Discharge Planning Team Nurse Band 6

Job summary

Are you a proactive, compassionate nurse with a talent for navigating complex care pathways and helping patients move safely and confidently to the next stage of their recovery? Our Discharge Planning Team is looking for an exceptional Band 6 Nurse to join us in shaping seamless, person-centered transitions from hospital to home or community care. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, love collaborative working, and are driven by making a real difference at a critical point in a patients journey, wed love to hear from you.

You will facilitate safe and timely discharges out of the Acute Hospital Trust to the patients preferred place of care. You will ensure the appropriate funding and equipment is in situ prior to discharge and liase with all system partners that will support the ongoing discharge as appropriate.

The location for this role is GP on call Mersey and West Lancs Teaching hospital PR8 6PN.

Main duties of the job

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide the highest standard of evidence based clinical care to patients to support safe and timely discharges.
• The post holder will work as a clinically autonomous practitioner supporting the multi-disciplinary team to facilitate safe, effective patient flow.
• The post holder will autonomously complete Trusted Assessment Documents and continuing health care Fastrack assessments to ensure that the appropriate plan is in place discharge to the persons preferred place of care.
• The post holder should have a good understanding of the mental capacity act and their roles and responsibilities regarding this.
• The post holder will ensure excellent levels of customer service for all patients/relatives and staff and will demonstrate improvements in quality and patient experience.
• To share skills / knowledge with other disciplines and patient / carers.
• Demonstrate highly developed clinical reasoning and decision-making.
• To support all aspects of discharge paperwork and the planning and management of effective and timely patient discharge and transfer for patients with complex discharge needs.

Please see the job description attached for a full list of responsibilities.

About us

Package Description

As a Band 6 Discharge Planning Team Nurse you will be part of our valued team in our West Lancashire Service, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• Band 6 AfC Salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life's emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where you're encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission

Employer details

Employer name

HCRG Care Group

Address

HCRG Care Group

Southport

Merseyside

PR8 6PN

Employer's website

https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

HCRG Care Group

Address

HCRG Care Group

Southport

Merseyside

PR8 6PN

Employer's website

https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/ (Opens in a new tab)

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