Job summary
The Liverpool University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic nurse to join our dynamic Complex Discharge Team. This position is well suited to an individual that is looking to advance and change their career path while gaining hands on experience in discharge planning and clinical utilization in a supportive workplace.
You will be working closely with the multi-disciplinary team and community partners to proactively plan and arrange the discharge of a diverse group of patients. You will be able to enhance your own clinical knowledge as well as provide expert knowledge to your peers.
The Band 6 Complex Discharge Nurse is an essential post within the Integrated Discharge nursing workforce. It performs critical patient-facing, support, and coordination functions that directly impact the safe delivery of discharge pathways, access to services, and service continuity.
Main duties of the job
Responsible for ensuring patients have a timely and appropriate dischargePlan, with support will act upon any delays quickly to promote a safeand effective discharge.
To ensure that patients and relatives have a named individual to assistthem to be involved in decisions about their care and how they willbe affected.
To Act as a support for ward staff, facilitating the patients dischargefrom hospital, working alongside hospital
The key tasks undertaken by the post include:
Completion of descriptive Transfer of Care document in a timely manner of NCTR status being declared
Effective Parallel planning and gathering of social histories following a strengths-based approach to identify early barriers to discharge and address
Accurate and contemporaneous updating of OPTICA patient tracking system to drive discharge and report an accurate sit rep locally and nationally
About us
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospitalis the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility.Broadgreen Hospitalis home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation.Liverpool Women's Hospitalspecialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. TheRoyal Liverpool University Hospitalis the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- You must have at least 2+ years post registration experience within an acute setting working as a Registered Nurse.
- Knowledge of Discharge Planning and Pathways is essential.
- To review all allocated patients regarding the necessity to stay in hospital against criteria to reside on a daily basis.
- Identify barriers or gaps for delays to treatment or discharge.
- Demonstrate a knowledge of NICE, Map of medicine guidelines specific to the speciality the patient is assigned to.
- Identify delays in diagnostics or treatment.
- Use utilisation management system software package to record patient information, compliance with treatment and any variances to that plan.
- To analyse data and information to produce reports of patient flow
- Make presentations as necessary on relevant topic areas.
- Work closely with Consultants, nurses, AHPs around management plans to consider alternative methods and venues for completing interventions out of hospital where this would be clinically appropriate whilst also minimising length of stay.
- Resolve issues that are preventing patients who do not clinically require to be in an acute hospital bed.
- To work with the ward staff, ward managers and Matrons to support them in their role of discharge planning and reducing length of stay.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- You must have at least 2+ years post registration experience within an acute setting working as a Registered Nurse.
- Knowledge of Discharge Planning and Pathways is essential.
- To review all allocated patients regarding the necessity to stay in hospital against criteria to reside on a daily basis.
- Identify barriers or gaps for delays to treatment or discharge.
- Demonstrate a knowledge of NICE, Map of medicine guidelines specific to the speciality the patient is assigned to.
- Identify delays in diagnostics or treatment.
- Use utilisation management system software package to record patient information, compliance with treatment and any variances to that plan.
- To analyse data and information to produce reports of patient flow
- Make presentations as necessary on relevant topic areas.
- Work closely with Consultants, nurses, AHPs around management plans to consider alternative methods and venues for completing interventions out of hospital where this would be clinically appropriate whilst also minimising length of stay.
- Resolve issues that are preventing patients who do not clinically require to be in an acute hospital bed.
- To work with the ward staff, ward managers and Matrons to support them in their role of discharge planning and reducing length of stay.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Clinical Professional Qualification. Degree level with appropriate registration
- CPD
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable post-registration experience
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge /Understanding of Health and social care needs of older people
- Knowledge /Understanding of the Reimbursement Process
- Knowledge /Understanding of Intermediate Care and Continuing Health Care
Desirable
- Knowledge & Experience of the Discharge Process within Primary and Secondary Care
- Knowledge and understanding of "Discharge Planning Process and Pathway"
- Understanding of the NSF Older People
- Knowledge of current Agenda's both Nationally and Locally.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to undertake Specialist Complex Assessment and implement agreed plan of care
- Leadership Skills
- Ability to manage own caseload.
- Ability to manage complexity
- 6 Ability to make difficult decisions
- Ability to prioritise
- Skilled/ Influential negotiator Flexible and adaptable to change / innovation
- Presentation Skills
- T Skills in Email and use of Medway
Desirable
- Ability to interpret information as decision making tool
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Clinical Professional Qualification. Degree level with appropriate registration
- CPD
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable post-registration experience
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge /Understanding of Health and social care needs of older people
- Knowledge /Understanding of the Reimbursement Process
- Knowledge /Understanding of Intermediate Care and Continuing Health Care
Desirable
- Knowledge & Experience of the Discharge Process within Primary and Secondary Care
- Knowledge and understanding of "Discharge Planning Process and Pathway"
- Understanding of the NSF Older People
- Knowledge of current Agenda's both Nationally and Locally.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to undertake Specialist Complex Assessment and implement agreed plan of care
- Leadership Skills
- Ability to manage own caseload.
- Ability to manage complexity
- 6 Ability to make difficult decisions
- Ability to prioritise
- Skilled/ Influential negotiator Flexible and adaptable to change / innovation
- Presentation Skills
- T Skills in Email and use of Medway
Desirable
- Ability to interpret information as decision making tool
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).
