Discharge Facilitator

Job summary

The Integrated Discharge Service at Salisbury NHS Trust plays a critical role in supporting patients to leave hospital with the support and care they need. We work hard with our partners in health and social care to ensure patients, families and carers are involved in discharge planning and strive for the best outcome for every patient.

Main duties of the job

You will work with professionals across multiple organisational and geographical boundaries to achieve good quality discharge plans, and will share your skills and experience through teaching and coaching ward staff in this specialist area. You will manage complex caseloads across adult inpatients, and will provide specialist advice and service for patients needing CHC fast track applications. You will be bold and confident, and with good humour and positivity will demonstrate the best qualities of the profession to ensure our patients experience the best our service can offer.

About us

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk