Job summary
Sherwood Forest Hospitals are seeking a dedicated and proactive Discharge Specialist Nurse to join our team, focusing on discharge coordination. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in ensuring the timely and effective discharge of patients across the Trust. Working closely with ward-based multi-disciplinary teams and the discharge hub, you will:
- Ensure the provision of specialist nursing advice.
- Develop and implement policies to manage the discharge process.
- Ensure all patients with long lengths of stay over 14 days have clear discharge plans.
- Conduct Reason to Reside checks for all patients.
- Participate in the Length of Stay (LOS) report weekly meetings and other relevant meetings.
If you are passionate about ensuring high standards of patient care and discharge planning, and are ready to take on a challenging yet rewarding role, we encourage you to apply.
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
About us
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:
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Job description
Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Knowledge Requirements
Essential
- Excellent communication and time management skills.
- Ability to change, manage and motivate others
- Knowledge of audit and research
QualificationsAcademic/ Craft/ Professional
Essential
- First level registered nurse
- First degree
- Teaching qualification
Desirable
- Masters degree
- Community nursing experience
- Experience in HCOP
Further Training
Essential
- Mandatory update
- Management course (or working towards)
- Car driver
- Computer skills
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Experience at a Band 5 or above with specialist skills and knowledge in assessing the needs of patients with complex health and social care needs and extensive experience within medical / care of the elderly nursing.
- Knowledge and experience of intermediate care services.
- Evidence of multidisciplinary working at an advanced level.
Desirable
- Knowledge of the legislation for discharge processes
- In depth knowledge of continuing health and social care policies
- Policy writing and interpretations
- Change management skills
- Recent participation in clinical audit and / or research project
Contractual Requirements
Essential
- Continued professional development.
- Demonstrate professionalism and patient advocacy
- Ability to work flexibly within the hours of the department or to meet the demands of the service.
Person Specification
Knowledge Requirements
Essential
- Excellent communication and time management skills.
- Ability to change, manage and motivate others
- Knowledge of audit and research
QualificationsAcademic/ Craft/ Professional
Essential
- First level registered nurse
- First degree
- Teaching qualification
Desirable
- Masters degree
- Community nursing experience
- Experience in HCOP
Further Training
Essential
- Mandatory update
- Management course (or working towards)
- Car driver
- Computer skills
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Experience at a Band 5 or above with specialist skills and knowledge in assessing the needs of patients with complex health and social care needs and extensive experience within medical / care of the elderly nursing.
- Knowledge and experience of intermediate care services.
- Evidence of multidisciplinary working at an advanced level.
Desirable
- Knowledge of the legislation for discharge processes
- In depth knowledge of continuing health and social care policies
- Policy writing and interpretations
- Change management skills
- Recent participation in clinical audit and / or research project
Contractual Requirements
Essential
- Continued professional development.
- Demonstrate professionalism and patient advocacy
- Ability to work flexibly within the hours of the department or to meet the demands of the service.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
