Ward Discharge Co-ordinator - Rehabilitation and Recovery Ward

at  Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust

Within STW, the ICB, SaTH & SCHT are committed to integrating to provide improved seamless pathways of care for patients. This is an exciting time to join Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust as we work in partnership with The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust – our Acute Partners.
This is your opportunity to join us and be part of the next step in this journey with the introduction of our community Rehabiliation and Recovery Units.
You will be working for Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust with cross-site working at The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and The Princess Royal Hospital, Telford.
This is an exciting opportunity to make a difference to the care of patients enabling them to step down to their normal place of residence faster.
Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you to submit your applications early to avoid disappointment.
Working within the ward environment as part of the multidisciplinary team, provide a continuous coordinated approach to the safe and timely discharge of patients with simple and complex discharge needs.
Communicate and liaise with patients, their families and carers and other key external stakeholders who play an integral role in patient discharge.
Support the delivery of the SAFER red to green approach to expediting patient care.
The role requires a high proportion of autonomous working with in the ward team within the sphere of the role.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role

Please refer the Job description for details