Job summary
Do you feel passionate about supporting people to get home from hospital? Can you identify those most at risk of hospital acquired deconditioning? Would your patients say that you've planned their safe and timely discharge? Have you been frustrated by the challenges faced in discharging your patients and want the opportunity to do something about that?
We are recruiting a Senior Onward Care Team clinician to join our team. This is an exciting time to join us as our One Gloucestershire ICS implements new ways of working that help us to embed #HomeFirst as our default discharge plan. We require dynamic, driven, positive people who embrace change and indeed, identify the change needed, to help us support even more of our patients to return home when they are ready to leave hospital.
If you want to know more about the role or have any questions, you can contact:
Vicky Fyfe, Deputy Lead for Onward Care Team, Victoria.fyfe@nhs.net, Tel: 0300 4226311
Mark Mcbride, Lead for Onward Care Team,mark.mcbride@nhs.net Tel: 0300 4226311
Main duties of the job
To act as a resource providing advice and information to clinical teams to help identify patients with onward care needs and support the MDT to address those needs in a timely and responsive way in order to meet expected date of discharge as soon as they are medically optimised.
To work in an allocated clinical area, having oversight of the team's workload within that area, pro-active support of less experienced or more junior members of staff in timely discharge planning, using a range of tools to help unblock barriers to discharge and when needed, escalate accordingly within appropriate channels.
Relevant experience working within patient flow, discharge planning or equivalent role in an NHS setting.
Awareness of the Governments Hospital Discharge Service Guidance and how this affects discharge planning.
Able to engage and motivate a range of staff to embrace different ways of working and thinking to improve onward care planning for patients.
About us
We are a team of Nurses, Therapists and non-registered clinical staff who work across Gloucestershire Royal and Cheltenham General Hospitals who do a wonderful job of looking after each other.
We are constantly adapting to the changing environment of onward care planning from the Acute Hospital and pride ourselves on being at the forefront of cross-system conversations that influence service delivery.
We will need you to be dynamic, engaged, happy to question things in a way that brings people with you, flexible in your thinking and organised in your daily tasks. We will support you with your continued professional development, giving you the opportunity to look at specialist areas within discharge planning, expanding your skills, opening doors to help you to make changes for your patients.
Job description
Job responsibilities
KEY RESULT AREAS
The ability to lead and deliver safe care within a challenging and changing clinical environment, using equipment and resources safely and as appropriate.
Advise the multi- disciplinary team on the HDS guidance, subsequent onward care options and how to access them.
Undertake patient assessment using clinical skills to inform and define discharge and transfer pathways for patients in the allocated clinical area.
To be involved with the creation, evaluation and implementation of cross system service improvement plans that specifically address onward care, including attendance at appropriate committees/forums to develop and maintain services.
To communicate effectively especially where patient ability to do so is compromised.
To deliver and receive information which may cause emotional distress to all parties and be able to disseminate contentious and delicate information appropriately.
To adhere to all Trust policies and procedures and professional code of conduct.
To support Line Manager in recruitment, retention and performance related issues, including being regularly responsible for the supervision, education and mentorship for unqualified/qualified staff and students.
In accordance with the data protection act assist Line Manager in ensuring own and staff ability to input and retrieve patient information from computer based system, and maintain accurate and contemporaneous patient records.
Ensure accurate information is maintained at all times for patient caseload.
To provide clinical leadership that inspires and motivates others.
Develop clinical competencies as appropriate to meet the needs of the service
Work effectively as a liaison with other organisations eg. Adult Social Care, Gloucestershire Integrated Brokerage, Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, Voluntary and Independent sectors and other community services
Knowledge and understanding of safeguarding and how to apply relevant policy and procedure in practice
Maintain relevant data, statistics, workload and workforce information for yourself and your team to support monitoring and performance management of the team.
Identify trends within the clinical area to support business planning and to support the development of unscheduled model of care for Gloucestershire
Respond to agreed escalation procedures during times of extreme capacity demands in the health and care system in Gloucestershire
Ensure all health and safety legislation and departmental policies are implemented to promote a safe working environment.
