Discharge Coordinator
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 25 Medi 2025 |
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| Cyflog: | £21,460.80 bob blwyddyn |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £21460.80 a year |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 02 Hydref 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Huddersfield, HD5 9UY |
| Cwmni: | NHS Jobs |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | B0030-25-0000 |
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Role Summary To ensure smooth, safe, and person-centred transitions for patients through The Kirkwoods clinical services, maintaining consistency and person-centred approaches. What Youll Do: Work closely with patients, families, and our inter-disciplinary team to plan and coordinate timely discharges and admissions. Liaise with the inter-disciplinary team, external agencies, community services and care providers to ensure continuity of care. Advocate for patients needs, preferences, and wishes throughout the discharge process. Maintain accurate records and contribute to ongoing service improvement. Work with the rest of the in-patient unit (IPU) and community services to proactively coordinate discharge from the inpatient hospice unit when required as well as preparing for admission. Primary Responsibilities Coordinate complex discharges, in collaboration with the Inter-disciplinary team Act as discharge support to individual complex discharges, working responsively to rapid changes in life limiting and palliative care needs. Assist and support the inter-disciplinary team to drive and co-ordinate patient flow, ensuring effective, timely intervention from all disciplines to ensure safe and effective discharge planning in conjunction with patients and families. Assist IPU and community services to develop and implement effective discharge plans supporting patients and families and ensuring all care and services are in place prior to discharge if needed, identifying and working with the inter-disciplinary team to resolve any issues. Organise family/planning meetings with the lead professional negotiating with all possible attendees including patients, families and external agencies as well as internal staff members. Advocate for patients needs, preferences, and wishes throughout the discharge process. Work with multi-agency representatives to reduce any delays related to discharge. Consider budgetary implications with regard to basic equipment required for discharge. Identify size and frequency of care packages required for discharge, and whether provision is possible in the preferred place of care or preferred place of death. Consider alternative means of provision of care and explore options. Working effectively internally and externally Communicate effectively and sensitively with all internal staff, external organisations, patients, relatives/friends and the general public. Hold complex and emotional conversations in relation to advanced care planning and preferred places of care or death in relation to life limiting health conditions. Support transfers to community venues/services. Participate in accurate, up to date communication and documentation. Attendance at weekly inter-disciplinary team meetings as requested to support discharge planning. Developing internal knowledge base Act as a central point of contact for discharge planning acting as resource for knowledge of the discharge planning processes, services available and how to access them. Provide education in discharge planning to members of the inter-disciplinary team or other professional groups, as required, including delivery of training courses. Support the in-patient unit and community service in its understanding of current discharge practice. Monitor performance associated with discharge, identifying gaps in service provision that may have a detrimental effect on length of stay, delayed transfers of care or patient experience. Understand and work with the social work & therapy teams to support all aspects of discharge planning and financial assessment. Ensuring compliance Facilitate compliance with current legislation relating to discharge planning and Home First Model. Ensure compliance with Continuing Healthcare and act as a facilitator between teams as appropriate. Other Responsibilities To work in accordance with the values of The Kirkwood. Patients, Families and Carers are the focus of everything we do. Our values are what we live and work by. We are: Respectful and Inclusive Passionate and Determined Open and Honest Kind and Compassionate Forward-thinking We strive for Quality and Excellence To participate in The Kirkwoods performance and development review process. To undertake any other duties required by The Kirkwoods Management team commensurate with the post. To undertake annual mandatory training provided by The Kirkwood. To maintain complete confidentiality as a condition of employment. Information relating to patients, other members of staff and volunteers or which is acquired for the purposes of employment may only be disclosed with the express permission of the appropriate manager. To respect the ethos and values of The Kirkwood and its services and comply with its policies, procedures and regulations. This job description is not exhaustive therefore the employer and employee share responsibility to review and amend this job description in order to reflect any changes in role/development.