Stroke Discharge Coordinator

Job summary

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a discharge coordinator to join our Stroke team at QMC campus. The post holder will be based on the new Queens Stroke Unit, working throughout the stroke pathway from admission to discharge. Your role will be to coordinate inpatient flow across the three wards in stroke services, including Daybrook ward at City Campus. You will work in collaboration with the Medicine bed managers and the SMT (specialty management team - head of service, matron and specialty general manager) as well the wards staff and MDT team.

Main duties of the job

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The aim of the role is to ensure timely transfers from the emergency department, discharges and transfers and that all patients are tracked through their stay and escalate any issues that delays along a patient's journey and prevents discharge, working as required to minimise these.

A proactive approach is required to pre-empt delays where possible by using their knowledge and understanding of stroke services and hospital systems such as Medway and Nerve Centre in order to monitor the patient flow and identify issues. The post holder is expected to use hospital systems in the use of discharging and transferring patients. The post holder will inform the Nurse in Charge and Consultant in Charge of any internal escalations that hinder patient flow through the departments.

The Stroke Discharge Coordinator role is seen by all clinical and nursing staff as an integral role to the patient journey and support to staff in Stroke.

About us

With over 17,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Nottingham University Hospital NUH is one of the biggest and busiest acute Trusts in England. We provide services to over 2.5 million residents of Nottingham and its surrounding communities. We also provide specialist services to a further 3-4 million people from neighbouring counties each year. NUH has a national and international reputation for many of its specialist services and expertise including stroke, renal, neurosciences, cancer services and trauma. We are also at the forefront of many research programmes and new surgical procedures. As a teaching Trust we have a strong relationship with our colleagues at the University of Nottingham and other universities across the East Midlands