About this role
Job summary
The Assistant Discharge Co-ordinator plays an integral role in the ward MDT.
They are a part of the daily board round feeding in the social needs of each patient.
They meet with all patients and their families to ascertain their requirements for discharge and then play a pivotal role in ensuring this is completed and is ready for when they are medically fit for discharge.
They escalate any concerns through the Hospital Discharge Team.
Main duties of the job
They will be expected to communicate effectively and professionally with patients, carers, members of the MDT and external agencies.
They will receive and provide complex and sensitive information, and due to the patient groups, they are dealing with, multi stranded discussions due to patient co-morbidities.
They will liaise with ward staff and ensure the discharge plans are up to date and plans are communicated clearly.
Planning and liaising with HDT staff, relatives, carers and external agencies to plan, organise, implement and evaluate safe discharge planning.
The post holder will provide basic clinical advice and information to patients from the MDT output in order to facilitate a safe discharge and how to access services once discharged. They will ensure that patients who have been discharged by medical staff have appointments and follow up arranged and that patients and their carers are informed of these arrangements.
About us
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
Our services:
Acute Care
Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
Primary Care
Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
Community Services
Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
Specialist Regional Services
We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
Achievements:
Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018 Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal) National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme. You will be expected to undertake the Trusts' commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please find attached job description and person specification for main responsibilities and requirements.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Nursing Associate Foundation degree Current NMC registration GCSE Grade A-C in Maths & English or skills level 2 Maths & English or equivalent
Knowledge and Experience Essential
Understanding of the scope of the role of the Nursing Associate in context of the nursing and interdisciplinary team and the organisation, and how the role may contribute to service development Understands and acts in line with NMC professional standards for practice contained within The Code. Knowledge of when to seek advice and escalate to the appropriate professional for expert help and advice Understand requirements for NMC professional Revalidation Understanding of the importance of following procedures and treatment plans Experience of working in teams under appropriate supervision as part of a multi-disciplinary team Insight into how to evaluate own strengths and development needs, seeking advice where appropriate Experience of providing and receiving complex, sensitive information
Skills Essential
Ability to take part in reflective practice and clinical supervision activities Ability to organise and prioritise own delegated workload Ability to deal with non-routine and unpredictable nature of workload and individual patient contact Ability to communicate effectively (written, verbal and non verbal communication) with patients/relatives and carers and all members of the multi-disciplinary team. Ability to develop effective and appropriate relationships with people, their families, carers and colleagues Ability to support, supervise, assess and act as a role model to nursing associate students, other learners and health care support workers as required within the clinical setting. Computer literacy e.g. experience of electronic patient record
Other Essential
Frequent moderate effort for several short periods of time such as manual handling of patients and equipment. Frequent concentration required for patient treatment and observations Ability to work within highly distressing or emotional circumstances eg end of life care Ability to communicate distressing information Ability to communicate in a challenging environment Able to carry out direct clinical care as required on ward or department.
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.
Employer details Employer name Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Address Whiston Hospital
Warrington Road
Prescot
L35 5DR
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.merseywestlancs.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)