Take responsibility for own CPD by utilising competencies for career development, taking advantage of training opportunities as identified in your personal development plan, development of a professional portfolio.
Job description
Job responsibilities
KEY RESULT AREAS
The ability to lead and deliver safe care within a challenging and changing clinical environment, using equipment and resources safely and as appropriate.
Advise the multi- disciplinary team on the HDS guidance, subsequent onward care options and how to access them.
Undertake patient assessment using clinical skills to inform and define discharge and transfer pathways for patients in the allocated clinical area.
To be involved with the creation, evaluation and implementation of cross system service improvement plans that specifically address onward care, including attendance at appropriate committees/forums to develop and maintain services.
To communicate effectively especially where patient ability to do so is compromised.
To deliver and receive information which may cause emotional distress to all parties and be able to disseminate contentious and delicate information appropriately.
To adhere to all Trust policies and procedures and professional code of conduct.
To support Line Manager in recruitment, retention and performance related issues, including being regularly responsible for the supervision, education and mentorship for unqualified/qualified staff and students.
In accordance with the data protection act assist Line Manager in ensuring own and staff ability to input and retrieve patient information from computer based system, and maintain accurate and contemporaneous patient records.
Ensure accurate information is maintained at all times for patient caseload.
To provide clinical leadership that inspires and motivates others.
Develop clinical competencies as appropriate to meet the needs of the service
Work effectively as a liaison with other organisations eg. Adult Social Care, Gloucestershire Integrated Brokerage, Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, Voluntary and Independent sectors and other community services
Knowledge and understanding of safeguarding and how to apply relevant policy and procedure in practice
Maintain relevant data, statistics, workload and workforce information for yourself and your team to support monitoring and performance management of the team.
Identify trends within the clinical area to support business planning and to support the development of unscheduled model of care for Gloucestershire
Respond to agreed escalation procedures during times of extreme capacity demands in the health and care system in Gloucestershire
Ensure all health and safety legislation and departmental policies are implemented to promote a safe working environment.
Take responsibility for own CPD by utilising competencies for career development, taking advantage of training opportunities as identified in your personal development plan, development of a professional portfolio.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Evidence of ongoing professional development through maintenance of professional portfolio and registration revalidation
Desirable
- Active registration with a regulated Healthcare Professional Body
- To be working towards an advanced practice qualification in leadership and development
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in an acute clinical environment
- Previous experience in a relevant speciality
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
Essential
- Able to prioritise own workload and that of others as appropriate
- Act as a role model and are able to lead by example to ensure the Trist's values and behaviours are reinforced throughout their area of practice
- Resilient to challenges that may occur when challenging decisions
- Able to effectively and appropriately escalate concerns to reduce risk and promote patient safety
Desirable
- Demonstrates ability to keep up to date with professional issues that influence discharge practice relating to area of clinical practice, management, education and research
- Able to contribute to the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies/protocols/guidelines relevant to area of practice.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Evidence of ongoing professional development through maintenance of professional portfolio and registration revalidation
Desirable
- Active registration with a regulated Healthcare Professional Body
- To be working towards an advanced practice qualification in leadership and development
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in an acute clinical environment
- Previous experience in a relevant speciality
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
Essential
- Able to prioritise own workload and that of others as appropriate
- Act as a role model and are able to lead by example to ensure the Trist's values and behaviours are reinforced throughout their area of practice
- Resilient to challenges that may occur when challenging decisions
- Able to effectively and appropriately escalate concerns to reduce risk and promote patient safety
Desirable
- Demonstrates ability to keep up to date with professional issues that influence discharge practice relating to area of clinical practice, management, education and research
- Able to contribute to the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies/protocols/guidelines relevant to area of practice.
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.
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.
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
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Likely initially based at predominately Cheltenham Hospital. Cross site working will be required based on capacity/demands
Gloucester/Cheltenham
GL1 3NN
Employer's website
https://www.gloshospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
