Discharge Planning Lead

at  North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust

We are looking for a highly motivated, driven individual with extensive discharge experience to lead our discharge teams across our 3 sites. The post holder will be responsible for the operational management and effective, efficient delivery of complex discharge planning for all patients within the North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust and you will be accountable for the discharge team service provided at NWAngliaFT on a day-to-day basis. They will provide flexible solution finding to support people that we care for in their discharge planning. The post holder will ensure that the patients voice is integral to all decisions about their care. The post holder will also lead their team in sharing good practice across all services and engage in active ward-based education and skill sharing.
Be accountable for the daily operational management of the discharge team.
Exercise delegated authority on behalf of the Head of Site Operations, Discharge and Patient Flow to resolve day to day management issues within complex discharge.
To ensure the effective management of patient flow.
To develop a process to identify and manage demand and capacity daily.
To manage the operational process for NWAFT complex discharge across a 7-day service.
Utilise a project management approach to lead on and implement service development, improvement, and modernisation to engage all staff and deliver sustainable change in culture and working practice.
Have a level of whole-system knowledge that facilitates communication at all levels including departmental managers, senior nursing staff, senior clinicians and managers across the Trust, external care providers, external agencies and local community providers.
We are committed to ensure a work-life balance to all our staff by offering full time and part time roles, flexible working hours on a shift pattern to fit around your family life.
We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and candidates form our local communities.

Benefits to you

• 27 days annual leave for new starters, rising to 29 days after five years of service and 33 days after 10 years of service, plus 8 Bank Holidays (pro-rata for part time staff);
• NHS Pension Scheme:
• Flexible working opportunities;
• Increased hourly rates for unsociable hours e.g. night shifts, weekends, bank holidays;
• Career development and training;
• Wellbeing support and activities;
• In-house physiotherapy Service;
• On-site canteens with subsidised meals;
• Subsidised staff parking (currently free).
• Free Stagecoach Bus Travel to and from work within Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

Please refer to the job description and person specification attached for further details and information

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