings.
The post holder will have an in-depth knowledge and awareness of the Criteria to Reside, Continuing Health Care and discharge processes.
The post holder will be expected to demonstrate the Barts Health WECARE values and share our vision of excellence and innovation, providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in East London and beyond.
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
This advert closes on Monday 4 Aug 2025