Job Introduction
Are you a dynamic, positive and motivated Discharge Liaison Nurse based in Bath and North East Somerset? Are you looking to join an NHS Health and Social Care partner which is striving to make positive changes?
HCRG Care Group is committed to providing high quality, proactive care and treatment for its population across community services within our locality. The Discharge Liaison Nurse will assist in providing the flow from the Acute Hospital into the wider Community. Working with the Senior Discharge Liaison Nurse and team to ensure that the service and processes run smoothly and efficiently. The Discharge process is complex and keeping the system flowing with the right skills of staff deployed to the right tasks will require exceptional clinical & IT skills and experience. The Flow Team is transforming and this is an exciting opportunity to join a multi-disciplinary team working together to ensure the discharge to assess model if effective putting the patient first.
Main Responsibility
As part of an integrated Health and Social Care organisation, Care Coordination Centre Flow Hub plays a key role in meeting the needs of the people of Bath and North East Somerset.
The Flow team are involved in developing and assisting with the planning of complex hospital discharges, as well as the management of delays with transfers of care from acute care settings from both the Royal United Hospital and any Transitional Care Facilities across Bath and North East Somerset. The team work closely with the hospital social work team and community services as part of the Discharge To Assess Model.
We are responsible for early screening and assessment; and delivering clear and effective communication channels between patients, relatives, carers and professional colleagues, to ensure seamless patient care and a safe discharge plan. They will plan discharges in collaboration with primary, secondary, social services and voluntary agencies to ensure safe and timely discharge to an appropriate Community setting
For further information regarding this role please contact Hannah Monaghan Hannah.Monaghan@hcrgcaregroup.com 07816 148663
The Ideal Candidate
- You will have a current NMC Registration
- Willing to undergo training as necessary
- Knowledge and understanding of Primary and secondary care interface
- Standards of professional practice
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Demonstrate a commitment to self-development
- Enthusiastic and self-motivated
- Ability to organise and prioritise workload
- Understanding of skills and knowledge required to develop team members
We have built organisation-wide committees in many specialist fields. You’ll have the option to join your clinical specialism, networking with professionals from across the country. We get together regularly, auditing and sharing standard methodology for innovation and service re-design. You’ll be a part of the pool of subject matter experts bringing together clinical and operational leads. You will be a part of quality improvements, research and development activity. Here we recognise and celebrate clinical excellence and dedication.
You will also need to be confident using IT systems and be able to demonstrate working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages i.e. Outlook, Word, Excel.
For more information about this role, please contact Hannah Monaghan via Hannah.Monaghan@hcrgcaregroup.com
Package Description
With this role, you will receive a welcome bonus of up to £2000, a Golden Hello from us, to you!
As a Discharge Liaison Nurse Band 6 AfC salary, NHS pension and terms and conditions, you’ll also have access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- Laptop and Mobile enabling fantastic flexible working patterns that can help you lead a perfect work/life balance
- MyWellness – a health and lifestyle platform covering mental health awareness and support, healthy recipes & activity challenges and access to our free well-being service available 24/7/365 online and by telephone including; counsellors, post trauma incident support, legal, debt and practical life management helpline, guided self-help, telephonic career coaching and monthly well-being newsletters
- Access to Reward Gateway - our staff benefits scheme which grants you access to premium offers and discounts on practical spending at national supermarkets and well known retailers as well as special treats like Virgin Experience Days and Leisure Vouchers
- We are pleased to offer access to Wagestream -which lets you track your pay throughout the month and stream your earned wages into your bank account if you need them. No more high-interest loans or overdraft fees - simply get paid as you go.
- Access to a range of courses and e-learning to develop further skills, bespoke career pathways and opportunities continuing your professional development
- Innovative forward-thinking culture with the opportunity to put forward your ideas to contribute to the way we work. You will be encouraged to apply for national funding to drive your initiatives locally to benefit our patients and service users
- Rewarding and supportive teams, you will be recognised and have opportunities to recognise others by nominating for local and national awards annually and taking part in our new virtual “Ask our Executives” event, where you can submit questions to the board and hear updates regularly on company strategy and objectives
- Working in an environment focused on the highest clinical and quality standards with 100% of our services being rated overall good or outstanding by the Care Quality Commission
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006 by our Chief Executive Dr Vivienne McVey and like-minded colleagues, we are one of the UK’s leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services.
From around 500 locations across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year – guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome a broad diversity of talent to apply. We reserve the right to cease any advertising prior to the published closing date for a role that receives a high number of applications.
As a Disability Confident Committed company, we work in partnership with the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to make our business an inclusive place for all.
HCRG Care Group is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practice across our services.
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