Join our dedicated healthcare team where your contribution directly impacts patient outcomes and helps families navigate their most challenging moments.
Are you passionate about delivering seamless patient care? We're looking for a dedicated professional to support patients throughout their inpatient journey from admission to discharge.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support the patient's pathway throughout their inpatient journey from admission to discharge
- Work as an effective member of a multi-disciplinary team and refer all matters outside of their scope of practice to the discharge and admissions coordinator, nurse in charge, ward manager or therapy team
- Progress actions relating to patient's care to meet their expected date of discharge
- Record all types of patient information accurately and have the ability to produce and maintain documents and spreadsheets
- Communicate effectively with patients, carers, visitors, other staff members and other healthcare professionals at all times to ensure all are aware of pathway progression and discharge plans
- Attend daily board rounds, MDT and other meetings to record and take actions and to expedite investigations and treatments to support pathway progression
- Initiate, complete and chase relevant onward referrals to obtain final decision regarding patient's discharge plans
- Update relevant data and reporting with patient information to ensure accurate timely information is communicated to the multidisciplinary team
- Maintain communication channels with the multidisciplinary team, including Allied Health Professionals, Medical Staff, Nursing staff and Social workers. Support teams to ensure actions identified at the daily board rounds and beds meetings are progressing, which is of a sensitive and confidential nature
- Escalate to senior staff any barriers that may result in a delayed transfer of care
- Coordinate with the nursing, medical, and pharmacy teams to ensure that all medications are prescribed and dispensed prior to discharge
- Liaise with the social services team, as directed, completing the relevant notice of discharge documentation
If you're organised, team-oriented, and committed to improving patient outcomes, we want to hear from you!
Just as we care about our patients' well-being, we care about yours!
Benefits:
- A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
- Car lease scheme (only available for Band 5 and up)
- Flexible working options
- Annual travel card loan
- Training, support and development in your career
- Flexitime
To have a full look at our benefits and what it's like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits
Please refer to Job description and Person Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.
Benefits:
- Flexitime
Work Location: In person
