Senior Discharge Facilitator

Job summary

To lead on coordinating the discharge or transfer arrangements of medically and therapeutically stable patients identified as medically fit for discharge within a designated area. The post-holder will participate in the assessment of after care needs of clients and relatives/carers, contacting where necessary other members of the multidisciplinary team.

As part of the D2A team, work in close liaison with members of all areas across the hospital ensuring systems are in place for the effective flow of patients through the hospital aiming to provide a high quality service and meet Trust targets.

To collate and provide up to date capacity/bed information to support patient flow to the Manager Team and on-call managers with regard to Rehabilitation wards.

Main duties of the job

To ensure patient's needs are addressed and coordinated in the most timely and effective way.

To act as a link, liaising with other agencies and departments, to provide efficient and effective communication to expedite progress towards there onward care.

Develop working relationships with ward teams to enable them to support and co-ordinate flow across the West park hospital and Cannock (Fairoak) sites. .

In collaboration with clinical teams, health and social care agencies, Senior Discharge Facilitator will support the Discharge Facilitators and Discharge to Assess Team in planning and managing the daily flow through West Park Hospital and Cannock sites.

Will contribute to the identification of resources and service delivery in order to facilitate the appropriate and timely discharge of patients.

About us

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.