Job summary
East London Foundation Trust is looking for an enthusiastic and proactive individual to provide strong operational leadership and clinical experience to our Integrated Discharge Team. This is an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to take their clinical and management skills to the next level, leading this key team linking acute and community services.
The successful individual will be lead a ward based team consisting of nursing, therapy, social work and admin team members. You will be driving forward links with NUH wards and complex discharge team, as well as community services in ELFT. You will be working closely with health and social care partners to ensure safe and timely discharges and minimise barriers, improving patient experience across discharge pathways.
Main duties of the job
You will provide clinical and operational leadership to the ELFT Integrated discharge hub who undertake 'in reach' triage assessments for patients on the acute Wards at Newham University Hospital to ensure rapid discharge. Undertake generic IDH clinical assessment and coordination tasks and functions.
You will be responsible for developing and supporting nursing and therapy staff in the delivery of case management, planning and supporting discharge from acute into community services, ensuring all patients have a safe and timely discharge. You will work as part of an integrated team with NUH Complex Discharge Team, working closely with their Team Lead and NUH Associate Director Site Operations and Community Integration.
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be an active participant in shift work, covering either 8am-4pm, 9-5, 10-6 or 12-8pm, with rotad weekends and Bank Holidays as the service operates 365 days per year.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be an active participant in shift work, covering either 8am-4pm, 9-5, 10-6 or 12-8pm, with rotad weekends and Bank Holidays as the service operates 365 days per year.
Person Specification
Education, Qualification, Training
Essential
- Educated to Masters level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or relevant experience of working at a senior level
- Registered with the NMC or HCPC
- Evidence of post-qualifying and continuing professional development
Desirable
- Advanced physical assessment skills
Experience
Essential
- Experience in operational health service management, managing a range of AHP and Nursing services
- Experience of identifying need, setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures to support efficient service delivery and ability to communicate this at range of levels from across the organisation
- Experience of planning and delivering programmes, audits and services on time
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Have the ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions and to resolve problems in relation to project or service delivery
- Highly developed communication skills to allow for delivering key messages to a range of stakeholders/customers both internal and external to the organisation, some at very senior level
- Budget management experience
- Experience of contract management and reporting
- Ability to interpret national policy for local operational service implementation
- Highly competent in the use of IT systems including EMIS
- Ability to make independent decisions in the best interest of the organisation
Person Specification
Education, Qualification, Training
Essential
- Educated to Masters level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or relevant experience of working at a senior level
- Registered with the NMC or HCPC
- Evidence of post-qualifying and continuing professional development
Desirable
- Advanced physical assessment skills
Experience
Essential
- Experience in operational health service management, managing a range of AHP and Nursing services
- Experience of identifying need, setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures to support efficient service delivery and ability to communicate this at range of levels from across the organisation
- Experience of planning and delivering programmes, audits and services on time
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Have the ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions and to resolve problems in relation to project or service delivery
- Highly developed communication skills to allow for delivering key messages to a range of stakeholders/customers both internal and external to the organisation, some at very senior level
- Budget management experience
- Experience of contract management and reporting
- Ability to interpret national policy for local operational service implementation
- Highly competent in the use of IT systems including EMIS
- Ability to make independent decisions in the best interest of the organisation
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).
