Discharge Facilitator Specialist - Case load Manager(XR06)

Job description

Job responsibilities

The successful applicant will fulfil the requirements as directed by the Nursing and Midwifery Council or Health Care Professions Council to maintain and revalidate registration

Clinical

Clinical care delivery

- Provide a clinical lead and role model to clinical staff by delivering high quality care.

- Undertakes clinical procedures where dexterity and accuracy are required.

- Maintain a safe working environment

- Acts in such a way that safeguards the health and wellbeing of children and vulnerable adults at all times. Is familiar with and adheres to, the LTHT safeguarding policies

- Undertakes duties on other wards or departments as and when required by service demands or patient need.

Responsibilities for patient and client care

- Assesses, plans, implements and evaluates care and treatments using specialist clinical knowledge and skills.

- Organises own clinical workload.

- Receives supervision of clinical care and outcomes from Matron

Freedom to act

- Refer patients as appropriate to other members of the multi-disciplinary team

- Make clinical assessments within clearly defined policies and protocols

Communication

- Maintains accurate clinical and other records using the Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trusts documentation.

- Support patients and their families communicating sensitive condition related information and ensuring they receive required information to enable them to participate in their care delivery

- Liaise with Community Services (as appropriate) to ensure seamless provision of care delivery

Education and Training

- Provide training and education of learners and other junior staff

- Participates in own and others appraisals

- Provide education and training to patients and their carers.

- Keep up to date with developments, advances within the specialty

- Undertake mandatory and priority training within the required time scales

Leadership and management

- Investigate and respond to accidents, complaints, untoward incidents and other significant events

- Raise concerns with regards to risk, danger, malpractice or wrong doing by following the LTHT Whistleblowing policy and supporting processes.

- Under the direction of Matron participates in or leads the development of specific elements of nursing practice, reflecting the CSU and Nursing business plans

- Actively promote and use the Leeds Improvement method to improve the quality and safety of the service

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- Promote evidence based practice, wherever possible

- Engages users and carers views on service delivery and development

- Implement policy and practice guidelines specific to the clinical specialty, proposing changes where appropriate

- Contribute to policy and protocol development for speciality area

- Exercises a personal duty of care in relation to equipment, resource and stock control utilising equipment and supplies appropriately.

Person Specification

Other Criteria

Essential

• Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for the post.

Skills and Behaviours

Essential

• Capable of lateral thinking
• Communication skills
• Teaching and assessment skills
• Organisational skills
• Time management skills
• Change management skills
• Understanding of research based practice research conscious
• Team player
• Conflict management
• Managing stress
• Uses initiative to resolve issues within their own control
• Ability to act professionally at all times
• Excellent written and verbal skills
• Ability to organise and prioritise own and others workload

Desirable

• IT skills

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse, Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist

Desirable

• Post graduate diploma or equivalent in nursing or a health and social care related subject

Experience

Essential

• Significant post registration experience at Band 5 or equivalent

Desirable

• Experience working within the clinical service unit of AMS

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Address

St. James's University Hospital

Beckett Street

Leeds

LS9 7TF

Employer's website

https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)